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“Get it wrong, fast”. Simply said; no client is perfect at articulating their vision, and your first attempt will be wrong. This allows the client to adapt to help you understand what they truly want. I offer this guidance to all new team members. Investing too much effort and time into a concept that aligns differently with the client leads to setbacks and frustrations. Creativity thrives when we embrace the wrong and iterate quickly to find the right.
Career Experience
Production Plus Technologies | 2011 - Current
Lead Scenic Designer
I collaborate closely with clients to turn simple ideas into complex digital realities. To accomplish this, I work closely with the client and creatives to meticulously bring their vision to life. This process also requires working closely with our internal Build teams to connect the digital design to the physical reality that our team can achieve. I’ve worked extensively with lead drafters to understand the practical aspects of the post-design phase, helping to manage expectations and avoid over-committing. Using a pragmatic approach to design, I can streamline production processes to meet tight deadlines.
The final deliverables included photo-realistic image renderings, animated walk-throughs, and scaled VR and AR experiences.
True to Scaled Designing • Production Building • Imersive deisgning with AR & VR • Point Cloud Scanning • Texturing • Lighting • Animation • Character Rigging • Real-time Rendering • Non-Organic Modeling • Web Streaming • Cinema 4D • Unreal Engine • Redshift/Octane
Print Project Manager
I oversee and coordinate all print-related elements for every project handled by Production Plus.
This involves pre-production guidance and client recommendations, determining best practices and production workflow, including templates, proofing, print, finishing, and on-site coordination with installers, clients, and the venue.
During pre-production, I conduct on-site assessments with or without the client to identify branding opportunities in collaboration with principal designers and branding guidelines. I also work hand-in-hand with the Creative and Production leads to construct and maintain comprehensive tracking details for all project stages.
I provide recommendations for materials, signage structures, and personalized solutions to meet the distinctive requirements of each project, regardless of scale.
This position requires strong project management skills and the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously while collaborating effectively with internal and external teams. I excel in dynamic and fast-paced environments with tight deadlines that may only sometimes fall within the typical 9-5/M-F.
Small, Wide & Grand Formats • Client Proofing & Approval • Dye-Sublimation • CNC Routing • Vinyl Cutting • Material Expert • Indoor & Outdoor Applications • UL & Fire Certifcations • Finishing Applications • Adobe Suite • Caldera • ONYX •Topaz AI Suite
Technology Generalist & Development
I want to achieve the union of creativity and technology, offering our clients unique and unparalleled experiences they’ve never encountered before.
Leveraging new technology in ways it may not have been intended, seeking innovative solutions to client needs, and constantly exploring new avenues for our clients that make them stand out.
I have assisted in the evolution of projection mapping, LED control, web coding, AR and VR experiences, and now the emerging realm of AI while at Production Plus.
Projection Mapping • LED Programming • Xcode Programming • UI Design • Filming • Lighting • Photography • Web Design • Visual Effects • Video Editing • Motion Graphics • Basic Carpentry • Raspberry Pi/Arduino building •
AI Ethics • ChatGPT • Opensource LLM • Stable Diffusion • Image Training • Dall-E • LLM Training • AI Voice Dictation • Machine Learning
Remote Event & UI Designer
When the Pandemic hit, I needed to shift my skill-set from Scenic Event Designer to Web Event Designer. I built designs for small and large events. For mobile & desktop. Recorded events, remote live events & studio live events. I was part of the entire process from initial concept designs, to working with clients, editing video, motion graphics & day of monitoring of speaker personnel.
Adobe XD | HTML5 | CSS | FlexBox | Zoom | vMix | Adobe After Effects | Adobe Illustrator | Adobe Photoshop | Adobe Premiere |
Interesting fact
On the weekends I spend my time as an Assistant PADI Instructor
teaching new students how to SCUBA Dive.
Education
Columbia College Chicago
2009 - Bachelor of Arts
Film & Video - Focusing on Post-Production Visual Effects
| Visual Effects Techniques| Compositing | Lighting | Motion Graphics | Editing | | Sound Design | Post Audio | Screenwriting | Production | Script Analysis | Development & Pre Production | Acting Techniques |
Western Illinois University
2003 - 2006
Graphic Communication & Instructional Technology
| Digital Image Manipulation | Web Design | Electronic Desktop Publishing | Graphic Presentations | Page Design | Graphic Illustration |
Skills
3D
Texturing • Lighting • Animation • Character Rigging • Real-time Rendering • Virtual Reality • Augmented Reality • Scaled Design • GPU Render Engine • Non-Organic Modeling • Web Streaming
Print & Graphic
Onyx & Caldera Rip • Adobe Creative Suite • Image manipulation • Art-file Proofing • Large Format • Grand Format • Latex, UV & Dye-sub Printing • Print/Vinyl Install • Job Nesting • Client Approvals • Vector & Raster formats
Live Web & Motion Graphics
vMix • HTML5 • CSS • Flexbox • Adobe XD • Adobe After Effects • Zoom • Skype • Melone
Additional
Projection Mapping • LED Programming • Xcode Programming • UI Design • Filming • Lighting • Photography • Web Design • Visual Effects • Motion Graphics • Basic Carpentry • Point Cloud Scanning • Raspberry Pi/Arduino building