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RÉSUMÉ

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SKILLS SUMMARY
 

Film Production & Design

  • Experienced in script writing and editing, script breakdowns and analysis, production forms, production coordinating, video editing, formatting, uploading and managing digital video content across multiple platforms; sound design, sound editing and mixing, and both offline and online workflow. Edits stereoscopic video and 5.1, 7.1 sound.

  • Expert film editor with a strong focus on storytelling; recognizes that structure and all edits must primarily serve the story.

  • Skilled designer with advanced knowledge of Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator and InDesign.

  • Strong writing skills, both creative and formal.
     

Software Proficiencies

  • Post Production: Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro 7/X, Adobe Premier Pro, Avid Pro Tools, Apple   Compressor, MPEG Streamclip

  • Motion Graphics: Adobe After Effects, Cinema 4D, Red Giant Suite, Apple Motion 5

  • Adobe CC Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Acrobat Pro, DreamWeaver, Audition

  • Preproduction: Storyboard Pro, Final Draft, Celtx, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

  • Hardware: Canon EOS 70D DSLR Camera, Pro Tools M-Box
     

Administration and Communication

  • Strong leadership skills, including awareness of a production team’s needs.

  • Takes initiative to get work done.

  • Prioritizes and arranges workloads to meet deadlines.

  • Establishes and maintains strong working relationships with colleagues, management and clients.

  • Experience with editing French language films.
     

Strengths and Accomplishments

  • Dynamic, independent, creative, and skilled communicator

  • Superb organizational skills

  • Demonstrates the flexibility necessary to complete the requirements of different projects

  • Consistently follows tasks through to completion

  • Meticulous editorial style and prolific writer

  • Worked on over 75 film and video projects

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EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

 

Print, Digital & Motion Graphic Designer                                                                   

Freelance – Toronto, Canada & Edinburgh, Scotland, June 2009 – Present  

  • Designed motion graphics for promotional videos and commercials using Photoshop and After Effects, creating unique look and feel for each video.

  • Created original movie posters for productions with Photoshop and Illustrator, using stills and graphics to construct a specific brand for each.

  • Communicated with production teams to understand how they wanted their work portrayed and received in order to allow my work to convey their aspirations.

  • Problem-solved with artistic directors to allow my work to match their vision as closely as possible; adapting my working strategies to best fit their needs.

  • Suggested new courses of action when production team had difficulty visualizing where to take product, attempting to inspire new directions by suggesting a list of routes to take.

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Media Asset Assistant
DHX Media – Toronto, Ontario – 2014 - 2015                                               

  • Restructured and maintained video and supplemental material libraries with scrupulous attention to detail.

  • Maintained online databases with material for client access with strict adherence to structure.

  • Acquired video, audio and supplemental material from international production companies, primarily Disney Television in Los Angeles.
     

Media Assistant & Graphic Designer
Octapixx Worldwide – Toronto, Ontario – 2014                                                             

  • Designed posters, one sheets, brochures, and other media using Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.

  • Made international sales calls to film and television producers, buyers and distributors.

  • Composed marketing emails to potential buyers with bold visual and graphic design.

  • Created advertising packages featuring products with Final Cut Pro and Avid Media Composer.

  • Adjusted text and visuals during Quality Control phase using Avid and After Effects.
     

Editor & Production Assistant
Mighty Fine Entertainment – Los Angeles, California – 2013                

  • Worked on shoots as lighting assistant, camera operator, continuity supervisor, and talent liaison.

  • Operated with clients to inform them of producer’s vision and goals and took notes for the producer.

  • Managed time strictly between editing work, progress review meetings, and new workflow.

  • Meticulously organized hundreds of hours of raw visual and audio footage.

  • Created edits aligned with director’s vision; employed creativity and intuition where necessary

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Assistant Editor
National Film Board of Canada – Toronto, Ontario – 2011                                   

  • Logged and transferred 70 hours of French source footage using Final Cut Pro.

  • Labeled each clip individually while also keeping original identification in French and English.

  • Organized footage meticulously according to event, time and location in accordance with guidelines.

  • Left detailed report for editor concerning sequence settings and organization choices.

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EDUCATION

 

BFA in School of Image Arts, Film Studies - Ryerson University, Toronto - 2009

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SELECTED CREDITS

 

  • Metacam: Canine Care (Commercial) 2015, Editor, Ilana Korn (GSW Worldwide), Director. 
     

  • Janumet: Type II Diabetes Ad (Marketing) 2015, Editor, Ilana Korn (GSW Worldwide), Director.
     

  • Semintra: Feline Kidney Disease (Commercial) 2015, Editor, Ilana Korn (GSW Worldwide), Director.
     

  • Octapixx Reel (Sizzle) 2014, Editor/Music Supervisor, J. Gary Gladman (Octapixx Worldwide), Producer.
     

  • IPF: New Possibilities (Marketing Promo) 2014, Editor, Ilana Korn (GSW Worldwide/OFEV), Director.
     

  • Ibavyr: HCV Dancing Promo (Marketing) 2014, Editor/Music Supervisor/Sound Mixer, Ilana Korn (GSW Worldwide) Director.
     

  • Cover Girl: Eva (Music Video) 2013, Director/Editor, Ernest Gleeson, Producer, OutTV.ca.
    Fourth Place in nationwide RuPaul’s Drag Race: Lip Sync For Your Life Music Video competition
     

  • KidsView Interviews (Interview Packages) 2012, Assistant Editor, Sharone Ostrovsky, Producer.
     

  • 10: Celebrating Ten Years of the Tour d’Afrique (Web Commercial) 2012, Editor/Music Supervisor/Sound Mixer, Henry Gold (Tour d’Afrique, Ltd.), Producer.
     

  • Cairo to Capetown (Trailer) 2011, Editor/Music Supervisor/Sound Mixer, Brian Cotter (Tour d’Afrique), Director.
     

  • Saving the Mustang (Documentary) 2011, Editor, Brian Cotter (Stornoway Entertainment for Animal Planet), Producer.
     

  • Until We Meet Again (Short) 2011, Composer/Sound Editor/Mixer, Gail Maurice, Producer.
     

  • Polyclinique Coeur-de-l’Île (Commercial) 2010, Editor/Sound Mixer, Alexandre Kadijevic, Producer.
     

  • 100 Ans (Feature Documentary) 2011, Assistant Editor, Claude Guilmain (National Film Board of Canada), Director.
     

  • Avec elle (Thesis Short) 2009, Editor, Ai Rei Dooh-Tousignant, Producer.
    Winner, Royal Reel Award for Excellence in Filmmaking, 2010 Canada International Film Festival
    Winner, Jury Prize for Best Short Film, 2009 Winnipeg Reel Pride Film Festival
     

  • 138 Arlington (Thesis Short) 2009, Sound Editor/Mixer, Claire Bailie, Producer.
    Official Selection, Soul 4 Reel Film Festival 
    Official Selection, Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival
    Official Selection, Buffalo Niagara Film Festival
     

  • Fedoras (Short) 2008, Director/Producer/Writer, JazzNoir Productions.
    Selected for Best Cinematography, Best Special Effects and Third Year Highlights Screenings
    (2008 Ryerson’s Maximum Exposure Festival)

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