Work History and Achievements

Work History

Cinevegas 11th Annual Film Festival, Las Vegas NV (2009)

Worked as a volunteer staff member at the 2009 Cinevegas film festival. My duties included filming but mostly editing the events that took place at the festival. These clips were then featured on the Cinevegas website and festival floor.

Cartoonists in Cahoots (self-employed), Dickinson ND (2009 - Present)

Launched a website that allows animators of all skill sets to come together, showcase and collaborate on projects.

IncredibleFlashTutorials.com (self-employed), Dickinson ND (2009 - Present)

Launched a website that primarily focuses on the distribution of video tutorials that I record for others to utilize and learn from.

Lilredhead Designs (self-employed), Dickinson ND (2008 - Present)

Mainly focused on viral marketing for other businesses through animated and live action video shorts.
Created animated Flash assets and eCards for companies.
Filmed and edited local weddings and theater productions for Living Room Productions.
Filmed and edited an audition video for a family for Extreme Home Makeover.

The Dickinson Press and Advertiser, Dickinson ND (2006 - 2007)

Involved in uploading and distributing The Dickinson Press online through the OLIVE system.
Worked with Quark and Photoshop to build ads.
Burned plates for The Dickinson Press to be printed.
Worked with other publications to ensure quality in their products.

Walmart, Dickinson ND (2006)

Worked in the Home Entertainment Department. My duties included running the register, helping customers with products and zoning the department.

Lilredhead Studios (self-employed, non-profit), Dickinson ND (2000 - Present)

My own production company that focuses on independent works. Most of the work in my portfolio was done through this company.

Achievements

A list of academic, professional and personal achievements.

Attended Dickinson State University (Dickinson, ND) for three and a half years (2004 - 2007). In Fall 2007 I made it on the Dean's List with a 3.5 GPA.
Co-founded and co-ran the Dickinson State University Filmmakers Organization. During its three year life span the DSU Filmmakers became the largest club on campus and won the 2006 DSU Outstanding Club/Organization award. Other achievements I had while involved with the DSU Filmmakers: creating numerous films, producing, directing and writing a sitcom that ran for two seasons on the local campus TV channel and co-ran a community involved film festival.
Was featured on the front page of The Dickinson Press. The article talked about the history and future of the DSU Filmmakers Club. A follow up article covered our film festival.
On a few occasions I was asked to speak in Dr. Kenneth Haught's Video Production Class (Dickinson State University). During these lectures I went over my film experiences and showed the students how to do basic special effects in their movies. I was also asked to speak about Flash for one class period in my Web Development class.
Created an Alcohol Awareness video in 2007 for the Alcohol Awareness Through the Arts Program.
My cartoon series, Enterprise: Flashed, was showcased at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City as part of a Star Trek Fan Film event. I was also asked to contribute to a book on fan films and wrote a passage about Enterprise: Flashed in it.

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