Resume

Christopher MeaD
Email: meadsblog@gmail.com

An Ambitious Art Institute of Pittsburgh graduate and one-time Emmy Award winner seeks challenging opportunity to utilize creative skills

Summary of Qualifications

  • Five years experience as a motion graphic designer
  • Proven ability to work as part of team as well as work independently
  • Solid knowledge of animation, compositing, editing, and illustration programs
  • Well-organized, self-motivated individual with ability to rapidly learn new tasks
  • Track record for consistently meeting both short-term and long-term deadlines while delivering high quality work
  • Strong ability to effectively communicate with clients and/or team members Professional Experience

Visual arts and graphics manager, Faith life church, johnstown, ohio 2011-present

In a constant state of accomplishing staying busy and getting things done. The artistic producer for all brands, series, services, products and departments. Responsible for all aspects of art and graphics for Faith Life Church, Faith Life Now, garykeesee.com, drenda.com, The Now Center and All Television Programs. Developing and executing design projects from start to finish for print, web and broadcast. Working with communications team tightly design graphic elements and banners needed for eblasts and other communication tools. Designing, stylizing and executing photo-shoots for all brands and campaigns. Scheduling and managing photographers for events. Maintaining an archive of event photography on shared databases.

Mediasource, Grandview, Ohio Motion & Graphic Designer May 2007 – 2011

Insuring consistency of branding for all documents, reports, and presentations
Design layouts for print documents
Create 2D/3D Animations including but not limited to Commercials, Web videos, Marketing and Training videos, Medical Educational Videos and In-Arena Sports animations
Direct and produce projects when needed

Powerplant Multimedia, Westerville, Ohio 2D/3D Animator and Designer October 2006 – May 2007

Created local commercials and custom in-arena animations for sports teams
Designed in-arena sports graphics including headshots, custom opens, and crowd prompts
Created and animated in-arena sports graphics, retail and fashion store training videos

WOIO/WUAB –CBS/UPN, Cleveland, Ohio Motion & Graphic Designer May 2005 – October 2006

Collaborated with reporters, art department, and news director on graphics packages
Developed new designs for the station branding
Created new station logo, tags, lower thirds, stingers, and commercials that aided significantly in the launch of a new network

Education

ART INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH, Pittsburgh, PA May 2005
Bachelors of Science, majoring in Media Arts & Animation
Awarded “Best in Show” at commencement

Skills

3D Animation
3D Modeling
3D Texturing & Lighting
2D Animation
3D & 2D Compositing
Storyboard Illustrator
Illustrator
Design Layout
Color Correcting
Sound Editing
Video Editing
Logging/Capturing Footage
Render Farm
Photographer
Presentation Designs
DVD author-or
Problem Solver

Program Knowledge

Autodesk 3D Studio Max
Adobe CS5 Master Suite
Apple Final Cut Pro Suite
Trapcode Plugin Suite
iWorks ‘09
Microsoft Office
Microsoft VIsta OS
Ubuntu Linux OS
Apple Snow Leopard OS