Education

Master of Arts in VFX

Savannah College of Art and Design | Savannah, GA

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Technical Animation

Savannah College of Art and Design | Savannah, GA

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design

University of Wyoming | Laramie, WY

Associate of Multimedia

Laramie County Community College | Cheyenne, WY

FuseFX

CG Generalist

• Collaborated with supervisors and other artists to create high-quality realistic CG elements for film and television
• Developed Houdini simulations, including smoke, viscous fluid, rigid body dynamics, and procedural effects
• Rigged Autodesk Maya props and characters for animation and tracking tasks
• Generated Houdini environments with procedural and manual methods
  

Laramie County Community College

Marketing Designer

• Hired as Web Developer/Multimedia Designer, promoted in 2016
• Created high-quality marketing print and digital materials
• Collaborated with marketing team on campaign creation
• Maintained institutional website content management system

University of Wyoming

Web Designer/Developer

• Hired as part-time graphic designer, hired full-time in 2014
• Developed templates, concepts, and assets for institutional website
• Designed marketing advertisements, mailers, and web pages
• Trained website content coordinators across multiple departments

Freelance Web Designer

Web Designer

• Designed and developed WordPress websites for a variety of clients
• Managed website content updates
• Troubleshot website issues

University of Wyoming Fine Art Gallery

Graphic Design Intern

• Created flyers and poster designs for events
• Installed gallery exhibitions
• Created and installed vinyl titles and descriptions for events

Lisa Sherrod Design, LLC

Junior Web Designer/Developer

• Updated and maintained website content
• Addressed questions and concerns for clients regarding their websites
• Prepared digital assets for use on websites

University of Wyoming

Computer Lab Assistant

• Worked with students to troubleshoot computer problems
• Maintained multiple computers, printers, plotters, scanners, and accessories across five computer labs
• Provided excellent customer service to students by addressing questions, giving directions to campus labs, and instructing users on machine use

Branding Iron Newspaper

Graphic Designer

• Illustrated informational graphics
• Laid out newspaper spreads and typography
• Prepared files for delivery to professional offset printers

Laramie County Community College

Photoshop Tutor

• Instructed students on Photoshop software and editing techniques
• Worked with multiple students to troubleshoot classroom projects
• Tracked and maintained time sheets

Crossing Over

Director: Gabriela Orlandi Fernandes, Trent Bellet

• Lead Visual Effects Artist
• Responsible for water simulation on three shots, and initial R&D
• Managing a team of three visual effects artists

Maneki

Director: Erika Clift

• Lead Character rigger and Technical Director
• Responsible for two full character rigs and adjustments on all rigs
• Contributed to lighting and texturing

The Lumberjack and the Woodpecker

2022 NATAS Student Production Award – Short Form

Director: Connor Bushover

• Responsible for Mrs. Pecky bird rig
• Created hero tree and environment assets
• Contributed to texturing environment assets and lighting multiple shots

Kaghati

Director: Amanda Jayapurna, Stanley Soendoro

• Lead character rigger
• Responsible for character rigs, prop modeling, prop rigging, and kite cloth simulation

Houdini
Maya
Zbrush
Substance Painter
Nuke

Microsoft Suite
(Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
Adobe Suite
(Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects)

Meritorious Achievement — Publicity

Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival

Silver Paragon Award — Computer-Generated Illustration

National Council for Marketing & Public Relations

First Place — Advertising Internally Developed

Wyoming Press Association

First Place — Publications

Wyoming Press Association

Third Place — Featured Photo

Wyoming Press Association

Gold Paragon Award — “Your Story” Microsite

National Council for Marketing & Public Relations