January 2009 - current

CMP Film and Television, Gold Coast
Graphic/multimedia design, post-production, animation and editing of local television commercials.

September – October 2008

Smart and Sheard Productions, Melbourne
Storyboard/animatic production for “Sea Princesses” Episode 81, children’s animated television program.

August - November 2007

Writing, direction and animation of short animated film, “Husk”

August – November 2006

Research and writer of academic research paper "Flowerpot Men: The nature and perception of the Haptic image in the stop-motion animated productions of Brian Cosgrove and Richard Hall (bibliography. This research was also presented at the 2007 Animated Dialogues Conference in Melbourne and was published in the Australian edition of the Society for Animation Studies journal.

Experience working in varied creative, studio environments. This has included:

The construction of high quality Flash based storyboards/animatic for use by overseas production company.
Design and construction of “human body” animations for medical product television advertisement.
Creation of static graphics, animation and editing of advertisement for local furniture retailer (to be screened)

Most recently created a cancer screening advertisement for a private health clinic.

Designed/constructed personal website, utilising scripting and Flash video.

All graphic/multimedia design experience has involved a high level of proficiency in using the Adobe creative suite. Also skilled in in utilising Mac software such as Motion and Final Cut Pro.

Talented illustrator and character animator.

Excellent aptitude for both creative and critical writing.

2006 - 2007 RMIT University, Melbourne
Master of Arts by coursework (Animation and Interactive Media)

2000 – 2005 University of Auckland, New Zealand
Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours
Major: Film Television and Media Studies Minor: English