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About the Artist & Resume
Emily Alexander
Resume
My name is Emily Alexander, and I have been an animator and illustrator since 2004. I graduated from the Art Institute of Seattle that same year, and have lived in many places since then. As of today, I being back in my hometown in Los Angeles, CA.
I create videos and artwork that are mostly used for educational and informative/marketing purposes. I also illustrate images for textile and product companies that range from kids clothes to adult designs.
I have experience in marketing on social media, with either managing content or producing the material used for a campaign. The material can be short ads, images, or full animated series.
I enjoy following data and figuring out the most cost effective way to advertise a product or message. I have managed websites content/pages as well and I can make a full campaign that covers all the media platforms.
SKILLS
- Digital/Traditional Animation
- Content Ads/Marketing/Creator
- Presentations (PP, Web, Video)
- Web Demos/Explainer Videos/Adverts
- Ebooks and Book Marketing
- Corporate Web Commercials
- Pilot Animations
- Animator
- Character Design
- Graphic Design
- Photoshop Imaging
- Textile Designer
- Graphic Design for Logos/Banners/Branding
- Icon/Emoji Graphics
- Logo Animation
- Facebook/Instagram/Social Media Management
- App and Game sprites and assets.
- Web Animations
PROFICIENT IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS:
- Adobe Animate
- Photoshop
- Adobe Audio and Video Programs (Media Encoder, After Effects)
- Basic Wordpress (managing pages and content)
- GoDaddy Dashboard
- Social Media Dashboards (managing content, data, and run campaigns)
EDUCATION
The Art Institute of Seattle, Seattle, WA.
Computer Animation and Character Design
Associate of Applied Arts in Character Design & Computer Animation
EXPERIENCE
Silly Yogi
- Textile Designs for clothing, wall art, and accessories.
Dynalites
- Textile Design products for wall art, signs, and night lights.
Emerald Tribune
- Comic Artist/Illustrator
- Writing Articles, Designing Ads; Advertising Content.
- Gifs and Meme Animations
BrandBrush
March 2017 – June 2017
- Sales and Marketing
- Hiring/Scouting Content Artists
- Accounting and Payroll
- Managing Facebook and Social Media Accounts and Campaigns.
- Writing Articles, Designing Ads; Advertising Content/Video Demos
- Gifs and Meme Animations
The Pixel Flow
March 2010 – January 2016 (5 years 11 months)Los Angeles
- Co-Founder of the Company
- Director of Multimedia
- Helped start up companies acquire 7-figure investments and have developed award winning interactive websites for feature films.
- Branded household names and marketed to millions of people across the globe
- Produced: Demos, Ads, Banners, Animations, Cartoons, Videos, Storyboards, Gifs, Memes, Graphics and helped with any other needs in Branding for start-ups and large businesses.
Time4Learning
December 2011 – Present
- Creating Games and Animated Videos for Homeschooling/Tutoring ages 3-11
- Designs Characters and Assets for branding.
- Ebook illustrations
- App assets
Eric Schwartz (comedian/actor)
Los Angeles, CA
November 2005 – Present
- Flash Animator
- Character design, backgrounds, and props
- Worked in Photoshop and Illustrator
- Logo Design
- Textile Design for T-shirts
MossWarner
February 2010 – March 2012
- Animating and Illustrating for high end clientele
- Created videos for conferences and ads.
- Demos and PowerPoint presentations for meetings, conferences, and ads.
THINK TANK
2010
- Animator and Illustrator
- Character Designer
SpillmanHahs.com
Los Angeles, CA
March 2006-2010
- Flash Animator
- Storyboarding/Animatics
- Graphic Designer
- Web Design
- Video/Audio Editing
Ives Creative/Voicewalk
Beverly Hills, CA
2005 – 2009
- Head Flash Animator
- Flash demo productions – animating production, editing audio/video
- Character design, backgrounds, and props
- Worked in Photoshop and Illustrator
- Compress and catalog audio
- Logo design
- Modeling in 3d Studio Max
Vidlit
Los Angeles, CA
January 2005 – 2010
- Flash Animator
- Character design, backgrounds, and props.
- Worked in Photoshop and Illustrator.
- Animated Book trailers and marketing videos.
- Animated the Dear Prudence series on Slate.com
Sirius Radio
New York, NY
October-December 2004
- Flash Animator for Channel Faction/28 for Tony Hawk, Bam Margera and other personalities on the show.
- Editing and prepared audio for animation.
- Drew storyboards.
- Designed characters, props and backgrounds.
Escape Artists
Los Angeles, CA
November 2004
- Flash Animator.
- Drew storyboards.
- Designed props and backgrounds.
Yi.magination Studios
Valencia, CA
2004
- Involved in an interactive 2D animation for the web using Flash.
- Changed the frame size and altered the composition to fit each scene.
- Plugged in the required setting in Actionscript.
Hutchinson Grading and Excavation Inc.
Topanga, CA
July – Aug 2004
- Member of the logo design team for Hutchinson Grading using Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash MX 2004
Howard Hegwer Designs
Seattle, WA
March 2004
- Sculpted molds used to make replacement lenses for the front fender of Indian Motorcycles.
The Art Institute of Seattle
Seattle, WA
2000 – 2004
- Sculpted an award presented at the 2000 film festival held by The Art Institute of Seattle.
- Contributed to concept, storyboard and 3D animation on numerous production teams