INTRODUCTION

I have experience as a stop motion and scale artist as well as a coordinator, lecturer, and academic administrative professional. I am interested in exploring areas that allow me to utilize both my background in organization and artistic skills. I love being a maker and believe my previous training in administration alongside this understanding of the creative process can be harnessed together. I strive to keep exploring and adapting my skills and look for opportunities where I can build community and empower artists and craftspeople to keep learning and growing their practices.


EXPERIENCE

Coordinating & Organizational

SpongeBob Sandy’s Country Christmas, Gloop, Santa Inc.

  • Attended departmental meetings and took notes to be distributed to all meeting attendees.

  • Scheduled interdepartmental meetings and acted as communications liaison when follow up information was needed.

  • Broke down animatic to add characters into puppet notes in ShotGrid.

  • Helped to prepare and track build list and asset status, meeting weekly with the heads of the department to ensure that fabricators had weekly build information.

  • Entered in man hours for tracking.

  • Met with the department weekly to assess staffing needs, talk through crew needs, submit any crew requests, and help track resources remaining. 

  • General facilities and infrastructural support for the puppet department including maintaining supplies, organizing, and basic facilities needs.

  • Departmental purchasing of supplies and maintaining purchasing records for production reconciliation.


Stage Support

SpongeBob Special, Mickey and Friends Specials and Shorts, Crossing Swords, RC Archie Special, Robot Chicken, Santa Inc., McDonalds Frosty Way Commercial, Jurassic World Toy YouTube short videos

  • Maintained a digital spreadsheet while tracking, organizing, and managing physical puppet assets.

  • On walkie and present for last looks to insure the integrity and continuity of puppets throughout the shoot. 

  • Provided stage support for upwards of 11 animators on 20 stages; including being the puppet hospital for repairs and rigging.

  • Interfaced with the director, AD, producers, animators, and other stage supports as a representative for the department.

  • Attended daily big board meetings to make notes of information relevant for the department, track progress on stages, and prepare assets for future use. 

  • Worked within guidelines of NDAs to maintain the security of ongoing project information.

Educator

Lecturer, Teachers Assistant, Independent Workshop Leader

  • Lecturer for a graduate seminar at UCLA focused on topics of animation history, technology, innovation, and critique.

  • Curated class screening, readings, and notes for class lectures.

  • Worked with campus facilities, projectionist, and film traffic office for screening.

  • Communicated with students giving project feedback and assisted with demonstrations.

  • Coordinate and lead both in person and online lectures.

Academic Administration

Assistant Registrar, Administrative Assistant for Student Records, Student Accounts Representative

  • Maintained the accuracy of digital and hardcopy student records.

  • Created and updated materials in Microsoft Office, InDesign.and spreadsheets using Excel as well as the Google suite.

  • Supervised the Student Records Administrative Assistant and student workers.

  • Worked within the guidelines of the Family Rights and Privacy Act to maintain confidentiality of sensitive student information.

  • Interfaced with other departments to provide reports.

  • Assists students, staff, and faculty in person as well as through email, telephone, and mail inquiries; including drafting formal letters, answering questions and forwarding messages to the appropriate offices.

  • Maintained office supplies including new supply orders when needed.

  • Accepted incoming payments,  posted payments to accounts, and prepared bank deposits.

  • Oversaw the printing and mailing of billing statements and departmental forms.

ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE

Nine years of industry experience in stop motion animation and entertainment fabrication.  Roles vary from puppet fabrication, model making, to puppet department coordinator, stage support, puppet wrangling, and visual display.  

SELECT STUDIOS WORKED WITH: 

Bix Pix Entertainment, Screen Novelties, Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, Chiodo Bros. Productions, Starburns Industries, Creation Consultants, Anthropologie, Apartment D, Bob Baker Marionette Theater, Fullscreen, Digital Wizards 

HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS:

SpongeBob Sandy’s Country Christmas, Mickey and Friends Trick or Treat, Mickey Saves Christmas, Teen Titans Go! 400th Episode, Robot Chicken, Alien X-mas, Santa Inc.,  Crossing Swords, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom, Tumble Leaf, The Mandalorian, RC Archie Special, Alabama Jackson

EDUCATION

University of California, Los Angeles

MFA, Animation

California College of the Arts 

Graduated with Distinction BFA, Sculpture