Work History

Ringling College of ART AND dESIGN - vfx pROFESSOR (2022 - pRESENT)

Developed curriculum for Visual Effects and Motion Design courses at Ringling College, leading to the school being ranked #2 in the US for Visual Effects in 2024.
Mentored students to create impactful projects and prepare them for the industry.
Worked on Committees to further the development of the school, including Search Committee, Emerging Technologies Committee, AI Task Force, and Career Services Committee.

SILVER SPOON ANIMATION - FREELANCE Compositior - Contract (2025)

Contracted to complete composites for internal pitches. Tracking, Roto, AI. All the good stuff! (I signed an NDA, thats all I can say!)

ILLUM Productions - Senior Compositior - Contract (2025)

Performed beauty cleanup for the short film "My Guardian Angel" by fixing and rebuilding the actress's skin for the entire film.
Contracted as a Senior Compositor at Illum Productions to seamlessly enhance the visual storytelling through digital effects.
Utilized advanced compositing techniques to ensure a flawless on-screen appearance, enhancing the overall production qualit

Nickelodeon - ANIMATOR (2017 - 2022)

Started as a freelancer (2017) and they liked me enough to give me benefits and a staff position (2019).
Works on a wide array of short form and advertising centric work. From 2D Graphics, to 3D Packages, as well as Live Action Compositing.
Works both autonomously and with various teams.

iam8bit - Freelance Motion Designer - (April 2021 & Aug 2021)

Worked as a Contract Based Freelancer on two separate projects on Nights and Weekends (I thought I was done with doing that, but here we are)
Work with tight deadlines and managed notes from clients in a timely manner.

Midnight Oil Video FreeLance 3D/2D AniMATOR - (2018 - 2019)

Worked Nights and Weekends (get a life, right?), on and off on various projects for a handful of clients.
Worked Remote, which was a selling point before 2020 but not as impressive now.
Managed notes from clients and adapted to changing deliverables.

HasBro’s Cake MiX Studios - VFX INtern (May 2016 - Aug 2016)

Worked doing Compositing Cleanup in Nuke.
Worked with a small team to deliver some pretty cool VFX work.
Lots of Keying and Roto and Camera Tracking, typical intern stuff.

EDUCATION

Ringling College of Art and Design - BFA (2013-2017)

Studied Motion Design for four years, got a killer work ethic and skill set, and have been kicking ass ever since.

Skills Software

2D/3D Animation Cinema 4D
Lighting Arnold
Texturing Redshift
Compositing Octane
VFX - Pyro Simulation Mantra
Design After Effects
Nuke
Houdini

AWARDS

Yeah… there are a lot of them, the Big One is the Emmy I won in 2021, if you want more check out this link for full list: CLICK ME

(nice and brief right? nobody actually likes reading resumes, this is just to prove I can hold a job, go check out my reel, that’s the good stuff, or better yet, call me: 716.598.7079)