Experience
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The New Yorker magazine (cartoons)
The New Republic magazine (cartoons, reporting, editing)
Alta Journal (cartoons)
Narrative magazine (cartoons)
Graverobber Productions (storyboard, 2D character animation)
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (graduate-level instruction in digital animation)
California College of the Arts (undergraduate-level instruction in sound design for animation)
Mother Jones magazine (reporting, editing)
The San Francisco Bay Guardian (reporting, editing)
The Believer magazine (editing)
The American Prospect magazine (editing)
Consumer Financial Service Corporation (copywriting)
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (editing)
Wise World Prep higher-education consultants (application-essay consulting)
The New Yorker magazine (cartoons)
The New Republic magazine (cartoons, reporting, editing)
Alta Journal (cartoons)
Narrative magazine (cartoons)
Graverobber Productions (storyboard, 2D character animation)
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (graduate-level instruction in digital animation)
California College of the Arts (undergraduate-level instruction in sound design for animation)
Mother Jones magazine (reporting, editing)
The San Francisco Bay Guardian (reporting, editing)
The Believer magazine (editing)
The American Prospect magazine (editing)
Consumer Financial Service Corporation (copywriting)
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (editing)
Wise World Prep higher-education consultants (application-essay consulting)
Degrees
Harvard University — BA English, Phi Beta Kappa, top GPA among English majors
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television — MFA Animation
Supplementary coursework
Rhode Island School of Design (digital and traditional illustration)
UC Berkeley (anatomy, portraiture)
California College of Art (illustration and freelance business practices)
San Francisco State University (2D digital animation)
Stanford University (fiction writing)
Harvard University — BA English, Phi Beta Kappa, top GPA among English majors
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television — MFA Animation
Supplementary coursework
Rhode Island School of Design (digital and traditional illustration)
UC Berkeley (anatomy, portraiture)
California College of Art (illustration and freelance business practices)
San Francisco State University (2D digital animation)
Stanford University (fiction writing)
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Software skills (advanced)
Pro Tools Photoshop TVPaint Premiere Office Animate After Effects Google Cloud apps Software skills (basic) Toonboom Illustrator Flix Final Cut Pro Final Draft SketchUp |
Traditional media skills
Writing (scripts, grants, fiction, organizational communications, personal statements) Editing (structure, line, fact-checking, copy editing, proofreading) Illustration Cartooning Life drawing Comics Watercolor Colored Pencil Line drawing Music composition, arranging, and performance Music theory Sound editing Teaching Traditional animation principles 2D digital animation Story development Storyboarding Directing for animation Audio recording Sound design and dialogue editing Postproduction audio Figure drawing Essay writing and revision Grant writing |