Designer / Animator / Compositor

David Tsai

Los Angeles, CA

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A dedicated and enthusiastic production artist pursuing a career as a Designer, able to prioritize and complete tasks to ensure timely project completion independently or with a team. With experience and knowledge gained as a freelance designer in both e-commerce and corporate environment, I am now fully committed to continuing my career on a full-time basis.
Education
- Certificate Motion Graphics
  
  Video Symphony
  
  2005 - 2006
  
  ▪ Studies focused in Broadcast Design ▪ Animation, Compositing, Rotoscoping, Image/Video Editing
- BA Studio Art
  
  University of California, Irvine
  
  2002 - 2004
  
  ▪ Studies focused in Graphic Design, Photography, and Video ▪ Cumulative GPA: 3.2
Experience
- Graphic Designer
  
  Corporate / E-commerce / Broadcast
  
  Los Angeles, CA
  
  Nov 2016 - Present (10 years 1 month)
  
  ▪ Designer for Photo Collage/Video (Freelance Artist)
  – Asset Creation for Digital, Video, and Print
  – Project Consultation, Project Management
  ▪ Ebay Seller (Part-Time, independent hobby seller)
  – Creating Listings and Detailed Item Descriptions
  – Photographing, Photo Retouch, Preparing Shipments
  – Handling Customer Enquiries and Issues
- Graphic Finisher
  
  Buddha Jones
  
  Sep 2017 - Aug 2019 (1 year 11 months)
  
  ▪ Design and Animation for Theatrical, Broadcast, and Game Trailers
  ▪ Prepare Creative Presentation with Storyboards and Styleframes
  ▪ Conform and Upscale Designs into Multiple Formats
  ▪ Render to 4K, UHD, HD, Instagram, and Snapchat Formats
  ▪ Prepare Finalized Textless Renders and Toolkits for Localization
  ▪ Create Graphic/Animation Templates and Toolkits
- Motion Graphics Artist
  
  Critical Content
  
  Jul 2017 - Aug 2017 (1 month)
  
  ▪ Design and Animation
  ▪ Broadcast Assets / Development: Catfish: Trolls (2017)
  ▪ Prepare Finalized Toolkit and Textless Renders for Localization
- Motion Graphics Artist
  
  Go Go Luckey Entertainment
  
  Jun 2016 - Mar 2017 (9 months)
  
  ▪ Design, Animation, and Compositing
  ▪ Broadcast Assets / Development: The Unexplained (2017)
  ▪ Prepare Finalized Toolkit and Textless Renders for Localization
- Motion Graphics Artist
  
  DARKMATTER
  
  Apr 2016 - May 2016 (1 month)
  
  ▪ Design, Animation, and Compositing
  ▪ Game Cinematic: The Elder Scrolls: Legends (2017)
  ▪ Asset Preparations
  ▪ Output Finalized Renders
- Graphic Designer
  
  Realplay Corp.
  
  Feb 2013 - Aug 2015 (2 years 6 months)
  
  ▪ General Office Duties
  ▪ Designer for Print, Signs, and Web Graphics
  – Catalog and Brochure Layout Design
  – Generate Concept and Mock-up Images
  – Brand ID Development and Creation
  ▪ Photographer on Product and Marketing
  – Photo Retouch, Optimization
- Motion Graphics Artist
  
  Digital Kitchen
  
  Jan 2013 - Feb 2013 (1 month)
  
  ▪ Show Graphics, Lower Thirds, UI Menu Animation
  ▪ Shows: AT&T Uverse Movies / Sports Channels
  ▪ Output Finalized Renders
- Creative Designer / Animator
  
  Phoenix Satellite Television (US) Inc.
  
  Dec 2009 - Mar 2012 (2 years 3 months)
  
  ▪ Creative Designer: Broadcast, Web Banner, Print, and Video
  ▪ Video Editor: News Program, Commercial, and Interview
  ▪ Project management, Digital Content I/O, Artist Coordination
  ▪ Sharing The Communicator Award 2011 as a Creative Designer
- Motion Graphics Artist
  
  State Of Tomorrow
  
  Sep 2008 - Sep 2008
  
  ▪ Poster and Reel Design, Edit, Animate
Industries
Skills
- Animation
- CGI
- Graphic Design
- Illustrator
- Motion Graphics
- Photoshop
- Product Design
- Prototyping
- UX
- Wireframing
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