Director Manager

Neco Turkienicz

* ******* ***** **, . ***** Plains, NY 10603

Phone: 917-***-**** . Email: ********@*****.***

A highly professional Creative Director, TV Director, Senior Editor and

Strong Visual Storyteller with large experience in promos, trailers,

television series and documentaries and animation for commercials. Expert

Video Editor (FCP, Avid Media Composer) with hundreds of prime time

broadcast items shown on TV. Successful experience with TV promotional

items, channel branding, Live TV programs, documentaries and News items.

Proven creative strategy and effective ability to lead multiple creative

teams and manage concurrent responsibilities and tasks with a sharp

attention to detail.

Career Highlights

Aug 2009 to present

Creative Director - Launch, New York, NY

. Directed numerous 3D and 2D projects, cinematics and animatics - for

some of the largest ad agencies in the US and Europe, like McCann,

Grey, Publicis, BBDO, Leo Burnett, Saatchi and more.

. Directed and oriented multiple projects on tight schedule, working

with the agency's Creative Director in tight creative collaboration

. Managed client contacts and marketing for the South American market,

mainly Brazil - Agencies as BBDO, Ogilvy, Y&R, Taterka and more

. Managed, assigned tasks, and art directed crews of 3D animators and

modelers, Maya and Motion Builder professionals, as well as editors

working on Final Cut and After Effects

. Designed shooting plans and Directed actors in Motion Capture (

MOCAP) shoots for animated spots.

Dec 2004 to May 2009

Senior Creative Director -Animated Storyboards, New York, NY

. Directed and edited over 500 animatics and test commercials, always

achieving more than client's expectations, leading large creative

teams, for major advertising agencies including Leo Burnett, BBDO,

Grey Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi and more.

. Effectively managed multiple projects on schedule and over client

specs. Worked very closely with clients finding solutions for creative

and production requirements.

. Wrote and disseminated daily creative briefs for illustration, Flash

animation, After Effects, and 3D to US, Bangkok and Tel Aviv studios

while effectively managing the workflow

. Assigned tasks to the company's 130 in-house artists; monitored their

progress hourly and gave proper feedback for timely delivery, keeping

always a tight schedule.

. Implemented company-wide briefing process for better communication of

revisions and clear direction to artists.

. Efficiently scheduled and monitored simultaneous work of three

studios (New York, Tel-Aviv and Bangkok).

. Trained and mentored junior creative directors and apprentices in all

aspects of production process, bringing them to a high professional

level.

1997-2004

Program & Promo Senior Director / Senior Avid Editor - Various

Networks, Tel Aviv, Israel

. Produced, directed and edited more than 1000 sports promos and

hundreds of TV items for Israel's premiere television networks.

. Effectively supervised and coordinated post production crews including

offline and online editors, audio engineers, and graphic designers.

. Directed several commercials for broadcast channels. Established and

managed the first promo department at the Israeli Sports Channel,

Channel 5, leading promotional and branding strategies

. TV studio director in various live prime time programs for the Sports

Channel and Channel 2 Israel

. Among other work, directed and edited awarded special items for the

UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) Champions League

broadcast in Israel for more than 8 years. Directed three weekly TV

series, one season each, involving field and studio shooting and post

production.

(Full list of films, series, and commercials edited available

upon request.)

1992-1997

Reportage Director & Editor - Various Networks, Tel Aviv, Israel

. Directed several documentaries (40-55 minutes in length) for various

channels, shown in national broadcast.

. Created two prime-time pieces surrounding Brazil's participation in

the 1994 World Cup.

. Directed four (4) prime time documentaries for Israel's Channel 2.

Expertise

- Expert Proficiency in Final Cut Pro, Avid Symphony, Avid Media Composer,

Avid Adrenaline, Avid Unity Media Manager and Adobe Premiere Pro.

- Deep knowledge of all TV Post Production, TV studio workflow and

equipment

- Solid experience in MOCAP direction ( Vicon and Moven)

- Solid understanding of Adobe After-Effects, Maya, Motion Builder,

Photoshop, Flash, and 3ds Max.

Education

- Major in Television Direction, Film and Television School, Tel-Aviv

University, Israel

- School of Communications & Journalism - University of Rio Grande do Sul,

Porto Alegre, Brazil

Fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish, & Hebrew.

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