Engineer Design

Nicholas Leach

Digital Media Designer

**** ********* ******, *******, ******* 32725

Phone: 386-***-**** - Cell: 386-***-**** - E-mail: pyzeno@r.postjobfree.com

Web: http://www.youtube.com/user/nickleach62

Summary

I am accomplished in live studio and location television production: lighting video cameraman, video editor, lighting director, sound mixer for talk, live audiovisual/mixing for lecture theaters. My computing qualification and background led to me being a lecturer for computing. A natural flair for design resulted in my teaching multimedia, visual communication, game design, construction management; graphic design for in-house promotions; 3D modeling for animation. I am an avid stills photographer and am looking to put all these skills to good use in a recovering economy, now that my own family has flown the coop.

Professional experience

Attractions Attendant at Disney World Magic Kingdom, Florida November 2010 – present

• Operating Pirates of the Caribbean ride

School Chair, School of Drafting & Design for ITT Technical Institute, Lake Mary, Florida Feb 2008 – May 2010

• Was responsible for everything regarding Associate and Bachelor degree courses; Computer Drafting and Design, Construction Management, Visual Communication, Game Design

• Served as Subject Matter Expert for the content of courses and for technical information for students, staff and advisory committees

• Was instrumental in maintaining sufficient qualified instructors, ensuring all courses are staffed, substituting for absent instructors

• Advised students about their academic status and their options within the program.

• Started the Green Building Club as an extracurricular activity

Instructor (full time) for ITT Technical Institute, Lake Mary, Florida Mar 2001 – Jan 2008

• Taught all core aspects of the Associates Degree in Multimedia (Visual Communication), including Instructional Design, Intro to Design, Intro to 3D Modeling, Animation 1 and 2, Broadcast Graphics, Video/Audio Techniques, Scripting and Web Authoring, Typography, Digital Prepress, Interactive Communication Design (Flash)

• taught all core aspects of the Bachelors Degree in Game Design, including The Game Design Process, Game Design Strategies, Creative Writing and Storyboarding, Advanced Animation, Level Design, Game Engines, Game Interface Design

• Taught some computing, general education, and CAD courses

• Added extra content to the courses to benefit the students

Lecturer in Computing for Lews Castle College, Stornoway, Scotland Aug 1998 – Jul 1999

• Taught computer applications and programming, from special needs students to Bachelor level students, including Intro to C++ Programming, Use of Microsoft Applications, Network Operating Systems, Web Page Production

Learning Technologies Development Officer for Lews Castle College, Stornoway, Scotland Jan 1996 – Aug 1998

• Researched into useful ways of teaching to an audience spread out over a wide rural area

• Collaborated on a standard for preparing teaching material for low-speed videoconferencing using ISDN2

• Incorporated web-based support for the course material

• Maintained the college website; moved it from a Mac to an NT4 platform

LiveNET Systems Engineer for University College London, England Jul 1992 – Jul 1995

• Skillfully maintained and operated fiber-optic/copper audio & video teaching system (LiveNET – London Interactive Video for Education NETwork) using both analog and ISDN2-ISDN30 digital systems

• departmental computer support

• supervised and supported co-workers in their tasks

• general TV studio production, particularly for many live teaching seminars between hospital operating rooms and delegates in lecture theaters

• live TV transmissions over satellite for Royal Veterinary College

Freelance TV Studio Crewmember for UCL images (University College London), England Sep 1990 – Jul 1992

• Primarily for staging media training bookings.

• TV studio & location cameraman, camera direction, vision/sound mixing, videotape editing, studio & location lighting

• Installed studio equipment & updated wiring to improve studio profitability

Freelance Videographer for Peter Dyer Photographs Ltd, London, England May 1982 – Jun 1984

• Filmed and edited weddings on U-matic format videotape, handed over finished tape on VHS

Installation / Maintenance Engineer for British Telecommunications plc, Cambridge, England Feb 1982 – Sep 1989

• Public telephone exchange maintenance

• Installed and maintained multi-line business telephone systems

• Was part of the team updating Cambridge University’s phone system in the 1980s.

Software proficiency

Autodesk 3DS Max, Revit 2009, Maya, (AutoCAD 2010)

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, Flash, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Encore, Soundbooth, Macromedia Director

Sony Sound Forge

Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visual Basic, C++ beyond intermediate level.

Professional associations

Full Member: International Webmasters Association (IWA/HWG)

Full Member: International Game Developers Association (IGDA)

Full Member: SIGGRAPH - Orlando

Education

B.Sc. (Hons) Computer Science from University College London, England 1989 – 1992

Awarded 2(ii)

Higher National Certificate in Electronic Engineering 1984 – 1989

National Certificate in Telecommunications from Cambridgeshire College of Arts & Technology, Cambridge, England

Equivalent to Associates Degree in Electrical Engineering Technology)

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