Manager Design

Arnaud Giroux

Entertainment, Marketing and Advertising Professional

************@**.***

Portfolio

http://arnaud_giroux.prosite.com/

www.oriaxnyc.com/rl

Linkedin Profile

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/arnaud-giroux/47/5a5/a29

Experience

ACD, Director of Interaction Design, Motion Graphic Artist at Freelance

January 2012 - Present (4 months)

Freelancing, UI interactive and Motion Graphics work for Concentric, Illustrations for Customer Underground.com, Interactive art direction and Motion graphics at Globalhue, Art directing at SS+K, Art Power, Jack Morton Worldwide, Web Design for Justice for families

Director of Interaction Design at Globalhue

May 2010 - November 2011 (1 year 7 months)

Art directing and managing Interactive and Digital projects for the Web, for wireless devices, phygital/interactive campaigns.

My duties also included Motion Graphics, Sound Editing, Retouching, Photo compositing and Design.

Associate Creative Director at GlobalHue

November 2009 - May 2010 (7 months)

Art Directing and managing traditional projects for print, OOH, Guerrilla and TV Campaigns.

My duties also included Motion Graphics, Sound Editing, Retouching, Photo compositing and Design.

Music Producer at Sony / BMG Music France

January 1999 - January 2004 (5 years 1 month)

Producing, arranging, composing, recording, directing bands and orchestras. Taking raw material and demo tapes to the next level. Maintaining the artists integrity and giving a smile to the record labels.

I sharpened my diplomatic skills and learned to deal with very strong egos.

Digital Special Effects Artist at L 'E.S.T., Deus Ex Machina, Various...

January 1997 - January 1999 (2 years 1 month)

Motion Graphics, Compositing,

Design and Animation of commercial title cards, Show Open,

Credit Roll, Bumpers, DVD Menus, 2D/3D Compositing and Visual

Effects for enterprise presentations, Storyboards llustrations for VFX, Movies and TV spots.

Recording Artist at Universal Music France

January 1995 - January 1999 (4 years 1 month) Composing songs, recording albums and touring.

Set Designer / Staff Manager at AB production France

January 1992 - January 1995 (3 years 1 month)

I started as a painter for frescos. I learned carpentry and use of plastics, special FX on camera and mate paintings (old school on glass or plexiglass). I finished my time at AB Production as a staff manager for props and accessories on multiple TV shows and movies.

I drastically sharpened my managing skills.

I left AB Prod because my band was taking off and a record deal with WEA Music.

Rough Man Story-Boarder at Taxi Jaune, Various French and International Ad agencies

September 1987 - September 1991 (4 years 1 month)

Internship, then freelance as a Rough-Man in various advertising agencies. Before the computer era, all the layouts were done with collage or hand drawings. I used to travel around with a light box that I built for myself, a huge bag of opaque documents taken from magazines and a set of markers.

I also worked for a while as a story-boarder with the great Remi Julienne who used to create all the stunts for the 007 movies. It was the dream job.

I collaborated with TV/Movie Productions, creating animatics on celluloid for commercials and movies.

Languages

French, Spanish, English

Skills & Expertise

Motion Graphics and Visual effects

interactive design, 3d Modeling and Animation Storyboards, Traditional and digital illustration color correction, retouching and compositing Sound effects, editing and design

Education

School of Visual Arts

Continuing education, Autodesk Maya, CGI, 2004 - 2004

Ecole Nationale Superieur des Arts Decoratifs

Bachelor of art, Interior Design/Fine Art, 1983 - 1987

Le lycée professionnel du livre et des arts graphiques Maximilien-Vox Paris

Baccalaureate, Fine art, Typography, Photography, Visual Communication., 1981 - 1983

Interests

SOFTWARE

Graphic, 3D, Motion and Video:

Adobe CS5 Suite preferred applications:

Adobe After Effects,

Adobe Photoshop,

Adobe Illustrator,

Adobe Indesign,

Adobe Premiere

3D Preferred Applications: Maxon Cinema 4D, Autodesk Maya

Video editing Apple Final Cut

Web:

A good understanding in Adobe Flash

SOFTWARE

Audio:

Apple Logic studio Pro, DigiDesign Pro Tools

Arnaud Giroux

Entertainment, Marketing and Advertising Professional

************@**.***

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