Artist & Animator

Juan Carlos Valdez

www.juancarlosvaldez.com

**** ******** ****** ***** ***. 1105 | Boca Raton, Fl. 33433

********@*****.*** | 305-***-****

Production Designer/Computer Animator

Skills:

Character Design - Concept Design - Story Development - Drawing - Painting - Sculpting

Multilingual (English, Spanish, Portuguese)

Software:

Autodesk Maya - Autodesk Mudbox - Adobe Photoshop - Adobe After Effects - Adobe Premiere Pro

Flash - Adobe Illustrator - Corel Draw/Painter - Microsoft Office

Work History:

My Hero Studios, LLC

08/2008 – Present

Position Title: Owner and Creative Director

Director and production supervisor on all projects produced by the studio

Story developer, character designer and concept artist

Lead animator and modeler

Digital Media Arts College

07/2008 – Present

Position Title: Computer Animation Professor

Responsible for the instruction and skill development of college students in the subjects of Computer Animation,

Graphic Design, Art and Film Making.

Educate students at different artistic levels

Evaluate students by observation, progress of their work and final compositions

Teach digital media programs such as Maya, Photoshop, Premiere Pro and After Effects.

Accord Productions

07/2006 – 07/2008

Position Title: Graphic Artist

Produced 3D and 2D animation and all graphic art

Designed all Graphic artwork: CD/DVD label designs, brochures, CD/DVD Inserts, catalogs, graphics for video, and animation.

Edit company videos for various clients, international commercials, and local advertising.

Responsible for compositing all videos with animation and graphic artwork.

Met with clients weekly to create and develop company logos and conceptual artwork for individual projects.

Create 3d special effects for Accord Productions’ in-house projects and for their clients.

Programs used in this position include; Photoshop, Maya, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Flash, and Toon Boom.

Education:

Miami International University of Art and Design

Master’s Degree Computer Animation and Fine Arts

Grad Date: March 2008

Miami International University of Art and Design

Bachelor's Degree Computer Animation and Fine Arts

Grad Date: May 2004

References:

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