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Los Angeles, CA, US

Santa Monica, California, US

Staff PositionExpert Senior Recruiter, for the following Activision studios: Sledgehammer Games & Raven Software.https://www.sledgehammergames.com/https://www.ravensoftware.com/About Sledgehammer Games: Founded in 2009 in Foster City, California, for over a decade Sledgehammer Games has been developing award winning titles in the Call of Duty franchise..

Novato, California, US

Headquartered just north of San Francisco, with offices spanning the globe across the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia, 2K is a videogame publisher managing some of the most creative, respected and premium brands in games today.Founded in 2005 within Take Two Interactive, 2K develops and publishes interactive entertainment for PC, console and mobile.

• CLIENT LIST - Crafty Apes VFX, Rodeo FX, Pulse Evolution, ARC Productions, Intelligent Creatures, Pixomondo, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Method Studios, Deluxe Entertainment, FrameStore.
• Provide consultant and contract services to help companies source and recruit top talent.
• Disciplines include: CG Supervisors, VFX Supervisors, Senior & Lead FX Artists, Nuke Compositors, Lighters, Modelers, Tracking Artists, Layout, Rigging, Matchmove Artists, Animators, Matte Painters, Texture Painters.

Montreal, Quebec, CA

• Contracts/Consultant
• Hired as a consultant to recruit positions for Rodeo's Montreal & Los Angeles locations.
• Positions: Sr. Pipeline TD's & Developers, Software, Lighters, LookDev Artists, Modelers, Texture/Shading artists, Riggers, Compositors, FX.Projects: "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" (2016)"Miss Peregrine's.

Santa Monica, CA, US

• Global Consultant
• Hired as a consultant to recruit positions for Method's various global locations: Los Angeles, London, Vancouver, and New York
• Positions included: Software Engineers, Pipeline, Systems Engineers, Lighters, Compositors, FX Artists, Technical Directors.Projects:"San Andreas" "Jupiter Ascending""Exodus: Gods and Kings""The Maze Runner"Method.

Burbank, CA, US

• Contract/Consultant
• Full cycle recruiting for WB Digital, broadcast media and post production facilities.
• Positions included: iTunes Engineers, Software & System Engineers, IT post production, Blu-ray, Compression, NOC & Metadata Technicians.

Irvine, CA, US

• Contract/Consultant
• Full cycle recruiting for Cinematic and Game Art departments. Technical and artistic positions.
• Positions included: Sound Engineers, Cinematic Artists (FX, Lighting, Software Engineers, CG Supervisor), Designers, Developers Projects/Teams:“World of Warcraft”, “Starcraft II”, “Diablo III”, “Titan Project –.

Vancouver, BC, CA

• About Imageworks:Sony Pictures Imageworks is an Academy Award®-winning visual effects and animation studio known for photoreal live-action visual effects, dynamic creature and character animation and full-CG features..
• Full cycle, high volume artistic and technical recruiting for over 20+ projects for the studio, both live action visual effects and CG animated features.
• Worked with producers/hiring managers and show leads to present candidates through the show pipelines.
• Had a consistently high acceptance rate when negotiating and presenting deals.
• Was the lead recruiter to start up and crew the new Albuquerque, New Mexico facility.
• Positions included: Technical and artistic CG artists, Animators, FX, Technical Directors, Software/Systems Pipeline, Modelers, Texture Artists, Lighters & Compositors, 3D Stereo, R&D. Projects: "Hotel Transylvania".

• Meteor StudiosProject Hire - Production Manager“300” – Warner Bros.Project Hire - VFX Production Coordinator“Final Destination 3” – New Line Cinema“Slither” – Universal Pictures
• Worked in both the Los Angeles and Montreal facilities, to manage and facilitate the production work flow through the pipeline to completion.
• Responsibilities included: asset management, shot tracking and scheduling crews and deadlines.
• Worked closely with producers, supervisors (both the facility and the client sides) and day to day artist management.
• Dealing directly with the studio client and producer to meet their production schedule and needs.Meteor Studios was a Canadian based production company, with additional offices in Los Angeles, that worked in computer.
• Dealing directly with the studio client and producer to meet their production schedule and needs.Ryhthm & Hues is an Academy Award winning visual effects and animation studio, with over 25 years of working on feature.

Culver City, CA, US

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition and distribution.
• Worked closely with Animation production crews, including producers, supervisors and artists, helping to move projects forward to completion.
• Involved in production of multiple shows at a time. Completed production in over 100+ episodes of animated television.
• Helped coordinate all aspects of the production pipeline, from concept to delivery.
• Attended voice over sessions and recordings with the acting talents, producers and directorsProjects:“Spider-Man”“Jackie Chan Adventures”“Stuart Little”“Roughnecks-Starship Troopers”“Dragon Tales”“Heavy Gear”

Worked as a Production Coordinator & Visual Effects Coordinator on first and second unit crews, project hires.Visual Effects CoordinatorProject hire - Universal Pictures/Imagine Entertainment (1999)"Nutty Professor II: The Klumps"Production CoordinatorProject hire - Columbia Pictures (1999)"All the Pretty Horses"Production CoordinatorProject hire - HGI.