Do random creative stuff on an occasional basis.Mostly music and paintings.

I taught SMAD 410 "The Creative Producer" for the School Media Arts and Design Department's Summer in LA program. The class focused on marketing a title from pre-production, production, post, releasing and generating future audiences and revenue streams. The focus was on story, audience and connecting the two through clever marketing strategies and tactics. This program was suspended for two summers due to the pandemic.

• Direct all digital and print entertainment production from brief to final production• Create online takeovers, static banners, flash banners and rich media assets• Produce mechanicals, provide retouching/finishing and deliver trapped pdf files• Manage project teams and freelancers to deliver on time and budget• Coordinate vendor selection and QC all print and online deliverables • Provide status updates to clients and internal teams

Develop procedures and oversee production of theatrical and home entertainment print deliverablesDirect all IT initiatives including digital asset management systems, servers and workstation upgradesNurture and maintain vendor relationships with print, hardware and consumable vendorsSpearhead online initiatives for client and in-house applications

Created props including graphic novels and covers, beer and wine labels, t-shirt designs, and a custom tattoo. Provided use of five of my paintings as set dressing. Built a functioning outdoor shower with wooden base and painted and repainted many walls.

Teach PADI Scuba Diving classes from Scuba Diver, to Open water and beyond as well as specialty courses.

Give personalized service to resort customers in creating outstanding dive experiences. Teach PADI Discover Scuba Diving, Open Water and Specialty Courses.

Lead certified Divers on Underwater tours, Teach Discover Scuba Diving, and drive the 45 foot dive boats to the dive sites. Up at 5:30 am, home by 6pm!

Led sail training programs for teen and college age students in the art of marlinspike seamanship, sail handling, long boat rowing, and sea chanteys. Responsible for ship’s budget and cash accounting, watch leading, navigation, ship’s maintenance and guest experiences. As Master Gunner for four cannons, responsible for rolling charges, gun tool creation, gun maintenance and safe firing.

* Oversaw production of all theatrical advertising projects including production of theatrical 1-sheets, publication ads, billboards, OOH and other collateral. * Managed vendor relations in research, bid procurement, contract execution and deliverables. * Created and maintained corporate website using Flash and Dreamweaver.* Created billing blocks, title treatments, comp templates, and supervised finishing/retouching process. * Quality checked, collected and burned all deliverables.* Created production workflow procedures for creative and mechanical processes.* Managed all special print project initiatives and in-house promotional campaigns.* Coordinated delivery of final mechanicals with studio production departments and attended press checks. Maintained color calibration of printers.* Clients included Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Universal, Sony, Lionsgate, HBO, ESPN and other smaller production companies.

• Provided design, photo-retouching, color correction and trapping expertise for entertainment and retail clients including Walt Disney, Universal, JCPenny and Baskin-Robbins. • Designed and maintained corporate web site. • Fixed problem files, trained operators, designed special projects.

Built Direct Response and Membership Mechanicals for Hilton HHonors and United Airlines programs.

Built mechanicals for Starbucks, Alpine Audio, Stagg Chili, and Web Banners for Great Domains and FutureStep

Took photos, wrote articles and designed quarterly newsletter for 1000 homes in the Hollywood Dell neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills. Active in Board decisions and implementing neighborhood improvement.

Managed night shift and provided design, photo-retouching, color correction and trapping expertise for entertainment and retail clients including Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., and Lucky Brand. Fixed problem files and output film in an Agfa postscript environment.

Established in-house pre-press department for catalog page production.Hired and trained all staff. Produced 16,000 4-color pages annually with a staff of seven on high-end Macintosh workstations and AGFA imaging equipment. Managed $500K+ department budget. Responsibilities included systems maintenance on workstations, designing logos, slide shows,and other artwork for corporate communications. Coordinated film schedules and print quality with printers in Australia,Scotland and the U.S. Attended press checks.