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| • Creative Director • Photoshop Expert • Digital Media Designer |
20 years as Business Owner/Creative Director. Award-winning interactive multimedia producer and designer. Award-winning graphic/photographic art director. Managed employees and contract teams in independent, corporate, and university settings. As film director, put together talent and crew – unknown to myself and each other, pulling together to produce first-time award-winning short film. Leadership Training graduate. Expert skills in all software packages used in computer illustration; web design; graphic design, layout, and illustration. Fine Art background. Extensive experience in lighting, set design and propping for still advertising photography. |
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| • Consultant • Innovator • Troubleshooter • Special Projects Consultant |
Analysis and development of new operational systems for Image Point professional photo labs. Developed new mapping techniques for American Automobile Assn. Provided concepts for web sites, print, package design and interactive media. Product development in numerous fields with emphasis on design and marketing. Extensive consulting for diverse clients in the fields of animation, interior design, architecture and construction, retail sales and marketing, fashion, computer systems design and implementation, software design, writing and others. Extremely short learning and implementation time. Rapid assimilation and distillation of information in diverse disciplines essential to training others. |
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| • Computer Expert | 20 yr. PowerUser, specializing in Mac-based graphics. Extensive software expertise including Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, InDesign, PowerPoint, GoLive, Director, Quark, Painter, etc. Mac/Windows- based systems consulting, training and tutoring. Researching, buying and installing Mac/Windows systems for business clients. Troubleshooting, installing, training, optimizing for both Mac and Windows 9x - XP. Hardware and software installation. |
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| • Commercial Photographer • Production Technician |
35mm to 8x10 format commercial still photography expertise- food, people, product, location. Extensive tungsten and strobe lighting experience. Set design, propping and styling. Film loading, equipment repair, assisting, B&W printing, retouching. Feature film and video production experience. Sound engineering, carpentry and electronics skills. |
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| • Writer • Publisher |
Screenwriter - Features, shorts, rewrites, treatments. Award-winning short story writer - published. Published collection of short stories. Scriptreader for three major studios. Freelance writing/editing experience - writing assignments, novels, advertising copy, editor. Publisher/Designer - Designed and published two trade books. Designed covers for three trade books. |
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| • Actor/Director • Voice-Over Artist • Musician Composer |
Award-wining Director/Producer for film and video. Digital editing – state of the art Final Cut Pro system. Voice-Over Artist for animation and commercials. Extensive training as Method Actor. Theatrical and Commercial credits. 30 years as performing musician - keyboards. Digital music composer. |
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| • Achievements | • Nominated for three Airy Awards, 168 Hour Film Project - Short Film - Writer, Director, Editor, Producer. • Best of Show Award for Proximity interactive software demo - Iowa Addy Awards. Four first-place awards. • Gold Omni Award from the Advertising Club/Kansas City for photography. • Produced the Westport Fashion/Design Review for a sold-out live audience. • Publisher of two trade books. • Published, short stories and short story collection. • Short story Honorable Mention, Susan B. Storke Writing Competition. • Short story Honorable Mention, Jonas Hebberhoffer Writing Competition. • Two-time short story finalist, New Letters Literary Awards. |
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| • Major Positions | • Creative Executive - Ken Rotcop Productions. • Creative Consultant • Script Reader, Propaganda Films • Owner, Light Interactive - Interactive Multimedia and Design • Owner, Daniel Klein Created! - Computer Illustration and Design • Contract Studio Photographer - Hallmark Cards, Kansas City • Owner, Daniel Klein Photography • Freelance graphic design • Art Director and Manager - Graphics Department, U of Iowa • Senior Cartographic Technician, American Automobile Assn. • Touring Musician |
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| • Affiliations | • Board of Directors, American Society of Magazine Photographers • Member, MENSA Society |
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| • Education | • University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop, Iowa City - Graduate Fiction • University of Missouri-Kansas City - Drama, creative writing • Kansas City Art Institute - Photography, design, cinematography, poetry • University of Iowa, Iowa City - Design major • Ken Rotcop’s Professional Writer’s Workshop • Voice-Over courses with L.A.’s top voice directors • Dianne and Lorrie Hull, Ph.D., LA - Acting/Directing Workshop |
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| • Personal | Leadership Training Graduate; Congenial; Friendly; Cooperative; High Energy; “Whatever It Takes” Attitude; Healing/Massage Talents; Great Physical Condition. Non-smoker, non-drinker, non-drug user. Sterling Men’s Weekend Graduate and Sterling Institute of Relationship men’s team leader for three years. |
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