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Nick Crocco
(916) 718-2625
nick@crocco.net

EDUCATION

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY, Los Angeles, CA
Bachelor of Arts, Animation Major/ Studio Arts Minor 2005
Emphasis in Computer Animation/Flash Game Design

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY:

• Advanced Interactive Flash
• Online Web Design and Development
• Interactive Game Design and Development
• Online Interactive Project Management
• Advanced 3D Computer Animation
• Sound Design (Recording Arts)
• Advanced (Traditional) Animation
• Storyboarding & Visual Storytelling TV, Film, Animation

COMPUTER SKILLS: IBM/PC, Macintosh, and Linux

• 3D Studio Max ¨ Microsoft Office¨ HTML/XML/Javascript ¨ Dreamweaver
• Adobe Photoshop CS3, Premier, After Effects, Illustrator
• Painter 5.0 ¨ Corel ¨ Quark ¨ ProTools
• Flash CS3 / Action Script 2
• Director / Lingo

STRENGTHS

Familiarity with film creation process ¨ Technical Oriented
Creative and Original Thinking Skills
Ability to work collaboratively
HTML, Javascript, Flash Action Script ¨ Problem-Solving and Design
Well Organized, Excellent time management skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sony Pictures Imageworks, Culver City, CA August 2005-Present
Interactive Flash Designer

• Project Management for Flash interactive games
• Flash interactive game design and development
• Developed HTML and Flash assets for use in Domestic and International Digital Marketing
• Repurposed interactive marketing materials for use in Domestic and International territories

LMU, Los Angeles, CA January 2006-May 2006
Flash Instructor for Interactive Animation

• Instructed students with beginning Flash and Actionscript
• Educated students in Flash game design and development
• Managed lesson plans and assignments
• Taught students coding techniques and animation in a Flash environment

Electronic Arts, Los Angeles, CA June 2005-August 2005
Quality Assurance for Electronic Arts

• Tested interactive games on a number of platforms
• Located errors in the software and documented how to recreate error
• Worked in a team environment to problem solve bug recreation

LMU, Los Angeles, CA August 2004-May 2005
Teachers Assistant in Interactive Animation for Tom Klein

• Aided and taught students Macromedia Flash
• Assisted in teaching of Action Script
• Discovered and corrected script errors in various coded projects

G4 Tech TV, Santa Monica, Ca Jan 2005-May2005
Associate Producer’s Assistant (Intern) for TV Show Cinematech

• Game play capture and research
• Show development and asset collection
• Video and audio editing of footage

LMU, Los Angeles, CA 2002-2004
Web Page Management and Creation for Rob Burchfield

• Aided in content creation for the LMU Animation Webpage
• Transferred Beta film to online compliant digital media
• Edited and resolved HTML code

REFERENCES

Ann Glenn, Senior Web Developer Sony Pictures Digital

Tom Klein, Macromedia Flash Instructor Loyola Marymount

Robert Burchfield, Animation Department Chairman Loyola Marymount

Jose Garcia-Moreno, Animation Instructor, Loyola Marymount

Van Partible, Director/Creator "Johnny Bravo," Cartoon Network

Jeremy Hoffmann, Associate Producer of TV show "Cinematech," G4 Tech TV