ALEXANDRA MORRIS

E-mail: asterism@gmail.com

PROFILE
	Enthusiastic, goal-oriented individual with an eye for minimalist flare. Strengths include working independently and a fast learner when taking on new tasks, an innovative thinker. Comfortable with computers on both Mac and PC platforms, has trained for over a year with Alias Maya, as well as various editing, imaging and publishing suites.

SOFTWARES & HARD SKILLS
	Software focus on Macromedia Flash Also: Corel PhotoPaint and Adobe Photoshop Toonboom Stage Adobe After Effects and Premier Alias Maya Microsoft Word and Excel Typing speed 50WPM Callboard and Reception duties	- - - - - - - - -	animating short sequences, creating graphically sound vector layouts and illustrations, compositing and timing photo manipulation, creating original interface layouts and graphics texture maps for Alias Maya models clean up and digital painting of vectorized line art cutting together rendered animations and other footage to background track, incorporating visual effects fully modeling and texturing own characters and environments, rigging characters in order to animate in lit, rendered scenes. formatting documents and spreadsheets for data storage and presentation inputting text data and produce codes answering and transferring calls, taking memos and greeting clients

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE & SOFT SKILLS
	Graphic Designer Pelesys Learning Systems, Richmond, BC November 2007 – Present and August 2006 – March 2007 Digital Painter Mercury Filmworks April 2007 – November 2007 Cashier and Customer Service Extra Foods Canada, Vancouver, BC 2004 – 2005 and 2000 – 2001 Administrative & Office Assistant, Receptionist Northgate Minerals Corporation, Vancouver, BC Incl. Kemess Mine, Smithers, BC 1999 – 2006	- - - -	working to tight deadlines, showed initiative in seeking neccesary assets and staying to finish work quota when neccesary, lead projects and worked efficiently with a team to produce clearly illustrated, visually pleasing computer-based-learning programs through 2D vector (Flash) and 3D renderred (Maya) graphics, timed to audio with a need for both detail and efficiency, cleaned up raw, vectorized line art and added colour digitally in Toonboom Stage, noting any stand out issues for production pipeline and being mindful of quality control, keeping up with quotas and weekly episode delivery, and maintaining both digital and paper records of scenes and drawings completed using strong communication skills, polite manner and observation to ensure that customers’ orders were processed efficiently, and that any concerns they had were addressed quickly either by myself, if possible, or by referring them to the appropriate authority data entry and retrieval, filings and mailings requiring a sense of organization and the ability to work unsupervised. Covering short-term for administrative and security duties called upon memorization, attention to protocol and quick thinking

EDUCATION
	2004 - 2006 2002 - 2004	Art Institute of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC Advanced Diploma – Animation Art and Design Langara College, Vancouver, BC University Transfer Program, majoring in Computer Science

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
	Dance (ballet, jazz – 8 years at Goh Academy) Nisei Karate (brown belt) Reading (Historical, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Suspense)	Musical Theatre (attendance and participation) Costume design & construction (fantasy, historical, dance) Website design & construction (html – www.lexmorris.com)

REFERENCES available upon request.