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GILBERT RAYMOND ALVARADO
e-mail atomicgil@sbcglobal.net or gil@gilalvarado.com

CURRENT STATUS
Looking for full time work and an opportunity in the motion graphics industry.

WORK EXPERIENCE
October 2005 to September 2006
Defense Media Center (contractor) Riverside, CA
Broadcast Motion Graphic Designer
From concept to design to production of on air graphics
using After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Final Cut Pro on a Mac platform.
Also print advertising campaigns from concept to copy and design.

May 2001 to October 2005
Self-Employed, Hollywood, CA
Freelance Motion Graphic Designer
Motion Graphics • Video editing • Web design • Cinematographer
Personal Assistant to Terry Ork
Terry Ork: Film maker • Ork Records • Andy Warhol's protege • The midwife of Punk Rock and CBGB's in New York.

May 2000 to May 2001
Buena Vista Imaging, Burbank, CA
Title Technician
Disney Title and Optical Department
• Feature Film main and end titles
• Created DVD artwork for storybook DVD extras
Disney Media Services Department
• Animation presentation designer for in house conferences
May 1999 to May 2000
Self-Employed, Hollywood, CA
Freelance Motion Graphic Designer
Motion Graphics • Video editing • Web design
December 1994 to May 1999
Cinema Research Corporation, Hollywood, CA
Title Designer & Art Department Supervisor
Main Titles, end Titles, Film Graphics and Trailer Graphics
• Computer generated animations and graphics
May 1991 to September 1993
Venice Magazine, Hollywood, CA
Art Director
Produced monthly arts and entertainment magazine.
Photographer
August 1989 to December 1994
The Practice Builder Agency, Costa Mesa, CA
Mac Artist, Art Department
Designed various marketing and advertising material for medical professionals. Logos • Direct marketing materials
August 1988 to August 1989
Let’s Rent Magazine, Costa Mesa, CA
Macintosh Production Designer, Art Department
Design and Typeset for monthly magazine
September 1984 to August 1988
Volt Information Services, Anaheim, CA
Artist, Art Department
Hand drawn artwork for yellow pages advertising.

EDUCATION
1977-1982 • Pacific Christian College • Fullerton, CA • Bachelor of Arts

1982-1983 • California State Fullerton • Graphic Design

2001 • Gnomon School of Visual Effects • Hollywood, CA • Shake 101

APPLICATIONS
• After Effects 7 • Illustrator CS2 • PhotoShop CS2 • Flash MX 2004 • Dreamweaver MX 2004 • Final Cut Pro HD • Shake 2. • Power Point • MS Word

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror; Voting Member
Graphic Artists Guild Local 800 (former member honorable withdrawal from local)

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