Andrew Roberts
347.220.3638
andrewanimator[at]gmail[dot]com

Experience
August 2009 - October 2010, May 2011 - June 2012
Digital Animator, Rigger
Curious Pictures, New York City
Animated and rigged characters for the first and second season of Nickelodeon's Team UmiZoomi.
May 2008 - July 2009
Rigging Artist
Little Airplane Productions, New York City
As head of character rigging for season three of Wonder Pets on Nick Jr., I was in charge of the design, development, construction and programming of every character's animation apparatus. This required coordination with directors, lead animators and designers to make sure every character included all the functionality required for each episode.
March 2007 - May 2008
Character Animator
Little Airplane Productions, New York City
Animated multiple characters for the second season of Wonder Pets for the Nick Jr. network and the first season of 3rd & Bird for BBC Television. Additional tasks included the generation of background elements, production software script development and character rigging.
August 2005 - February 2007
Character Animator
Animation Collective, New York City
Animated and created assets for multiple symbol-based characters in Flash including the main character Mikey in the first season of Kappa Mikey for Nicktoons Network and multiple characters in the first season of Ellen's Acres for Cartoon Network. Programmed custom plug-ins for Flash in order to streamline production.
June 2004 - August 2004
Flash illustrator, Flash Animator, Flash programmer
Justice Planning and Management Associates, management consulting and training firm, Augusta, Maine
Responsibilities included the creation of illustrations for Flash presentations, and the design, programming and animation of Flash-based interfaces used in e-learning presentations on the web
October 2003 - August 2004
Designer, Web Designer, Animator
eXoloop, ecommerce/web development company, New York City
Responsibilities included the creation of logos and Flash elements, and the design of ecommerce and moving web sites
June 2003 - August 2003
Marketing Coordinator, Animator
Saunders Mfg. Co. Inc., Office product and mobile device accessory company, Maine
Developed and implemented marketing strategies. Responsible for design and animation of banner ads for use in marketing campaigns on the web and developing a Flash-based web site to showcase a new product for the GameBoy Advance SP.
August 2002 - January 2003
Graphic Designer
Responsibilities included working with the Maine Developmental Disabilities Council and the Maine Family Collaborative to create logos, brochures and advertisements for their organizations.
August 1999 - January 2000
Motion Graphics Animator
nickandpaul, Design and branding agency, New York City
Responsibilities included working with designers and clients to translate brand identities and logos into animation, and sound design and synchronization for animation.
Education
School of Visual Arts, New York City
BFA Animation
School of Visual Arts, New York City
MFA Computer Art
Computer Abilities
Platforms
Microsoft Windows
Macintosh OS
Software
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Flash
Autodesk Softimage
Autodesk Maya
Programming and Scripting Languages
Actionscript 2, 3
Flash JavaScript API (JSFL)
JavaScript
HTML/CSS