Animation Director for TKP
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Animation Director at TKP Animation
- Graphic Designer at Under Dog Productions
- Animator/Symbol Builder at Darcy V Design, Inc.
- Visual Media Consultant/Instructor at The Knowledge Project
- Web Designer/Manager at Cazwell.com
- Web Designer/Manager at Phillip Gutman
- Past
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- PR, Graphic Designer. Class Instructor at Betty Spaghetti's School of Art and Debauchery
- Web Designer/Manager at Next Magazine
- Production Assistant/Web Manager at Chelsea Boys
- Host/Promoter/Graphic Designer at Lotus
- Owner at The Hopper NY
- Host/Promoter at GBH
- Assistant/Promoter/Graphic Designer at Trip With Us (Sole Proprietorship)
- Executive Director at Animatos, Ink.
- Production Assistant at Christi Bertelsen (Sole Proprietorship)
- Animation Producer at Animators, Ink.
- Intern at Liberty Studios
- Production Assistant at Figjam Entertainment
- Graphic Consultant at Troy Star Media (Sole Proprietorship)
- Administrative Assistant at Steven J. Calvanico, AIA Architect
- Animation Instructor at The Knowledge Project
- Office Assistant at School of Visual Arts, Film Chairman's Office
- Teacher's Assistant at School of Visual Arts, Animation Dept
- Office Assistant at Stephen J. Calvanico, AIA (Sole Proprietorship)
- Purchase Order Coordinator's Assistant at NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation
- Graphic Design Intern at NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation
- Education
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- School of Visual Arts
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Jose Maldonado’s Summary
I've been in many diverse positions, and would like to use that experience to produce projects with the hope that they will help people to appreciate and enjoy their lives more or perhaps make them think a little bit more about the world we are a part of.
I feel that my eclectic background in art, video/animation production, design, administration, education, promotions, planning and management have equipped me to become a unique and well rounded producer with many advantages, tools and connections at my disposal.
Jose Maldonado’s Specialties:
"Man of Many Hats" : Knowledgeable in aspects of commercial/animation production, 7+ years experience managing large groups of people, excellent administrative & office skills, good with budget/planning/coordinating, knowledge and appreciation of visual arts including illustration, photography, film, and painting, eclectic interests make cross promotion and multifaceted networking second nature to me.
Jose Maldonado’s Experience
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Animation Director
TKP Animation
(Animation industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
Using State Grant from Office of Child & Family Services, we created a short allegory about over development in the Soundview Neighborhood of the Bronx featuring Squirrels and Beavers as protagonists & antagonists.
Local middle and high school students, summer youth employment participants and volunteers worked to write and design the story.
I taught a team of 25 how to time, create layouts, keys, and animate. I also had to manage the entire project from pre production through animation and post. -
Graphic Designer
Under Dog Productions
(Entertainment industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Freelance web & graphic designer:
threedeadwitches.com
dishmiss.com
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Animator/Symbol Builder
Darcy V Design, Inc.
(Animation industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)
Built character symbols for use in the Music Video "Totally Saturdays" and currently doing traditional and flash animation for various projects
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Visual Media Consultant/Instructor
The Knowledge Project
(Education Management industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
1) I teach a course in "Visual Media" for Middle & High School Students with an emphasis on social responsibility and ethical development. There are 3 courses I run (A) Animation, (B) Media for Print and Web, and (C) Portfolio Development (Drawing, Self-Branding)
I also function as a professional mentor for the students who participate, often helping them develop self confidence to apply for design related jobs or colleges.
2) Outside of the courses, I manage content created by the young people at www.thegreeninstitute.org, as well as designing collateral for the program itself. -
Web Designer/Manager
Cazwell.com
(Music industry)
March 2005 — Present (4 years 9 months)
*Updated Cazwell.com August 2008 with new homepage, Song and Music Video for "I Seen Beyonce" go to www.cazwell.com/iseenbeyonce.php.
Designed and maintained this website with a yearly graphical overhaul in conjunction with each single release -
Web Designer/Manager
Phillip Gutman
(Photography industry)
April 2004 — Present (5 years 8 months)
update and maintain this site on a seasonal basis
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PR, Graphic Designer. Class Instructor
Betty Spaghetti's School of Art and Debauchery
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
September 2007 — April 2008 (8 months)
ran 4 three-hour intensive drawing classes designed for children and adults with a focus on Character Development.
designed fliers, postcards, and invitations for aforementioned classes.
performed various PR duties: cold calls, search engine submissions, viral marketing emails, wild postings, revised and copy edited various proposals and business strategies. -
Web Designer/Manager
Next Magazine
(Online Media industry)
January 2007 — January 2008 (1 year 1 month)
I managed all the content and media that belongs to www.nextmagazine.com including web banner advertisements, media kits, and an archive of cover photography.
I also designed new layouts for spreads that did not transition from print to web conventionally. -
Production Assistant/Web Manager
Chelsea Boys
(Animation industry)
April 2005 — November 2007 (2 years 8 months)
Updated the Chelsea Boys website with original art for sale page & php set up, cleaned up existing design layout of the rest of the site.
Did PA during Voice Over Casting for the short film version of "Chelsea Boys", also assisted with preparing and promoting gallery show for Original Artwork from the comic. -
Host/Promoter/Graphic Designer
Lotus
(Events Services industry)
March 2005 — 2007 (2 years )
Hosted/Promoted various parties at this world famous Lounge/Dance Club
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Owner
The Hopper NY
(Entertainment industry)
January 2003 — December 2007 (5 years )
Maintained this brand identity as a niche design and event company for alternative lifestyle events, promotions, marketing and design work.
Clients include such New York City nightlife personalities as Amanda Lepore, and Kenny Kenny, as well as "Hot Mess" at Porky's, The Boys Room.
Also coordinate, plan and promote events geared towards New York Night Life such as the "No Pop Party", and "Les Freaques". -
Host/Promoter
GBH
(Events Services industry)
July 2005 — November 2006 (1 year 5 months)
I worked part time as a host & promoter for several of this companies on going weekly events including Distortion Disko at Duvet, Loaded at Element, Cheek B*stard at Hiro Ballroom and Burnin' Up at Dirty Disco.
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Assistant/Promoter/Graphic Designer
Trip With Us (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Events Services industry)
February 2003 — July 2006 (3 years 6 months)
Started as a promoter for this Night Life Entertainment group, then quickly moved up to assisting the principal in planning the weekly events, setting up the venue, payroll, and ad sponsorships, as well as hosting various events and creating ads for the events
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Executive Director
Animatos, Ink.
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Animation industry)
February 2000 — February 2006 (6 years 1 month)
Ran general operations, website, and events for this organization by and for novice animation professionals. The company is currently on a hiatus and in the process of reevaluating its mission/sponsorship and budget and preparing for a re branding.
Events produced included Filthy Fest, 3 Farms Fun for the Family Festival, 5 consecutive meet and greet functions, and Animate the Vote -
Production Assistant
Christi Bertelsen (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Animation industry)
November 2005 — January 2006 (3 months)
Worked as a PA under Director Christi Bertelsen for the Film "Positive Reinforcement"
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Animation Producer
Animators, Ink.
(Animation industry)
February 2001 — February 2005 (4 years 1 month)
Co-Produced, Coordinated and Flash Clean Up on "Broken Promises" by Jeremy Taylor. Co-Produced by Darcy Vorhees, directed by Michael Pappa.
Co-Produced & traditionally animated on "3 Farms Fun For The Family Commercial" Co-Produced by Darcy Vorhees, directed by Christi Bertelsen.
Co-Produced & traditionally animated on "The Incredible Inky". Co-produced by Darcy Vorhees & Kelly Alcock, directed by Nelson Diaz & Alisa Harris.
Co-Produced & traditionally animated on "Animators, Ink presents:A Little Ink Spot". Co-produced with Darcy Vorhees, directed by Cynthea Mazur & Steve McGinnis.
Traditionally animated and coordinated on "New York Inkpression" produced by Gina Bari, directed by Christi Bertelsen. -
Intern
Liberty Studios
(Animation industry)
June 2003 — September 2003 (4 months)
Intern/Production Assistant under Director Bob Lyons
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Production Assistant
Figjam Entertainment
(Broadcast Media industry)
February 2003 — August 2003 (7 months)
Did PA work under director Allan Neuwirth for the "Abbaliscious" Documentary and related Music Videos.
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Graphic Consultant
Troy Star Media (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)
September 2002 — March 2003 (7 months)
Worked on catalogs, sell sheets, photo retouching of various locations for out of home advertising, forms, graphics for web database, and various manners of visuals for the company's collateral.
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Administrative Assistant
Steven J. Calvanico, AIA Architect
(Animation industry)
1999 — 2003 (4 years )
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Animation Instructor
The Knowledge Project
(Animation industry)
August 2002 — September 2002 (2 months)
Taught middle school children how to story board and animate a 30 second p.s.a about smoking.
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Office Assistant
School of Visual Arts, Film Chairman's Office
(Education Management industry)
September 2001 — May 2002 (9 months)
General office maintenance, phones, files, spreadsheets, some database work .
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Teacher's Assistant
School of Visual Arts, Animation Dept
(Animation industry)
September 2001 — May 2002 (9 months)
Worked with an intro to animation class to assist instructor in getting the students acquainted with video capturing, Adobe premiere, and general aspects of traditional animation.
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Office Assistant
Stephen J. Calvanico, AIA (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)
September 2000 — May 2001 (9 months)
Managed accounts recievable, general administrative duties, including spread sheets, employee time sheets & payrolls, appointment setting, and client presentation
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Purchase Order Coordinator's Assistant
NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation
(Non-Profit; 5001-10,000 employees; Financial Services industry)
January 1999 — September 2000 (1 year 9 months)
Worked directly under the Purchase Order Coordinator in keeping track of company wide purchases for offices, hospitals and clinics, as well as maintaining a data base of expenditures and general administrative work
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Graphic Design Intern
NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation
(Non-Profit; 5001-10,000 employees; Graphic Design industry)
June 1998 — August 2000 (2 years 3 months)
Worked in the graphics department of central office's administrative services creating forms, documents, newsletter graphics and catalog covers
Jose Maldonado’s Education
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School of Visual Arts
1998 — 2002
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Jose Maldonado’s Interests:
Producing Commercials, Short Films, and Music Videos; DJing, Parties, Music, Fantasy Stories, Video Games, Ensemble Casts, Comedic Writing
Jose Maldonado’s Groups:
ASIFA East
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Animation and Film Jobs
Jose Maldonado’s Contact Settings
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