Michele Yamazaki

Current

• Owner & President at Max Bumps (Sole Proprietorship)
• Writer at Michael Wiese Productions
• Web Design and Content Development at Trillium Haven Farm

• Presenter at Motion Graphics Festival
• VP Marketing, Web Development Czar at Toolfarm Inc.
• Freelance Motion Graphics Artist at Yamazaki Design Works (Self-employed)
• Head Honcho at AE Freemart

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Past

• Freelance at Fulvew Productions
• Adjunct Instructor at Kendall College of Art & Design
• FxPlug Demo Artist at NAB at Apple Inc.

• Motion Graphics Artist at Postworks
• Author of one chapter at After Effects @ Work, published by CMP

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Education

• Grand Valley State University
• Grand Rapids Community College
• Northview High School

Recommended

7 people have recommended Michele

Connections

298 connections

Industry

Media Production

Websites

• Toolfarm
• AE Freemart
• Trillium Haven Farm

Michele Yamazaki’s Summary

I've worked in post production for over a decade. At Toolfarm, I develop website content and expand the site. The goal is to build up not only sales and traffic, but to create a reputation as the "Go To" place for information on video plug-ins and software.

Michele Yamazaki’s Specialties:

Adobe After Effects plugins, FxPlug, Web design and CSS, demoing plug-ins.

Michele Yamazaki’s Experience

• Owner & President

  Max Bumps (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Music industry)

  February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

  Max Bumps is a music website for listeners and artists, set up as a fan site for The Sixty One.

• Writer

  Michael Wiese Productions

  (Publishing industry)

  September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  Co-authoring 'Green Screen Made Easy: Keying and Compositing Techniques for Indie Filmmakers' with Jeremy Hanke, Editor of Microfilmmaker Magazine.

• Web Design and Content Development

  Trillium Haven Farm

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Farming industry)

  August 2005 — Present (4 years)

  Trillium Haven Farm is an organic CSA. I handle the web site development and design and forum and mailing list.
  
  http://www.trilliumhavenfarm.com

• Presenter

  Motion Graphics Festival

  (Media Production industry)

  2005 — Present (4 years)

• VP Marketing, Web Development Czar

  Toolfarm Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)

  September 2005 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  I handle marketing, development and content of Toolfarm.com, as well as customer tech support.

• Freelance Motion Graphics Artist

  Yamazaki Design Works (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Media Production industry)

  2004 — Present (5 years)

  I create motion graphics and videos in a freelance capacity. I also do a bit of training freelance. I use Adobe After Effects, Photoshop and Apple Video products. I no longer do any freelance web design, but I can recommend you to some great artists and programmers.

• Head Honcho

  AE Freemart

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 2000 — Present (9 years 7 months)

  I run the AE Freemart with Harry Frank. The site focuses on free stuff for Adobe After Effects. I designed and maintain the site and also contribute content.

• Freelance

  Fulvew Productions

  (Media Production industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

• Adjunct Instructor

  Kendall College of Art & Design

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 2004 — December 2007 (4 years)

  I taught senior level motion graphics, visual effects and compositing, mainly with Adobe After Effects.

• FxPlug Demo Artist at NAB

  Apple Inc.

  (Public Company; Media Production industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

• Motion Graphics Artist

  Postworks

  (Public Company; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)

  October 1995 — September 2005 (10 years)

  I interned at Postworks for 6 months, supporting an online system with a Chyron and PaintBox. For 7-8 years, I mainly did heavy After Effects and Photoshop work. By 2002, the economy took a bad turn so I mainly designed and programmed websites to keep busy, with Avid support and a bit of AE work.

• Author of one chapter

  After Effects @ Work, published by CMP

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  February 2005 — April 2005 (3 months)

  I wrote the final chapter of After Effects @ Work, which was published by CMP and edited by Richard Harrington. My chapter was about creating animated charts and graphs in After Effect without third party plug-ins.

Additional Information

Michele Yamazaki’s Websites:

• Toolfarm
• AE Freemart
• Trillium Haven Farm

Michele Yamazaki’s Interests:

Animation, Travel, Cooking, music, misc geek stuff, healthy lifestyle stuff

Michele Yamazaki’s Groups:

MCAI (board member since 2007), WMAEUG (Founder, 2003), IMUG Media Motion Ball, GR Screenwriters Group

•    MCA-I Mid-Michigan
•    Visual Effects Professionals
•    dmala
•    Digital CONNtent Creators

Michele Yamazaki’s Honors:

Adobe Reel inclusion - 2003
Judge - Beautiful Baby, Terrific Toddler contest - July 2006
Fenn Valley Winery, Best Vegetarian Chili - 2004
Presidental Academic Fitness Award - 1991

Michele Yamazaki’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch