About me
Steven Gurr
73 Harrowgate Road
E95EB
Hackney
London, England
Pro
Canadian/British graphic design professional adept at working with Macintosh, and
Windows platforms, web, print, and broadcast design software with an intermediate
knowledge of interactive scripting. College educated with professional experience in
the
Objective
To apply my artistic and design skills working within the
Highlights
°Experienced in current versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, DVD Studio Pro,
Flash, After Effects, Final Cut, Combustion, Cleaner, Compressor, Episode, PF Track, PF
Match, Shake, Color, Eyeon Fusion and Cinema 4D.
°Well learned and experienced in the applications, and principals of graphic design, and
animation.
°Full understanding of multiple broadcast formats (PAL/NTSC/2K) FHA/Letterbox/Pillarbox
°Very familiar in the execution of keying, tracking and stabalizing footage, rig removal, and
rotoscoping
°Extremely familiar with the Mac OS (using and troubleshooting)
°Advanced understanding of video encoding for DVD, web, cell phone, and other media
delivery systems
°Comfortable and ef
°A quick learner who initiates learning independantly, or collaboratively when either is
needed
°Excellent interpersonal skills when communicating with others
Education
Ryerson University
Completed general arts credit in photography
Centennial College Bell Center for Communications
Creative Advertising
In addition to formal education, I have also taken various seminars, and workshops in Final
Cut, Combustion, After Effects, Shake, and principles of animation.
Experience
2007_Sept - 2007_April
Locomotion (London, England) *
Senior Motion Graphics Editor
°Creation of animatics for commercial test markets
°Creation and conception of motion graphics for broadcast commercials
°Editing and grading for broadcast commercials
°Encoding of video for email, cell phone, dvd, web distribution, and archives
°Compositing live action elements in to pre recorded footage
°Reconforming broadcast commercials for various international markets (compositing pack
shots in different languages, converting video formats from NTSC to PAL, 16:9/4:3/14:9/
pillar box/FHA)
°Backing up of projects and all relevant media to a SAN network as well as to DigiBeta
2007_July - Sept.
Tango Media (Toronto, Canada)
Motion Graphic Artist
°3D design and greenscreen keying for broadcast idents and bumpers
°Capturing and editing of rushes broadcast commercials
2007_May - July
IMAX Corp. (Toronto, Canada)
Digital Artist
°Compositing, Special F/X for Feature Film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
°Quality checking and teaching of rotoscoping techniques
_Feb
Locomotion (London, England) *
Motion Graphics Editor
°Creation of animatics for commercial test markets
°Creation and conception of motion graphics for broadcast commercials
°Editing and grading for broadcast commercials
°Encoding of video for email, cell phone, dvd, web distribution, and archives
°Compositing live action elements in to pre recorded footage
°Reconforming broadcast commercials for various international markets (compositing pack
shots in different languages, converting video formats from NTSC to PAL, 16:9/4:3/14:9/
pillar box/FHA)
°Backing up of projects and all relevant media to a SAN network as well as to DigiBeta
Cuppa Coffee Animation (Toronto, Canada) *
Compositor
°Responsable for tracking elements, rig removal, keying, creating digital backgrounds, and
mouth synching for various stop motion animation television shows (Celebrity Death Match
for MTV, JoJo
Ontario College of Art & Design (Toronto, Canada) *
Teachers Assistant
°Responsable for teaching, and preparing for weekly classes covering Adobe Photoshop,
Illustrator, Indesign, Acrobat, Final Cut, Flash, and After Effects.
Report On Business Television (Toronto, Canada)
Graphic Artist
°Daily preparation for live news broadcasts at 5:00am
°Responsable for on air "look"
°Created daily news graphics and animations in a busy news room environment.
Electric Entertainment (Toronto, Canada)
Graphic Artist
°Created daily graphics and animations for various television programs including
The Gavin Crawford Show, Prime Business, ITTV, and Investors Online.
°Compressing video streams for daily webcasts, and internet television shows
Freelance Graphic Design
Have worked on projects for Club Monaco, Lamar Snowboards, Thirst
Enetertainment, Sims Snowboards, Ultrawheels Inline Skates, Gen-X Sports Inc.,
Walmart, TV2GO, Klublife Magazine, and The University Health Network.