Mindy Strouse 714.310.1115 . [email protected] mindys.work WORK EXPERIENCE SOFTWARE Colorist, Prop Designer, & Character Designer on Alpha Betas, Starburns Industries | July 2020 - Present Photoshop Illustrator • Color Stylist & Painter, Props & EFX Designer, Character Designer After Effects Premiere Pro Animate/Flash Audition Development Intern, Starburns Industries | Summer 2020 • Created Pitch Decks & Video Teasers for Pitches, Script & Pitch Coverage Storyboard Pro Harmony • Concept Art for Pitches: Character Design & Environment Design & Illustration Maya File.io • Graphic Design, Video Editing & Compositing InDesign Shotgun FileMaker Pro Slack Production Intern, “Victor and Valentino”, | Fall 2019 • Created Shipping Art File Status Reports, Ran Art Approval Meeting Microsoft Office • Created Model Packs, Organized/Updated/QA of Files and Folder Hierarchy (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) • Graphic Design, Checked in on Artist Progress, Updated Calendar Google G-Suite • Took Notes, Distributed Notes, Room Prep For Meetings, & Other PA Tasks (Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms, Slides) Creative Director/Owner, Velvetspider Multimedia | 2012 - Sept 2019 SKILLS • Concepting, Motion Graphics, Video/Audio Compositing & Editing • Storyboarding, Writing, Character Design, Illustration, Prop Design & Character Design • Graphic Design: Logos/Branding, Digital, Print, Apparel, Stickers, & more Environment & Layout Design Digital Painting & Illustration Creative Director, CAE, Collectors Universe | Sept 2017 - Sept 2018 Storyboarding & Writing Graphic Design Manager, Collectors Universe | June 2013 - Sept 2017 Motion Graphics & Animation • Art Direction of Designers, Digital, Print & Apparel Design, Branding Design • Video & Audio Compositing & Editing, Videography, Motion Graphics Video & Audio Compositing & Editing • Storyboarding, Writing, Voice Over Casting, Vendor Liaison & Purchasing VOLUNTEER EDUCATION Admin, CSUF Artists Facebook Group California State University Fullerton | 2017 - Dec 2020 2020 Entertainment Art/Animation BFA Major, Senior, 3.6 gpa Invited Speaker, CSUF LeadCon & Animation Production, Perspective, Prop Design, Character Design, Storyboarding, CSUF Tuffy (Student Org) Awards Environment Design, Digital Painting, Animatic Editing, Animation, & Screenwriting 2020 RECOGNITION & AWARDS Graphic Designer II, Women in Animation / Warner Bros. Mentee | Oct 2019 - June 2020 Women in Animation | global Sept 2018 - Oct 2019 WIA@CSUF Awarded Emergent Organization of the Year | 2019 As Founder & President, I led the vision, goals, officers, marketing, and events AFFILIATIONS WIA@CSUF and Emily Dean Awarded Outstanding Program CSUF Women in Animation in Diversity and Inclusion | 2019 Founder & President | 2018 - 2019 Planned event with filmmaker Emily Dean (Lego Batman, Lego Movie 2, Tao) Consultant | 2020 • Led Vision and Goals PROJECTS • Planned Events with Disney TVA, Nickelodeon, DreamWorks, Pitched “Lip & Lucy” Animated TV Series, Cartoon Network | Dec 2019 Stephen Silver, Emily Dean & and more • 2D Animation, Comedy, 11 minute episodes, for ages 6-11 Women in Animation 30 Sec Film “Peas Was Never an Option”, 24 Hours Animation Contest Team “Don’t Stop (motion) Me Now” | Oct 2019 LatinX in Animation • #1 ranked CSU Team; Tied for 26th place out of 291 International Teams The Creators Society Pitched “Otto Genius” Animated TV Series, The World Animation CSUF Pencil Mileage Club Celebration at Sony Pictures Animation | Oct 2017 • 2D Animation, Episodic SciFi Comedy, 22 minute episodes, kids ages 8-14