frame:work New Talent ’22

New Talent Spring 2022

frame:work invites you to meet recent graduates doing amazing work in our industry

Aisha Amin

Directing/Screenwriting @ Columbia University

Current MFA Student

TOP THREE SKILLS: Film and Video Direction, Creative Direction, Installation Art

SOFTWARE SKILLS: Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, InDesign, Avid Media Composer

email: aa4834@columbia.edu

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Jason Bowden

Lighting Design and Technology @ University of Cincinnati - CCM

Class of 2022

TOP THREE SKILLS: Lighting Design, Server/ Console Programming, 2D & 3D Animation

SOFTWARE SKILLS: GrandMA, Notch, Cinema 4D, Unreal, Vectorworks, Disguise, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Mapping Matter, Watchout, Isadora

email: jasonbowdendesign@gmail.com

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Nate Cowsert

Emerging Technology in Business and Design (Computer Science) @ Miami University

Class of 2023

TOP THREE SKILLS: Video Editing, Motion Design, 3D Modeling

SOFTWARE SKILLS: Maya, Arnold, Bifrost, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Cinema 4D, Redshift, Marvelous Designer, Blender, Unreal Engine, Notch Builder, Touch Designer, World Machine, World Creator, Vegas Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, Java, HTML, C#

email: natecowsert@gmail.com

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Taylor Domico

3D Animation (Italian) @ Rochester Institute of Technology

Class of 2022

TOP THREE SKILLS: Organized, 3D Modeling, Texturing

SOFTWARE SKILLS: Maya, Mudbox, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Substance Designer, After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Unreal, TVPaint, DragonFrame, MEL

email: tbd3582@rit.edu

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Fernando González Ortiz

Film Creative Producing @ Columbia University

Current MFA Student

TOP THREE SKILLS: Budget, Editing, Screenwriting

SOFTWARE SKILLS: AfterEffects, Premiere, AVID Media Composer, Unreal (basic), FFMPEG, Photoshop, Monday.com, Trello, Jira, FFMPEG, HTML

email: fg2496@columbia.edu

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Caspian Halbert

Film and Animation @ Rochester Institute of Technology

Class of 2022

TOP THREE SKILLS: 3D Modeling, 3D Texturing, Real-Time Rendering

SOFTWARE SKILLS: Maya, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Unreal, Arnold, Adobe Creative Cloud, Maya MEL

email: caspianeh@gmail.com

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Stephen Jester

Games + Simulation @ Miami University

Class of 2022

TOP THREE SKILLS: Game Engines, Collaboration, Environment Concepting

SOFTWARE SKILLS: Unity, Unreal Engine 4, Cinema 4D, Notch, Touch Designer, C#, Adobe Suite, Arduino, GameMaker Studio 2, Java

email: jestersp@miamioh.edu

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Sean Leo Leo

Video and Media Design @ Carnegie Mellon University

Class of 2021

TOP THREE SKILLS: Creative Direction, Concept/Development, Producing

SOFTWARE SKILLS: TouchDesigner, Millumin, Adobe Suite(After Effects, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop), OBS, Disguise, Notch

email: sean.b.leo@gmail.com

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Ian MacIntosh

Lighting Design and Technology @ University of Cincinnati - CCM

Class of 2022

TOP THREE SKILLS: Content Creation, Concept Development, Media Server & Lighting Console Programming

SOFTWARE SKILLS: Adobe Suite(Ae, Pr, Ps, Id), Notch, Cinema 4D, Disguise, TouchDesigner, MadMapper, Vectorworks, MappingMatter, EOS Family lighting consoles, GrandMA Consoles

email: ijmacintosh13@gmail.com

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Annie Ning

Film (Directing/Screenwriting) @ Columbia University

Current MFA Student

TOP THREE SKILLS: Film + Video Directing, Producing, Video Editing

SOFTWARE SKILLS: Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Isadora

email: a.anniening@gmail.com

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Zach Rizzo

Interactive Media Studies (Photography) @ Miami University

Class of 2022

TOP THREE SKILLS: Leadership, Creative Direction, Visuals

SOFTWARE SKILLS: After Effects, Cinema 4D, Photoshop, Illustrator, Touch Designer, Notch, Unreal Engine

email: zrzski@gmail.com

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James Silvi

Interactive Media Studies (Sport Management, Digital Marketing) @ Miami University

Class of 2022

TOP THREE SKILLS: Game Design, UX/UI Design, 3D Modeling/Animation

SOFTWARE SKILLS: Unreal, Adobe Creative Suite, Blender, Maya, Cinema 4D, TouchDesigner, Notch, Figma, HTML, CSS, Javascript

email: jamessilvi8@gmail.com

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Rama van Gils

Lighting Design & Technology @ University of Cincinnati - CCM

Class of 2023

TOP THREE SKILLS: Content Creation, Media Server Programming, Entertainment Lighting Design

SOFTWARE SKILLS: After Effects, Cinema 4D, Notch, TouchDesigner, Premiere Pro, GrandMA2"

email: ramavangils@gmail.com

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Andrea Avendano Martinez

Motion Picture Science @ Rochester Institute of Technology

Class of 2022

TOP THREE SKILLS: Time Management, Reliability, Bilingual (Spanish/English)

SOFTWARE SKILLS: Unreal Engine, MATLAB, MS Office, Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Blackmagic, Ursa Mini 4.6K Camera, Axis Studio (Perception Neuron Motion Capture), OptiTrack, HTC Vive, MATLAB, C++

email: aa6588@rit.edu

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Zachary Christerson

Games + Simulation (Studio Art and Digital Media) @ Miami University

Class of 2022

TOP THREE SKILLS: Creativity, Teamwork, Concept Art

SOFTWARE SKILLS: Unity, Unreal Engine, Gamemaker Studio 2, Autodesk Maya, Zbrush, Blender, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, AfterEffects, Toon Boom, Clip Studio Paint, Java, HTML, Concept art, world & character design

email: zschris1212@gmail.com

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Madison Cox

Emerging Technology in Business and Design @ Miami University

Class of 2023

TOP THREE SKILLS: Animation, Concepting, Design

SOFTWARE SKILLS: Notch, Maya, Blender, ZBrush, Adobe Creative Suite, Cinema4D, Unreal, Substance Painter, TouchDesigner, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

email: 19mcox@gmail.com

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Harrison Freni

Lighting Design @ Rutgers University

Class of 2022

TOP THREE SKILLS: Lighting Console Programming, Media Server Programming, Vectorworks

SOFTWARE SKILLS: ETC Eos, GrandMA 2/3, Disguise, QLab, Watchout, Capture 2021, Vectorworks 2022, Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Unreal Engine, Unity, Blender, AutoCAD, Python, Java, HTML/CSS/JavaScript.

email: hfreni@hfreni.com

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Patricio Guerra

Emerging Technology in Business and Design (Computer Science) @ Miami University

Class of 2023

TOP THREE SKILLS: Virtual Production Tech, 3D Design, 3D Modeling

SOFTWARE SKILLS: TouchDesigner, Notch, Blender, Unreal Engine, C4D, Photoshop, Houdini, After Effects, Nuke, Maya. Redshift Rendering Farm Operation, Data transfer via OSC, NDI and Spout, Java, Vex script

email: patriciomguerra@me.com

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Oliver Hunt

Lighting Design and Technology (Animation) @ University of Cincinnati - CCM

Class of 2023

TOP THREE SKILLS: 3D Modeling and Animation, Media Design and Content Creation, Media and Lighting Programming

SOFTWARE SKILLS: disguise, Maya, Photoshop, After Effects, TouchDesigner, Notch, Cinema4D, Isadora, Blender, Illustrator, GrandMA2, EOS Console Family, Hog4

email: oliverhunt23@gmail.com

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Erica Kerman

Emerging Technology in Business & Design (Theatre) @ Miami University

Class of 2023

TOP THREE SKILLS: Collaboration & Communication, Design, Leadership

SOFTWARE SKILLS: Cinema 4D, Maya, Blender, TouchDesigner, Notch, After Effects, Premiere, Illustrator, Photoshop, HTML, CSS, javascript, swift

email: ericakerman19@gmail.com

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Cody Luketic

Games + Simulations (Computer Science, Theatre Arts, Musical Theatre) @ Miami University

Class of 2023

TOP THREE SKILLS: Programmer, Games & Web Designer, Artist

SOFTWARE SKILLS: Unity, Gamemaker, Twine. Aseprite, Maya, Blender, Photoshop, Illustrator, Krita. VSCode, Github, Eclipse, jGrasp Javascript, C#, Java, Gamemaker script

email: luketica@miamioh.edu

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Dionte Mercado

Lighting Design and Technology @ University of Cincinnati- CCM

Class of 2023

TOP THREE SKILLS: Lighting Design/Console Programming, Drafting & Previs, Storytelling

SOFTWARE SKILLS: Vectorworks, Vison, Lightwright, GrandMA2 & MA3D, Eos Family Consoles, Augment3d, Photoshop, After Effects, Cinema 4D, TouchDesigner, Notch, disguise, Isadora

email: diontemercado@gmail.com

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Afferton Raynold

Interactive Media Studies (2D Art) @ Miami University

Class of 2019

TOP THREE SKILLS: Concept Art, Illustration, VisDev / LookDev

SOFTWARE SKILLS: Illustrator, Maya, Photoshop, Substance 3D, Painter, ZBrush, Unity, GameMaker: Studio, PaintTool SAI, Affinity Photo

email: affertonart@gmail.com

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Brad Schmitz

Computer Science & Interactive Media Studies (Music Composition, Music Performance) @ Miami University

Class of 2021

TOP THREE SKILLS: Programming, Music Production, Graphics & Visuals

SOFTWARE SKILLS: Unreal, Unity, TouchDesigner, Ableton, Visual Studio / VSCode, Premiere, Blender, Houdini, Notch, Audacity, Adobe Audition / AfterEffects / Photoshop / InDesign / Illustrator, MadMapper, FL Studio, Python, C#, C/C++, HTML/CSS, JavaScript / TypeScript and related frameworks, Java, PHP, R, Ruby

email: brad@bradschmitz.com

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Emma Todys

Emerging Technology in Business & Design (Studio Art & Creative Writing) @ Miami University

Class of 2022

TOP THREE SKILLS: Project Management, After Effects, Premiere Pro

SOFTWARE SKILLS: After Effects, Premiere Pro, Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop, Notch, HTML, CSS

email: e.todys@gmail.com

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