TIM S. JOHNSON

WORK EXPERIENCE

2001 - Present
KUTV (CBS) Salt Lake City, UT
Commercial Art Director
I create art direction for the station--including news graphics, station promotion, and some commercial production. We work with D1, DVCPro, and 16mm film.  Compositing and motion graphics are done primarily in After Effects/Photoshop, 3D modeling and layout in Lightwave 3D, editing done in uncompressed VT[3], and web work produced in Photoshop/GoLive.

2005 - Q1
Adobe, Inc., San Jose, CA
Contract Graphics/DVD Template Design
I led a team of contract artists creating new template-based graphics for the release of Premiere Pro 2.0. Art directions created in Photoshop CS, Illustrator CS, After Effects 6.5, and Lightwave 8.3. Template menu coding via Photoshop CS. Templates created for world-wide distribution in HD 1080, 720, PAL, and NTSC..

1996 - Present
Self Employed Mesa, AZ
Motion Graphic Designer/Animator
I produced content and graphics for various broadcast media and hardware/software developers; including educational programming, station promotion, and commercial spots. Compositing and effects were done primarily in After Effects, Trinity and Lightwave 3D. I also created web content with Dreamweaver and GoLive, shot DV with a Steadicam Jr., and edited on an Avid Express.

1994 - 1996
KSTU-Fox 13 Salt Lake City, UT
Senior Graphic Artist
I oversaw graphic presentation of on-air news and station promotion in Top 40 market. Worked with Quanta CG, Lightwave 3D, Quantel Paintbox, Ampex still store, Grass Valley switcher.

I have written for and been published in PC Graphics & Video, 3D Artist, Keyframe, and TV Technology magazines, and on-line for 365Broadcast.com.

I have testified in court as a witness in the field of animation.

AWARDS RECEIVED
3 Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards
1 International Telly Award
5 Utah Broadcasters Awards

EDUCATION
1986 - 1992
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
Bachelor of Arts, Broadcast Journalism

LANGUAGES
I speak, read and write Spanish.

References and production reels are available upon request.


Tim can be reached at "tim-at-grafficjam-dot-com."