Todd Miró
(415) 883-6928
todd@mirodigitalarts.com

Novato, CA

Employment Objective:
To combine my skills and experience in non-linear editing and computer graphics in an aggressively creative environment. I am well-suited for many facets of content creation- from graphic design to creating finished video elements for broadcast, DVD, or the Web.

Highlights of Qualifications:
• Partner in established post-production facilities.
• 15 years of experience in graphic arts, film-making, video editing
& web design.
• Experienced in Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Avid, Final Cut Pro and Media 100 editing systems, DVD Studio Pro and HTML coding.
• Exceptional talent for innovative problem solving.
• Ability to oversee projects and personnel, meet deadlines and deliver high-quality creative work.

Professional Experience:
• Partner, VideoTracs POST, Sausalito CA. 1992-1996.
• Owner/Partner, Media Mix, San Rafael CA 1997-1999.
• Freelance Editor/Graphic Designer 1997-Present.

- Avid/Media 100/Final Cut Pro On-Line Editor:
• Edited many industrial/commercial videos and broadcast documentaries for clients including Cisco, Visa, Hewlett Packard, Adobe, Warner Brothers, Starbucks, Ameriquest, Banana Republic, Fireman's Fund, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet.
• Experience with broadcast video formats and equipment: DVCPROHD, Digital Betacam, DV-CAM, Beta SP, 3/4”, Hi-8, SVHS, DV, waveform monitors, routing devices, patch panels, character generators and edit control systems.

Highlights:
• On-Line editing of "Wyland's Ocean World", a 13-part half-hour series for Animal Planet.
• On-Line editing of "Ancient Mariners: The Sea Turtles Story", an hour-long documentary for Hit Entertainment.
• On-Line editing of "In The Light of Reverence", a feature-length national broadcast documentary. Awarded best documentary at the American Indian Film Festival, 2000.
• On-Line editing of "Empty Oceans, Empty Nets", a feature-length PBS national broadcast documentary.

- Graphic Artist/2D Animator:
• Created and designed graphic elements and animated sequences for use in video and multimedia. Clients include Sybase, Wells Fargo Bank, Hewlett Packard, Fireman’s Fund, Silicon Graphics, Animal Planet.
• Created print ads and proposals for internal use.
• Experienced in Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Painter, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Filemaker Pro.
• Experience in HTML coding and web-site creation

Systems Management:
• Oversaw and maintained many Mac-based systems including a Final Cut HD system, Media 100 XS, 2 Media 100 Nubus systems, an Avid 400s, and a Mac graphics station.
• Responsible for all troubleshooting, maintenance and upgrading. Did minor engineering (installed RAM, PCI cards, hard drives).
• Provided tech support for Avid systems during the post- production of “The Free Willy Story: Keiko’s Journey Home”, broadcast on Discovery Channel.

Business Negotiations:
• Participated in all partnership and business-related negotiations with clients, vendors and other business entities.
• Decision-making on all computer purchases; graphics stations, non-linear based editing, peripherals, etc.

Organizations:
• Member of the Mill Valley Film Festival screening committee
• Member of the Media 100 WorldWide Users Group

Education
• B.A. Film, San Francisco State University, 1989, Summa Cum Laude.

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