About Tobi Frenzen CV
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Curriculum Vitae

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Profile

  • Graphic Designer and Compositor proficient in Adobe CS & Shake packages.
  • Worked for over 9 years as senior graphic designer and project manager.
  • Worked on a number of video productions as the lead compositor.
  • Comfortable working independently or in a team working environment.
  • Strong technical, theoretical and technological graphic design background.
  • Able to quickly learn and adapt to new working practices and/or packages.

Employment

Graphic Designer - Full Time

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners | London, UK
05/2007 - present

  • Animation & Visualisation
  • Graphic Design
  • Video Production
  • Promotional Material
  • Public Exhibitions
  • Corporate Identity
  • Web Site Maintenance
  • Document Control

Senior Graphic Designer - Full Time

Think Media Group | Canterbury, UK
06/2003 - 09/2005

  • Web & Graphic Design
  • Client Management
  • Project Supervisor
  • Business Administration
  • Technical Support

Graphic Designer - Part Time

Ideas & Concepts Ltd | Canterbury, UK
01/2003 - 06/2003

  • Web & Graphic Design
  • Client Management

Vehicle Assembly Worker - Full Time

Mercedes Benz AG | Bremen, Germany
05/2002 - 09/2002

Print Production Assistant - Full Time

Hausschild Print | Bremen, Germany
05/2001 - 08/2001

Production Assistant - Work Experience

Radio Bremen - Federal Radio & TV Broadcaster | Bremen, Germany
09/1997 - 12/1997

Education

MA Digital Effects with Merit

Bournemouth Media School / National Centre for Computer Animation, UK
09/2005 - 09/2006

  • Digital Effects Principals & Practise
  • 2D - Compositing with Shake
  • 3D - Techniques with Houdini
  • 3D - Techniques with Maya
  • Moving Image / Cinematography
  • Practical Effects Acquisition
  • Computer Graphics Fundamentals
  • Personal Research Topic

BSc Multimedia Technology & Design with a Year in Industry with Distinction

University of Kent | Canterbury, UK
09/2000 - 06/2005

  • Visual Effects & Compositing
  • Virtual Worlds & 3D Modelling
  • Internet Technology
  • E-Commerce
  • Digital Photography
  • Mathematics for Multimedia
  • Digital Systems
  • Computer Architecture
  • Image Processing
  • Computer Vision
  • Visual Programming & Java
  • Interactive Media Content

A-Levels with 29 UCAS points

Lancing College | West Sussex, UK
09/1998 - 07/2000

  • A-Level Physics
  • A-Level Computing
  • A-Level Business Studies
  • A-Level German
  • AS-Level Mathematics

Skills & Abilities

Main Working Skills

  • Compositing
  • Website/Email Design & Publishing
  • Keying, Tracking, Roto
  • Graphic Design
  • Colour Correction
  • Digital Photography
  • Video Editing
  • Camera Setup / Operation
  • Lighting Setup / Operation
  • Practical Effects Acquisition
  • Scripting for Animation
  • Footage Digitisation
  • Format Conversion
  • Set Supervision & Setup
  • Research
  • IT Support
  • Layout & Design for Print
  • Hardware Assembly & Setup

Software Proficiency

  • Apple Shake
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Premiere
  • AutoDesk Maya
  • Adobe Encore DVD
  • Codecs & Compression
  • Adobe Dreamweaver / Flash
  • Adobe In-Design
  • SideFX Houdini
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • MS Office Packages

Programming Languages

  • HTML / XHTML (proficient)
  • CSS (proficient)
  • JavaScript (basic)
  • ASP (basic)
  • C# / ASP.net (basic)
  • Visual Basic (basic)

Language Skills

  • English (Fluent)
  • German (Fluent)
  • French (basic)

Musical Skills

  • 7 years of musical instrument experience
  • Played Recorder, Keyboard, Accordion
  • Member of school band from
    1995-1997

Achievements

Academic

  • Rotary Prize for Outstanding Academic Performance (2005)
  • Top Graduate in Multimedia Technology & Design (2004/2005)

Professional

  • One of four founding members of the successful media & marketing company Think Media Group, formerly Think Tank Publishing Ltd, started in 2003.
  • Commissioned to re-brand and re-design the web presence of the University of Kent's Department of Electronics in 2005.

Other

  • UK Driving License (Full, Clean)
  • Minibus Driving Permit

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