Curriculum Vitae

Jordan Booth

Tel: 07542650253 Email: jordyboothy@yahoo.co.uk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jordan-booth/83/843/343Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/jordyboothy2D Portfolio: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mm8ryvo1t18uccr/Jordan%20Booth%202D%20Portfolio.pdf?dl=0BBC Graphics: https://www.dropbox.com/s/l841o4ydjgdgf98/BBC%20Graphic%20Design%20-%20Jordan%20Booth.zip?dl=0Breech Animation: http://research.ncl.ac.uk/breech-decisions/animation.html

OBJECTIVES    

  

  EDUCATION 

   

                  

 

To have a deep influence on an audience; creating content that has an emotional impact and provides quality entertainment value.Indulge in my life-long relationship with character building and character animating.Produce content from the heart, thereby guaranteeing the work to find its audience.Reflect the intricacies of life in my storyboards and animation.Leave a lasting mark on the creative industry. 

2006–2010: West Bridgford Comprehensive School -12 GCSE's including English (A) and Maths (B) 2010–2012: New College Nottingham - Level 3 Creative Media ProductionGrade:Distinction-Distinction-Distinction   2012-2015: Teesside University - BA Computer Character AnimationYear 1 Grades:Intro to 3D & 2D Animation - 75Drawing for Animation - 743D Modelling and Rendering - 71Animation Pre Production – 63Year 2 Grades:Animation Production - 802D Character Animation - 733D Modelling and Rigging - 70Visual Development - 703D Character Animation - 67Year 3 Grades:Final Year Project: - 64Group Animation: - 72Final Grade:1st Class Honours 

Current Address:92 Rugby Road West Bridgford Nottingham NG2 7HY

 SKILLS

                  

INTERESTS   

EXPERIENCE                      ACHIEVEMENTS

Adobe Photoshop - Image manipulation, Illustration, graphic designAdobe Illustrator - Illustration, graphic DesignAdobe After Effects - Video/audio compositingAdobe Flash - AnimationAdobe Premiere - Video/audio compositingAdobe Soundbooth - Audio editingAdobe InDesign - Text and image compositingAdobe Dreamweaver - Basic codingToon Boom Animate Pro - AnimationToon Boom Storyboard Pro - StoryboardingToon Boom Harmony - AnimationAutodesk Maya - Modelling, animation, basic lighting, rendering3d-Coat - Modelling, retopology, UV unwrappingMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft WordMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft PowerPointBBC web software such as iSite, iBroadcast, Binary Store and ACME 

Drawing, Writing, Animation, Music, Video Games, Foreign Culture, Internet Culture, Walking, Travelling, Web Comics, 

"Breech" Short Film, Directed by Ellie Land (2014)- Assistant Animator/Inbetween Animator Intern at the BBC, CBeebies Interactive Editorial (2015)- Various roles including the creation of promotional images, game testing, sound editing, writing online articles for Newsround and helping in a film studio.

Correspondence Assistant for Blue Peter, CBBC (2015-2016)- Working with the "Badge Team" to manage the mail sent into the show, reading every application, issuing Blue Peter badges and writing personalised letters.- Worked with the "Interactive Team" to help produce and manage content on the official Blue Peter website. - Various graphic design responsibilities for digital and physical distribution.- Worked with BBC Children's Interactive as a temporary researcher, producing various content for the CBeebies website ranging from games to graphics. College- Requested by teaching staff to act as a course representative. My role was to speak to management about student concerns and persuade them to make changes.- One of the highest graded students for our summer project, for which I created a traditionally animated film. University

- Won CBeebies' "Life's a Pitch" award, securing a 2 week internship at CBeebies Interactive.- Won "Mystery Shopper" award at ExpoTees for outstanding networking skills.- My group's project was voted 2nd best animation by our year.

"Breech" Short Film, Directed by Ellie Land (2014)- Successfully cooperated with director and fellow animators to complete the film. - Met every deadline and was regularly ahead of schedule.- Worked from home and maintained self discipline.- Film was nominated for Royal Television Society Award. Intern at the BBC, CBeebies Interactive Editorial (2015)- Designed promotional images for the CBeebies website and apps, including alternate versions of the same images suited for multiple devices, all of which were approved and used.- Successfully edited audio tracks for use on the CBeebies Storytime app.- Used code to structure a story for the CBeebies Storytime app.- Provided detailed feedback for online BBC games including "Danger Mouse Returns" during production.- Wrote an approved news article, published on the Newsround website.- Often worked after hours to get jobs done. Correspondence Assistant for Blue Peter, CBBC (2015-2016)- Wrote thousands of letters for both children and adults who contacted the show, awarding appropriate badges and emblems.- Resolved concerns of parents, teachers and viewership via telephone and email, keeping a log of outstanding issues in a pending folder.- Demonstrated versatility by helping in the film studio:   - Chaperoned Pudsey the Bear. I helped the costume performer navigate the corridors and responded swiftly to distress signals during and after filming.   - Successfully cared for 40+ school choir children aged 8-9 between filming, ensuring it was a day to remember for all of them.   - Stood in for Blue Peter contestants during rehearsals, helping the actors to practice and improvise.

Blue Peter Interactive Assistance- Successfully managed the 'Blue Peter Badge Selfies' webpage.- Abided the BBC's editorial guidelines, ensuring every decision I made complied.- Created approved banners for the website, updating them weekly with new elements to keep the web page alive.- Successfully completed editorial tasks, such as writing the captions for the badge selfies, describing how each child was awarded their badges.- Assisted with the production of a piece of video content, carrying equipment and managing time constraints.- Successfully created a webpage for the World Book Day Fancy Dress

REFERENCES 

event, from conception to publish.

Graphic Design- Built a reputation as the go-to graphic designer at Blue Peter, nicknamed "The Photoshop Wizard".- Designed Blue Peter's autumn and winter newsletters which were printed and distributed to badge recipients.- Designed a double sided informative leaflet for new employees at Blue Peter.- Designed the Blue Peter Hero Mask template print-out for Children in Need.- Designed an info-graphic that illustrated and described the plan for the world's longest cape, achieved by Blue Peter for Children in Need, for the benefit of the Guinness World Records committee.- Delivered a logo that was urgently needed for the show in 10 minutes.- Successfully edited flat JPEG photographs of the presenters, removing the old CBBC logo seamlessly.- Conceptualised and designed write-on tables for the Badge Team to keep track of weekly statistics. I also created a separate table to give other members of the Blue Peter team a platform to request certain materials from the Badge Team.

BBC Children's Interactive- BBC Children's Interactive negotiated with my manager to allow me to work with them two days a week, after hearing about the work I had done.- Designed various promotional images and made editorial contributions, all of which were published on the CBeebies website. - Created three interactive quizzes for Andy's Prehistoric Adventures and The Furchester Hotel.  

General- Successfully took part in the BBC's audience research program, collecting data from children by asking for their preferences and criticisms about our work.

University Personal Tutor:Siobhan Fenton                                          Teesside University                                    Middlesbrough                                           TS1 3BA                                                     S.M.Fenton@tees.ac.uk                            Tel: 01642 342629

Director of "Breech":  Ellie Land Northumbria University Newcastle NE1 8ST ellie.land@northumbria.ac.uk Tel: 0191 227 3110

                             

 

 PERSONAL

REFERENCES

Blue Peter Badge Team Coordinator: Heidi Krzyszowski 1st Floor | Bridge House| MediaCityUK Salford | M50 2BH heidi.krzyszowski@bbc.co.uk Tel: 0161 836 0701

Blue Peter Series Producer: Zoe Thorman 1st Floor | Bridge House| MediaCityUK Salford | M50 2BH zoe.thorman@bbc.co.uk Tel: 0161 836 0701

Sarah Parsons    Content Producer | CBeebies Interactive  1st Floor | Bridge House| MediaCityUK Salford | M50 2BH sarah.parsons@bbc.co.uk

Colin Dallibar Radio Producer | Blue Peter 1st Floor | Bridge House| MediaCityUK Salford | M50 2BH colin.dallibar@bbc.co.uk