Qualifications:
To utilize storytelling and technical skills in a creative post production editorial environment.   Able to work independently or under direction, I bring in projects on-time and on-budget without neglecting to tell a compelling story.

Technical Skills
Certifications: Avid Certified Editor
Editing: Avid Media Composer Adrenaline/Meridian, Avid Express Pro, Final Cut Pro 5, Digitize, Import Quicktimes/Stills, Exporting: quicktime, Black/Code Tapes, Layering/Nested Effects using Keyframes, Asymmetrical Trimming, Decks & Mixers,   Media Management

Graphics /Titling: Photoshop, After Effects, Live Type, Dream Weaver MX, Image Ready, Flash

DVD Authoring: DVD Menu Graphics, IDVD

Experience
Assistant Editor/ YABBA BIRI Productions, Inc.                    Burbank, CA 2006
" The Negro Baseball Leagues - An American Legacy"

Graphic Designer/Tri-Tech Inc.                                               Glendale, CA 2002
Solely design websites for customers. Created animated banner ads for promotion. Assisted with Commercial Advertisements for Print media. Photographer for publicity conventions.

Education
Video Symphony                          AVID Certification Program 2006
Long Beach State University       B.A. Art Education 1996
Riverside Community College    A.A Art Major

Demo Reel
Online at: www.stevetanaka.com (updating soon)