James Otis Smith
Video Editor, Illustrator
New York, NY, USAWork Experience
The NY Frequency
Video Editor
Music, promotional and industrial videos for various, including NY Knicks, Levi’s, MLB, Essence Fest, Scion, Spin Magazine, Sizzla, Pete Rock, Monse, Inas X, Moving Mountains, China Blak, Camp Carton for kids with Tourette Syndrome, etc.
October 2007
- Present
New York, United States
Adrienne Nicole Productions
Production Artist
Character design, storyboards and animatics for various, including New York Power Authority, Exagen Diagnostics, etc.
November 2014
- October 2015
New York, United States
HarperCollins
Asst. Graphic Designer, Children's Books
Proofing, layout and art correction.
November 2012
- September 2014
New York, United States
Freelance
Production Artist
Interior and jacket artist for children's and YA books from Clarion, HarperCollins, Hill & Wang; production artist for SyFy Channel's Warehouse 13; illustrator for U.N. Hunger Project and corporate sales.
January 2005
- December 2012
New York, United States
Freelance
Set PA
Various film and video productions, primarily tv commercials and short films.
1995
- 2001
New York, United States
Sudden Manhattan
Set Decorator
Designed and painted props and locations for the film "Sudden Manhattan," dir. Adrienne Shelly.
1995
- 1995
New York, United States
Skills
Adobe Premiere,
Final Cut Pro,
Motion Graphics ,
Writing,
