Christopher Staring

Christopher Staring

SkareMedia.com ∙ linkedin.com/in/skaremedia ∙ instagram.com/SkareMedia ∙ vimeo.com/SkareMedia/showreel

Education

Tertiary Education Victoria University - Advanced Diploma of Multimedia. 2006-2008

High School Seymour Technical High School - VCE Completion. 2000-2005

Recent Employment History

Digital Designer, Flash/HTML5 Developer & Animator

Cummins And Partners – Melbourne – http://www.cumminsandpartners.com.au

Most recently I have been working as a full time freelance for Cummins And Partners, one of the biggest and most highly awarded creative agencies in Australia. I was originally employed to design and develop Flash online banner ads, but I soon lead the push to drop Flash in favour of HTML5 / JS. This also resulted in me providing training in the new workflow requirements and software for other employees including Adobe Edge, Google Web Designer, Swiffy, Brackets etc and I became the main knowledge base for the entire agency during the difficult transition period.

Cummins and Partners have since utalised my skills across multiple areas including Motion Graphics projects and post production for showreels, case studies and TVC’s etc.

Clients: Specsavers, AFL, Asahi, Vodka Cruiser, Tourism Western Australia, Jeep, Kathmandu, Vodafone, Home timber and hardware,

Tennis Australia, Spirit of Tasmania and ME Bank.

Commonly used Skills: Front and back end Web Development, Wordpress, Digital Design, Programming, Flash Development, 2D

animation, Post production, Motion Graphics, Project management, Data entry, Client and employee training, Researching, Idea pitching.

Software: Adobe photoshop, flash, indesign, illustrator, dreamweaver, brackets, premiere, after effects, media encoder, lightroom,

Recent Employment History (continued)

Web developer & Studio Operator

SAS Creative – Melbourne – www.SasCreative.com.au

I was offered a full time position with SAS creative after working on a part time basis while simultaneously completing my Multimedia course in 2008. I stayed on full time with SAS Creative for about 4 years before traveling and working as an off site freelancer. Between myself and one other online developer we covered the online and digital advertising for more than 90 percent of Disney’s advertising in Australia and New Zealand including most of Disney’s sub partners. I worked on hundreds of campaigns building thousands of Flash banner ads, Hundreds of EDM’s, Digital Panels, Youtube gadgets, Facebook apps, Competitions, Minisites and localized a number of full Movie release websites.

Clients: Pixar, DreamWorks, Marvel, Disney Channel, Disney Games, BVHE, BVI, Sega, iiNet, CGU, Huggies.

Commonly used Skills: Front and back end Web Development, CMS (Drupal and Wordpress), Web Design, Programming, App

development, Game development, Flash Development, 2D animation, Film, Post production, Motion Graphics, Project management, Data entry, Design, Client and employee training, Researching, Idea pitching.

Self employed creative - Freelancer - Owner

Skare Media – Melbourne – www.SkareMedia.com

SAS Creative employed me as a Freelancer when I traveled for 18 months; so all listed skills above apply.

I also focused on my photography skills completing a daily photo project, which required me to take a photo, write an article and publish the post every single day for 365 days. I also had multiple jobs as a photographer and wrote articles and photo essays for several websites and organisations including National Geographic and Atlas Obscura.

I have also been employed and completed various projects under the Skare Media name including Projection mapping, music videos, camera operator jobs, promotional video production and various experimental projects. This has also lead to winning animation awards and being featured in the yearly Digital innovation festival called Pause Festival.

Commonly used Skills: As listed above, Projection mapping, Music creation, Software testing, 3D animation, Photography, Teaching,

Prior Employment History

Marketing & Event planner 2005-2008

Mitchell Shire Council - Seymour, Vic.

Commonly used Skills: Marketing, Flyer distribution, Logo and t-shirt design, Event organisation, Promoting.

Retail Assistant 2003-2008

Coles Group / Mobil – Seymour, Vic / Melbourne.

Commonly used Skills: Customer Service, Cleaning, Stockroom duties, Calls, Stocktake, Safety, General duties, Organising and

presenting stock, Displays, Laybuy, Training, Money handling, Office work.

Bartender & Promoter 2005-2007

Grand Ridge Brewery - Seymour, Vic.

Commonly used Skills: Serving drinks, Money handling, Counting stock, Promoting products, Flyer distribution.

Farm Hand 1998-Current

Grainway Enterprises - Seymour, Vic.

Commonly used Skills: Planting, Pruning, Picking, Composting, Netting, Operating heavy machinery, Digging, Mowing, General

Skills

Multimedia

With a strong passion for art and multimedia, I have taught myself various software and hardware systems from the commonly used Adobe suites to experimental projection mapping software and motion tracking systems.

• A strong sense of layout, navigation, typography, colour and design • Digital Design

• Front and back end Development • CMS (Drupal and Wordpress) • Online and Multimedia Design

• Strong HTML5 and Flash banner ad design and building experience • In depth knowledge of online ad platforms (Sizmek, Adwords, Double Click) • Experience building dynamic, smart versioning and mass versioned banner ads. • Programming

• App development • Game development • Flash Development • 2D and 3D animation

• Photography, HDR and Tone mapping Photography • Film, Post production and Motion Graphics • Project management

• Data entry & Researching

• Teaching, Client and employee training, Researching, Idea pitching • Document preparation and production

• Games studies and production

• An obsession with keeping informed about with the latest hardware and software developments including technologies such as Motion Tracking, AI, Projection Mapping, AR, VR etc and looking for ways to utilise them.

General

• Holder of Australian and International license with extensive experience driving with both • Strong work ethic

• Trustworthy

• Great communication skills

• Highly organized and Excellent time management skills • Independent

• Punctual and very reliable

• Farm work and fruit picking (Fathers business) • Construction (Fathers business)

• Great customer service skills • Register and money handling skills • Shrinkage and theft prevention • Receiving and dispatching stock • Management training

Achievements

Multimedia achievements

• Inclusion in Pause Festival 2011 where my Instrument Mapping (projection, animation project) was on display to thousands of attendees:

www.instrumentmapping.skaremedia.com

www.skaremedia.com/instrumentmappingproduction www.skaremedia.com/Instrument-Mapping-Pause-Fest-setup

• Continued involvement in the yearly Pause Festival in subsequent years: www.pausfest.com.au

• Continued entries in the Loopdeloop monthly animation challenge: www.loopdeloop.org

www.loopdeloop.org/2012/10/chris-staring-future- Runner Up for FUTURE Theme.

www.loopdeloop.org/2013/01/chris-and-caspian-hollywood- Runner Up (Collaboration).

• Continued content creation for the yearly Gertrude St Projection Festival: www.gspf.com.au

Photography achievements

• Completing my project 365 – A photo and story published daily for an entire year: www.365.skaremedia.com

• Hosting a my a solo photography exhibition at the BSG in June 2015 with one of the highest number of sales by any artist: http://www.chrisstaring.com

• Volunteered as a photographer and driver for the 2014 wanderlust charity drive. www.wanderlustrt.co.uk

• Photojournalist for Atlas Obscura.

www.atlasobscura.com/users/skaremedia?view=articles General achievements

• Travel - 18 months of non-stop, independent solo travel in over 50 countries. • Scholarship at Victoria University to assist with my Multimedia studies. • Battle of the bands winner and album recording.

• For several years I assisted in the organization and expansion of the Mitchell shire battle of the bands including designing the promotional materials.

Referees

Shan Ng

Owner at SAS Creative www.sascreative.com.au [email protected] Phone: 9417 1886

George Hedon

Founder/Creative Director of Pause Festival www.pausefest.com.au

Phone: 0423 011 409

Jason Shellard

Manager at Kmart Brunswick Phone: 93 878 233

Tristan Knoop

Manager at Target Country Seymour Phone: 57 922 216

Geradine O’Brien

Mitchell shire youth coordinator Phone: 0409 429 770

Eric

Grand Ridge Brewery Phone: 0419 303 488