.pdf resume + reel: http://www.louai.org/
text resume below
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 To Tony,

 I am a motion graphics visual effects artist well versed in After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator. I have created motion graphics and color graded
for high profile clients such as the Womens Entertainment Channel,
SportVision, Wells
Fargo, Weight Watchers, Lincoln Center and others. I can work onsite or
offsite on a per project basis. I also have an FTP server that I use for
client access, thereby expediting approvals and exchanging assets. I
know how to build animations that are easily and quickly revisable, and
facilitate easy side by side interaction with a producer or client.

Hopefully if my qualifications meet your requirements we can arrange
an interview. Feel free to contact me via email or phone. You can find
my reel at the url above and I can send a DVD version upon request.
Thank you for your time.

Best,
Louai Abu-Osba
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WHO: LOUAI ABU-OSBA
WHERE: 825-A Vallejo Street, San Francisco CA 94133
646.373.9631 - me@louai.org - http://www.louai.org
WHEN: Hampshire College, B.A. Theatre Arts and Interactive Media
Design-May 2003


EXPERIENCE

CLIENT: Bars and Tone Video Productions, San Francisco, CA - Summer '05
PROJECT: Motion graphics for various clients including Wells Fargo, Bell
Helmets, and Providian.
SOFTWARE: After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator.

CLIENT: Freelance Web Design, San Francisco, CA - Winter/Spring '05
PROJECT: Created EugeneBrodksy.com, a fine artist, and the upcomming
relaunch of yellowmonkey.com, an antique store.
SOFTWARE: DreamWeaver, Photoshop/ImageReady, CSS, Perl (Template
Toolkit), JavaScript.

CLIENT: Scholastic Inc., New York, NY - Winter/Summer '04
PROJECT: Asset Manager/Production Artist for the latest installment of
award winning children's video game franchise,
I SPY Spooky Mansion Deluxe. Duties included importing several thousand
assets into external Director casts, retouching
artwork and editing audio. Programmer for the localization of First
Thousand Words computer game. Enhanced user
experience and squashed existing bugs.
SOFTWARE: Director/Lingo, Photoshop, ProTools.

CLIENT: Seiden Advertising, New York, NY - Spring '04
PROJECT: Animatics for various agency accounts including Weight Watchers
and BD.
SOFTWARE: After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator.

CLIENT: WE Women’s Entertainment Channel, New York, NY - Spring '04
PROJECT: Motion graphics for a :30 TV spot for WE and Designer Shoe
Warehouse.
SOFTWARE: After Effects, Photoshop.

CLIENT: Lincoln Center Director’s Lab, New York, NY - Fall/Spring ‘03
PROJECT: Video Designer for the theatrical production of Khmer Amerika.
Color graded and edited video sequences and
programmed a customized video cueing system.
SOFTWARE: After Effects, Director/Lingo.

CLIENT: Aramark Work/Life Partnerships, New York, NY - Summer ‘03
PROJECT: 2 minute animation illustrating Aramark's services for a
proposal given to Ford Motor Company.
SOFTWARE: After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator.

SKILLS
AUDIO: Skilled in musical composition, sound design, sound effect
creation, compression, noise reduction and restoration.
Proficient in Sony Sound Forge, Acid, Cakewalk Sonar, Bias Peak,
Propellerhead Reason, and DigiDesign Pro Tools.

ANIMATION/VIDEO: Skilled in 2D animation, color correction, keying,
rotoscoping and video compression.
Proficient in Adobe After Effects, Premiere, Apple Final Cut Pro, Avid
Xpress DV, Discreet Combustion, and Cleaner.

TRADITIONAL/INTERACTIVE DESIGN: Skilled in web design, game development,
projection/cueing systems, interactive audio/video for live performance
and installations.
Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Macromedia
Director, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Infomus EyesWeb, and Cycling 74
MAX/MSP.

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References:

"We were entirely delighted with Louai’s performance. First of all, he
was able to blaze through mountains of assets more quickly than anyone
else we have had do this work, while always maintaining a high level of
quality. He quickly grasped, then mastered, then improved our complex
production process. I think Louai is one of those people who converses
effortlessly with technology, able quickly to get his head around new
platforms and programs. On a more personal note, Louai was a great
person to have around the office: Friendly, responsible, with a passion
for the medium that made him a lot of fun to blue-sky with over lunch."

Sam Nisson, Producer, Spooky Mansion Deluxe
Scholastic Retail Software
snisson@scholastic.com
212-343-7753


"Louai is an amazing multimedia designer. He’s fast, reliable, has a
finely tuned graphic sensibility and is an inventive problem solver.
He’s one of those rare and resourceful designers who runs with your
ideas and elevates them to the next level. Louai understands every phase
of the production process so he is able to deliver an integrated vision
that makes a producers/ directors life so much easier. You never waste
time explaining with Louai, he gets it andgets the job done efficiently,
pleasantly and creatively."

Lalita Khosla, Producer, WE/DSW TV spot
director/GetKhosla
lalita@getkhosla.com


"Louai has an uncanny ability to produce excellent quality video under
very short and highly stressful deadlines. Not only that, but he's also
able to understand my vision and how his work fits into the greater
whole. As a result I don't have to look over his shoulder while he makes
last minute revisions and I can focus on other areas of the production.
He is a creative and efficient problem solver, an attribute that is
invaluable when creating media rich live performances."

Kym Moore, Director, Khmer Amerika
Professor, Sarah Lawrence College
914.395.2430 (work)
917.992.6421 (cell)
kmoore@slc.edu