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Kelly L Mann

4414 E. Adobe Drive Phoenix AZ 85050 retroroyale@hotmail.com Ph: (480) 635 2204

Art Director / Designer

Dedicated, quality-focused professional artist offering 15 years of broad-based experience in the motion picture & theme park industry, With a working knowledge of art and hobby materials, including: all paint, art supplies, mixed media, adhesives, sculpture media. Demonstrated and proven the ability to effectively communicate and cultivate successful business relationships with individuals at all levels.

Motivated by personal interaction, and the ability to help facilitate the professional and artistic growth of others.

Showcases strength in:

♦Team Leadership♦

♦Product Knowledge♦

♦Articulate♦

♦Problem Solving♦

♦Art Training♦

♦Detail Oriented♦

Professional Work History:

The Mask Dr.

Phoenix, Az.

C.M.I. Inc

Castaic Ca.

Walt Disney Imagineering

Burbank, Ca.

Landmark Entertainment

N. Hollywood, Ca.

Spectra Entertainment

Simi Valley, Ca.

Introvision,

Hollywood, Ca.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Business Owner The Mask Doctor- Phoenix- Az.

 Found and exploited a niche market to create the most well-known, and most visited, unique collectible art restoration business on the internet.

 Utilize knowledge gained in the motion picture & theme park fields, to restore collectibles.

 Handle all promotion, design website, customer service, and restoration work.

 Designed & built several tradeshow presentations, and all graphics for business promotion.

Artist & Designer for Theme Parks Walt Disney Imagineering- Burbank Ca.

 Interpreted CAD drawings, scratch-built miniature buildings, painted scenic back ground models, sculpted & painted figures for Disneyland Paris

 Exhibited team-leader skills in organizing other artists to create miniature props for films.

 Designed specific characters, from paper design to sculpture, to finish installation.

 Frequently called upon to create special props to embellish a scene.

Artist & Designer for Theme Parks Spectra Entertainment- Simi Valley Ca.

 Scratch-built miniature buildings, models, figures, and theme parks for many motion picture companies, and major theme park development firms.

 Designed original theme park rides, & supervised other artists in its creation.

 Sculpted figures to exact scale and design specifications.

 Create concise storyboards to show proposed theme park ride flows.

 Designed packaging to promote theme park concepts to world-class clients.

Introvision- Hollywood, Ca.

Landmark Entertainment- N. Hollywood Ca.

RECOGNITION

Emmy Award “Kissinger and Nixon”

Showtime 1995

Pennsylvania School of Art and Design

Bachelor’s Fine Art 1980