Curriculum Vitae



Nathaniel Reed



HTML Website Design :
http://www.ebbisham.co.uk, The Reeds of Ebbisham, a portal site
http://home.btclick.com/nattydesigns, a portal site
http://www.pegasuswebs.co.uk, a collaborative webdesign venture
http://www.powercradlesltd.com, a site for a company specialising in powered cradle lifts
http://home.btconnect.com/natreed, for HTML help
http://home.btclick.com/jeditrials, an 'online game' to see if you are a Jedi or a Sith
http://home.btclick.com/swcomix, my growing Marvel UK Star Wars Comics directory

Learning JavaScript

3D junior computer animator / modeller

Experience of Macromedia Flash v4, DreamWeaver, Softimage 3D, Eddie Compositor, 3D Studio Max, LightWave, Adobe Photoshop, Paintshop Pro, Gale GIF Animator, beta Tile Buddy.


British ; Full clean driving licence ; Passport ; Workable French and German.

Employment

Since November '99 : BT Connect to Business, first line internet support technical helpdesk, Cardiff, S. Wales. Since May 2000, additional support for BTWebWorld, a webhosting service. Since january 2001, solely supporting BT WebWorld, BTConnect WebHosting, BTWebWorld20.

May '99 - October '99 : BT Directory Enquiries, Aberystwyth, Mid Wales.

March '98 - April '99 : Broadsword Interactive Games Company in Aberystwyth, Mid Wales, using 3D Studio Max r2.5 and Adobe Photoshop to build race tracks for a 1930s racing game. 3D character animation using LightWave 5.5, for the racing game. Also, GameBoy game development using the beta version of Tile Buddy, involving 2D backgrounds and animated characters.

January '94 - August '96 : self-employment as a theatre stage designer for welsh theatres in South Wales, as a decorative metalworker, and as a portrait artist.

March '94 - September '96 : retail assistant at Thresher Wine Store, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan.

January '94 - April '94 : assistant set designer and modelmaker with Designer Chris Morris for S4C, Cardiff.

September '93 : assistant propmaker with Designers Mike Perry and Nadine Bayliss for the Royal Swedish Ballet, London.

Education

October '96 - February '98 : MSc Degree in Computer Aided Graphical and Technological Applications [CAGTA], using Softimage 3D and Eddie Compositor at the University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, Cleveland. Mainly practised character animation and rotoscoping.

September '94 - June '95, September '95 - June '96 : City and Guilds 2D and 3D AutoCAD.

September '90 - July '93 : BA (Hons.) Degree in TV and Theatre stage design at Suffolk College, Ipswich, Suffolk.

September '89 - July '90 : National Diploma in General Art and Design Foundation, Cardiff Art College, Cardiff.

September '87 - June '89 : 3 'A' Levels at the Vale College, Balfour House School, St. Athan.

September '80 - June '87 : 9 'O' Levels at Balfour House School, St. Athan, Vale of Glamorgan.

Web site : https://members.tripod.com/~Ebbisham

Skills

Methodical, diligent, considerate of team members.

Figure, portrait, and landscape painting ; photography ; ceramics ; decorative metalwork.

Interests

Cinema, Theatre, the Arts. Novels, classical music. Archery. Star Wars ~ well, I was six years old in 1977 !!