Kira Hammond

Pacifica, CA 94044   USA

laoco at laoco.net

415-290-7672

Work

2006-current       Media Lab Manager, Post Production The Kenwood Group

2004-2006            Technical Supervisor, Motion Pictures and Television Dept. Academy of the Arts

2001-2004                     Video Specialist, Adjunct Instructor, Johns Hopkins University

2000-2001                     Instructor, Senior Lab Technician, PhotoWorks

2000-2001                     Studio Manager, Digital Artist, Greg Pease Photography

1998-2000                     Staff, Computer Music Department, Goucher College

 

Projects

          1-800 Contacts Cable Spots 2007-2008- Technical advisor post-production

Seagate, Ecoseagate 2007, 2008- Technical post specialist real time HD editing in New Zealand.

          Adobe Max 2007- Technical workflow and training of on-site technicians

          Mercury World 2007- Editor Show Opener

          Amgen ED&O event 2006- HD p2 card workflow developer and technologist

          Square Enix- ÒRocket Slime ISVÓ 2006- Graphics

Hewlet Packard Sales Kick Off 2007- media compressions

          Hyperion Opener 2006- Editorial finisher

          ClearNav Demo Reel 2005- Sound designer, editor, DVD author

          Baltimore Museum of Art CRAM sessions, 2004- cameraperson

 

Supervisor Experience

Post production supervisor for The Kenwood Group.  Media Lab Manager

supervise a team of Approximately 10 freelancers and staff persons

 

Develop technical workflows and manage media production for Intel, Seagate, HP, Square Enix, Amgen, Adobe, Chevron, Mazda, Hyperion, Mercury, Sun, 1-800 Contacts, Visa and TIBCO.

 

Successful completion of ten different 5,000 to multi-million-dollar events, advertising campaigns, and cable spots each quarter.

 

Bill and invoice for services, average profit $20,000.00 each quarter.

 

annual budget of $40,000.00 -60,000.00 for tech upgrades and training

 

Implement shared storage systems with cost-effective redundancy.  X-San certified, experienced system administrator for shared storage networks.

 

Work directly with clients, executives, and on-site crews.

 

Create quarterly instructional seminars and invite members of the community to attend. topics included: P2 workflows, HD workflows, creating perfect compressions, quality checking media correctly.

 

Lead technical supervisor for Motion Pictures and Television department, 1200 students, 150 audio/video editing stations, 11 Avid systems, 10 Pro Tools systems

Hardware and systems administrator for turnkey systems, Setup and maintained Avid Adrenaline HD systems connected with the Avid Unity file share server, Final Cut Pro offline editing stations connected through FibreJet SAN, and online Final Cut Pro/Kona systems for HD video editing. 

 

Scheduling of humans and resources. Supervise 20 lab technicians who taught students and manned the computer labs.  Technical liaison for 11 teachers and 5 executives in the department.

 

Develop digital security and digital rights management systems to protect copyrighted and student work from being copied or taken off site.

 

Soldering/repairing hardware, calibrating decks and scopes

 

Researching, budget and execute technology upgrades. Saved the department $60,000.00 when upgrading from standard definition to high definition systems through implementing shared storage and installing the systems with internal labor.

 

developed and directed the Johns Hopkins Media Center video department during first 3 years of operation

         Budgeted and implemented infrastructure for dept.  Spent $100,000.00

purchasing computers, storage, production packages for student use,

instructional materials and handicap accessible workspaces.

 

Coordinated live chromakey technology session. Shot and edited the online video-based Johns Hopkins University 2004 Alumnae training program

        

Directed technical and creative teams for, Landscapes, the 2003 live Internet 2 collaboration of real-time poetry music and dance between Johns Hopkins University and University of Maryland.

 

Created and implemented digital arts curriculum for 17 customized mini courses and lectures to supplement academic coursework for Johns Hopkins University

 

Represented Johns Hopkins at technical conferences. Presented technical white papers on MAX/MSP programming, i2 internet workflows, interactive digital art in the 21st century, and neural computer interfaces.

 

Staff, Computer Music Department, Goucher College, Maintained and upgraded the Goucher college computer music studio for 2 years.

Tutored students in the use of professional audio production tools such as Digital Performer, Pro Tools, mixing consoles, 8-track recorder, microphones, patch bays, samplers, synthesizers and effects units

        

Digitally recorded 5-10 live concerts of international visiting musicians each semester.  Responsibilities included microphone placement for drums, vocals, ensembles and native instruments and digital recording/archiving.

 

PhotoWorks Senior Lab Technician

Supervised and serviced 5 darkrooms and a 15-computer multimedia A/V lab in a for-profit setting.

 

Implemented instructional materials for clients and employees.

 

Art Experience

Owner and manager of Laoco, independent record label launched in 2007.

 

Working musician with 2 music albums distributed nationally 2006, 2007,

 

Over 30 group and solo gallery shows featuring technology based and traditional artwork 1992-current.

 

Music and motion graphics for independent films (Chatterbox, EPIP Productions 2006.  Unwrapped, Capricorn 2005) San Francisco, CA.

         

Designed interactive video sets for Female Parts in 2004, The Theatre Project Baltimore, MD.

 

Digitally retouched commercial photos, (Greg Pease Photos) 2000-2001 Baltimore, MD.

 

Developed one of the first CD-ROM music video/CD compilations in 2001 for ClickÕs interactive album, Dekonstrucktion.

 

Freelance designer of promotional video and graphics 1999-2001

 

Tools 

Software: Avid Adrenaline, Composer, Express, Final Cut Pro Studio 2, Premiere, Photoshop, InDesign, Quark Express, ProTools, Digital Performer, Peak, Dreamweaver, DVD Studio Pro. Working knowledge Flash and After Effects.

 

          Hardware: HD and SD video cameras, turnkey video and software post equipment, audio recording and production equipment, broadcasting and streaming server technology, shared storage networks, graphic tablets, scanners, printers, digital and analog still photo cameras, Apple and PC platforms

 

 

Professional Credentials

Presented 2 art and technology papers at the 2004 Hawaii International Humanities Conference.

 

Presented interactive software applications for digital arts at the 2003 New Media Conference.

 

5 years college-level teaching experience in digital arts and electronic media

 

X-San certified

 

Education

         2002-2004   M.A Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins University

1996-2000      B.A. Digital Arts, Goucher College

 

Awards

2004 Center of Excellence Award, key member of 5-person team.  Awarded by The New Medias Centers Consortium (3 winners out of 164)

 

         Awarded $40,000.00 4-year merit based scholarship from Goucher college.

 

         3 Peer to Peer awards in one year at The Kenwood Group

 

Websites

         www.laoco.net

www.kenwoodgroup.com

www.nmc.org

http://digitalmedia.jhu.edu