Keith Ikeda-Barry
Vancouver, Canada

Languages: English, Japanese, French

Work Experience

October 2000-Present: Ikeda-Barry Creative Team
-freelance animation production
-projects for local and overseas companies
-on-line, screensaver and TV spec animation
-involved in all aspects of production from character design to final render

August-October 2000: Gaijins Co. Osaka, Japan, (6) 6615-1061
-Animator, Art Director
-2D animation in Flash for online shopping service promotion
-character design, art direction, lead animation
-completed project-based contract on time

September 1996-Present: Furious Imports, Vancouver, BC (604) 876-5481
-President of small import/export company (character goods)
-all financial and bookkeeping duties
-sales, marketing, invoicing, deliveries
-arrange purchases with suppliers in Japan and Toronto
-customer service for clients in Vancouver, New York, Burnaby, Richmond

Oct 1995-Nov 1997: Glico Canada Corp. 156 W. 5th Ave, Vancouver, BC (604) 876-7192
-Distribution Manager
-managed labour staff of eight employees
-directed order-filling, invoicing, delivery
-customer service helped increase sales 20% per year
-developed advertising and promotional material
-managed warehouse operations
-personally managed product in over 40 stores
-translation, interpretation and editing (Japanese/English)
-left to continue education and career as an artist

Oct 1994- Sep 1995: Furious English Box, Kyoto, Japan
-President
-conceived, directed ESL program
-all financial and managerial duties of school
-directed classes for staff of three
-promotion, sales, marketing to prospective clients
-provided quality, individualized lessons
-hired, trained staff, created extensive resource library
-increased number of clients from initial three to over thirty in five months
-sold business to return to Canada


Jun 1992-Aug 1994: GEOS Corporation, Tokyo, Japan (3) 5434-0216
-Head Instructor
-co-ordinated, planned and taught ESL lessons
-head Instructor on staff of eight
-promoted to Vice-Chief (best possible on 2-year contract)
-assisted in increasing customer base 20% per year
-personal customer renewal rate over 65%
-lead school events and outings
-directed and lead seminars on teaching methods
-teaching ideas published in company annual compilation
-left at end of contract to set up own company (Furious English Box)

Feb 1993-Jun 1993: Emmet Brown Labs, Osaka, Japan
-Illustrator/Consultant
-illustration and design for commercial software package
-planned, designed illustrations and animation
-hired voice actors, directed voice sessions
-edited scripts, dialogs, text for software
-interpretation, translation (Japanese to English)

Jun 1991-Apr 1992: Flying Wedge Pizza Co. Vancouver, BC (604) 681-1288
-Graphic Artist
-created in-store artwork for retail pizza chain
-designed advertising and promotional material
-conceived and directed promotion ideas and events
-promoted to independent, full-time designer
-created new product ideas and increased sales
-left to accept position in Japan

Sep 1987-Apr 1990: The Charlatan Newspaper, Ottawa, ON (613) 788-6680
-Graphics Editor
-design and illustration for weekly University newspaper
-assigned projects to volunteer staff
-consistently met deadlines on last-minute projects
-became a salaried position due to performance
-produced, marketed a calendar of ‘best of’ graphics
-comics ‘enjoyed a reputation’ in the community
-left upon graduation from University

Education

Feb 2000: Classical Animation Master’s Diploma
Center for Digital Imaging and Sound, Burnaby, BC
Specialized in:
-2D animation, life drawing, background design
-film production, layout, character design, storyboard, effects
-Flash, AXA, Photoshop, Premiere, Painter, Sound Forge

Mar 1998: 2D/3D Animation Diploma
Vancouver Training Institute
Specialized in:
-2D and 3D animation basics, life drawing, drawing foundations, sculpture
-character design, storyboard, video compositing, stop-motion animation
-Photoshop, Premiere, StudioMax, Animator Studio

Apr 1990: B.A. Film Studies
Carleton University
Specialized in:
-film theory, analysis and critique
-art history, theatre

1989-1990: President, Carleton Film and Video Society
-directed screening program, workshop series

Technical Summary

-Adobe Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator, After Effects
-Fractal Painter
-3D Studiomax R2
-Animator Studio
-Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver
-Metacreations Poser, Bryce 3D
-Sonic Foundry Soundforge
-SoundEdit 16
-Pro Tools
-Clarisworks
-Flash ActionScript
-C/C++
-Qbasic
-Pascal
-UBI (barcode software)