crooks.m.kevin@gmail.com
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Kevin Crooks is a freelance designer & fabricator based in LA/ATL who has worked in commercials, music videos, short film, experience design, & art installations. He has experience in production design, art direction, project coordination, set decoration & set dressing. Select clients include Red Bull, Nike, Hyatt, Courtney Love, BENJ(Sony Records) & Cher Lloyd, KYLE, Epix Network, the Ovation Awards, & the Taos Fall Arts Festival.
Skills
Art Direction
Project & Construction Coordination
Set Design & Dressing
Technical Drawings
Budget Management
3D Modeling: Rhino, Maya, Sketchup
Digital Design: Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop
Digital Fabrication: Laser Cutting, 3D Printing, CNC
CV
PRODUCTION DESIGN & ART DIRECTION (2013-Present)
Nike, Red Bull, BENJ (Sony Records) & Cher Lloyd (Epic Records), WeDo Technologies (User Group Lisbon 2015), KYLE, Materials & Applications, Megan Daadler, LA Stage Alliance (while working for Aperiodic Industries), Roxine Helberg, Aperiodic Industries, Christine Liang, Ramez Silyan…
Project Coordination (2012- Present)
Hyatt ·· Construction Coordinator, Council For Watershed Health (while working with Urban Applications) ·· project coordinator, Vive La Cage ·· program director, campfire stories ·· program director, Xbox: Halo 5 Round Table ·· pa, Hollywood Holiday Parade ·· pa.
FABRICATION (2012- Present)
Erlea Manero ·· digital fabrication, model making (3D & physical), Materials & Applications ·· project coordinator, Julie Orser (exhibit at Luckman Gallery) ·· installation designer, The Port of Los Angeles (while working for Aperiodic Industries) ·· leadman, Oliver Hess (exhibit for Marina Abramovic Institute Science Chamber) ·· leadman, Megan Daadler ·· leadman, Somewhere Something ·· model maker…
ART DEPT, MISC (2013 – Present)
Epix Network (Road to the NHL Winter Classic, Commercial) ·· leadman, Courtney Love ·· set designer, Starz (Flesh and Bone opening sequence, mini-series) ·· set dresser, Adi Goodrich ·· art pa
Experience
Materials & Applications – Program Director, Project Coordinator 2012-2014
Somewhere Something – Lab Tech, Workshop Instructor 2014
Urban Applications – Designer, Project Coordinator, 2012-2014
Aperiodic Industries – Lab Tech, Designer 2012-2013
Education
Bachelors of Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies, 2011
University of California at Berkeley