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Joshua Vito
Email: josh.vito@gmail.com


Education

June 2008


May 2004


Skill Sets





Projects

Team Inuit Games

Shinerunner Mod Team
Team Steamfitter Games




Employment

July 2008 - Present
BlenderHouse
Pittsburgh, PA

May 2004 - October 2005
Moore Wallace RR Donnelley
Niagara Falls, NY




November 2005 - Present
Papa J’s Restaurant
Carnegie, PA

Internships

January 2004 - May 2004
Moore Wallace RR Donnelley
Niagara Falls, NY


Achievements

2008
2008 & 2006
2007 & 2005
2004
2003
2000-2004


You can also email me through this website on my contact page.




Bachelor of Science in Game Art and Design
Art Institute of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA

Bachelor of Science in Digital Media Arts - Cum Laude
Canisius College Buffalo, NY


3D modeling and texturing in 3D Studio Max, Zbrush, and Cinema 4D
Developing video game assets for Unreal 3 and Source engines
Graphic and web design with Adobe Creative Suite, Corel Painter, QuarkXPress, XHTML, CSS, Lexigraph PDF Express, Java Script



Acted as team leader, character rigger, and shot composer in the creation of four 3D-based animatics in a ten-week class period
Built and rigged two characters for use in the Unreal engine
Created and troubleshot back-end website engine for a team-powered, imaginative first-person shooter game type
Designed and built the front-end user interface for Steamfitter Game website, and many props for use in the Unreal engine



UI Developer/Designer
Designed and implimented creative, interactive interfaces for social networking applications that are built to run in the Facebook environment

Digital Variable Prepress/Pre-Media Engineer
Excelled in a cooperative, team-oriented environment; Maintained live web-2-one site content for Xerox, Nissan, Mercedes, Infiniti, ClubMed, and others; Patiently troubleshot imposition and printing problems; Preflighted and prepared documents for print on a Xeikon and iGen3 digital press; Contributed to direct mail designs for clients; Wrote imposition files for digital variable print presses

Server/Bartender
Maintain and supply an inventory for each location; Ensure a high customer/guest satisfaction; Expected to perform to the highest standards of professionalism



Prepress Intern
Designed communication pieces for program enrollment kits; Key contributor in cataloging and documenting variable direct mail template design specifications for a major automotive company; Designed a website storyboard for a travel industry client



Artwork published in the Quadrangle
Art Institute Dean's List
Art Institute President’s List
Canisius Academic Quality Award
Artwork published on the Quadrangle cover
Canisius College Dean's List

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