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Nathan Cooper
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Selected Work Experience:
Mac Specialist/Creative
10/06 – present
Apple Store, Fifth Avenue
New York, NY
Film and Digital MediaCheckout Lab Manager
10/03 – 7/06
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA
• This was a full-time staff position not a student position
• Supervise and hire 10 employees, create schedules, maintain time-sheets, create tasks, train workers
• Plan long term and short term goals/projects
• Maintain budget and purchase supplies, parts
• Troubleshoot equipment problems with audio, video, lighting equipment
• Develop multimedia (Quicktime, Web, Final Cut Pro) projects from ground up
• Assist with student projects from production (lighting, audio, cinematography) to post-production (Final Cut Pro, DVD mastering, Quicktime, Web)
Maintain database of 100s clients, equipment, analyze data and write reports
Course Assistant
4/02 – 12/04
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA
• This was a full-time staff position not a student position
• Class topics: TV, film, media studies, digital media, Japanese pop culture
Computer Support Technician
07/97 – 06/00
San Joaquin Delta College
Stockton, CA
• This was a full-time staff position not a student position
• Work face to face with clients resolving hardware/software, networking issues both Mac and PC
Professional Skills:
• Administrative management and organization
• Communication and technical problem solving
• Face to face, phone and email communication
• On the job experience with the following hardware: Mac, PC, camcorders, digital photography, flash memory based audio, DAT, MiniDisc, DVD, various speaker/theater components, Lighting equipment, hubs, routers, computer networking, cabling: audio, video, computer, server administration
• On the job experience with the following software: MS Office, Final Cut Pro, Adobe: Illustrator, Photoshop, GoLive, Macromedia: Flash, Dreamweaver, DVD Studio Pro, FileMaker Pro, Soundtrack Pro, After Effects, Live Type, LiveStage Pro, Quicktime, Mac OS, Windows
• Technical skills: server administration, database management, HTML/web servers
Education:
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree: Film and Digital Media
2000 - 2002 University California Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA
Interests include media, digital media, communications
Associate of Art Degree(AA)
1998 - 2000 San Joaquin Delta Community College Stockton, CA
Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) completed
Extracurricular:
Internship
2006 Solar Productions New York, NY
Computer troubleshooting, consulting, advisement
Web design, graphic design, some Avid work
Internship
2003 Stellar Productions Santa Cruz, CA
Computer and audio visual equipment setup and troubleshooting
Nonlinear digital editing
Associate Producer
2006 “Mars Tabris” Santa Cruz, CA
Food For the Moon Productions is a Small Production Company based out of Santa Cruz California specializing in Science Fiction films.
Helped in various capacities in securing spaces and procuring supplies for the production.
Projectionist Santa Cruz Film Festival
2004 Santa Cruz, CA
Various Production Assistance
2003-2006 University of California Santa Cruz, CA
Working outside my capacity within F&DM at UCSC I volunteered my resources and time outside of my normal job duties on the following projects:
“Cock Your Guns” Dir: Jade Fox 2006 | Prop, lighting Assistant
“Exposure” Dir: Stephanie Hamilton 2005 | Production Assistant
“Inside Out” Dir: Wendy Allen 2005 | Production Assistant
“Music Video for New Thrill Parade” Dir: Nick Dulin 2005 | Lighting Assistant
pictures
I have been a hobbiest photographer since about 1999. I have a number of pictures online. Check them out:
photos.natecooper.net
dot mac photo/video gallery
flickr: ncooperta
videos:
I have also worked on a number of videos since around 2001. Check them out:
dot mac photos/videos gallery
youtube: ncooperta