Resume - Aidan's Portfolio

Aidan Amavi

Aidan Amavi is an information and communications technology professional. He has over a decade of experience as a leader and facilitator for a variety of technology driven projects. His previous clients include celebrities, models and artists as well as small, medium, and Fortune 500 companies.

Past clients and colleagues praise his ability and professionalism having said that he does “outstanding work,” is a “thought leader,” has an “advanced skill set,” and leaves them “impressed.”

Some of Aidan's past clients include the United Nations, Samsung, Best Buy, Microsoft, Wal-Mart, 20th Century Fox, Maverick Records, Vice Records, Atlantic Records, Kinetic Records, Tribeca Film Festival, Huffington Post, Urban Ink, Papa Johns, Kona Grill, Groove FM; Crispin Glover, Elizabeth McGovern, Pallavi Sharda, Denis Leary, Andy Dick, Michael Jai White, Leonard Robinson, Ohad Knoller, Alex Karpovsky, Charles Matthau; Kal Rieman, Dance Couture, Trump Model Management, Astarte Cosmetics; Paul Oakenfold, Crystal Method, The Streets, Soul Hooligan, French Montana, Chinx, Bow Wow.

Credits aside, he is set apart and above typical producers due to his experience fulfilling top to bottom roles, which has given him the ability to provide comprehensive insights and solutions for all stakeholders alike; and his multidisciplinary knowledge, which has given him the flexibility to effectively contribute to projects for a wide variety of industries.

To view Aidan's endorsements, testimonials, and references from those he has worked with, please connect with him on LinkedIn.

highlights

15 years experience working as an information and communications technology expert.
Creative and technical skills, e.g., cinematography, photography, graphic design, sound mixing, web development, information architecture, network administration, systems administration, etc.
Understands design and technology limitations and trends; how to implement them and when.
Understands content strategies, how content management systems work, and how to integrate content with third party distributors.
Networked with 3rd party industry professionals and vendors; able to recommend the right partners for any project.
Understands traditional and modern marketing strategies as well as business development processes such as the lean start-up philosophy.

Highly motivated; takes initiative.
Strategic thinker; consultative.
Fully invested in creating innovative, and highly valued qualitative and quantitative work.
Equally inspired and driven by the success of the team and the projects.
Understands and comfortable speaking with marketing, creative, and technology departments.
Advocates and utilizes ongoing professional hands-on training, and independent academic studies.
Advocates and utilizes the KISS business mantra, and it's variants.

experience

Created, and presented pitches for clients, vendors, partners and personnel.
Exceled in leading pre-production, production, and post-production processes.
Identified, prioritized and managed practical deliverables for project objectives.
Created, customized and utilized metric systems to meet current and future key performance indicator (KPI) needs.
Collaborated across disciplines to drive problem solving and design solutions.
Provided recommendations and insights for talent acquisition; from partnering with capability leads and their staff to knowing the resource pool and how to wield it, e.g., skill set, experience, number of people, and chemistry.

Managed businesses: business development and market research, quantitative and qualitative analyses, strategy and planning, vendor discovery and negotiations.
Managed studios/offices: liaison between owners and clientele, accounts payable and receivable, setup and breakdown, order and stock supplies.
Managed networks: systems investigation, quantitative and qualitative analyses, strategy and planning, production and/or installation, support, maintenance.
Managed projects: budgeting, scheduling, casting, scouting, team leadership, dispute resolution.

roles

Creative Producer
Creative Director
Assistant Director
Program Director

Art Director
Graphic Designer
Multimedia Animator

Computer Programmer
Software Developer
Web Developer

Database Administrator
Network Administrator
Systems Administrator

Systems Analyst
Security Analyst

Network Architect
Support Specialist

Assistant Photographer
Camera Operator
Cinematographer
Photographer
Videographer

Colorist
Editor
Retoucher

Lighting Designer
Gaffer
Key Grip
Dolly Grip
Best Boy Grip
Best Boy Electrician

Actor
Announcer
Broadcast Programmer
Copywriter
Journalist

disciplines

Broadcast Media
Digital Media
Social Media

Advertising
Marketing
Market Research

Experience Design
Graphic Design
Interactive Design
Lighting Design
Network Design
Sound Design
Web Design

Software Architecture
Systems Administration
Web Development

Business Architecture
Data Architecture
Applications Architecture
Technology Architecture

Audiography
Photography
Videography

AM/FM Broadcasting

Acting
Copywriting
Composition

Talent Acquisition

tools

Basecamp
Facetime
Trello
Wrike
Zoom

Android
CentOS
iOS
iPadOS
macOS
RHEL
Windows

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Opera
Safari

Apache
BIND
Dovecot
Icecast
NGINX
Postfix
Shoutcast

Cyberduck
WinSCP

Atom
Vim

Git

Bash
C++
CSS
HTML
JavaScript
Objective-C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Python
SQL
Shell
VBScript
Visual Basic

Animate.css
Authorize.net
jQuery
Matomo
MetaTrader
PayPal
Shopify
Square
SquareSpace
Stripe
Wix
WordPress

AWS
Azure
cPanel
DigitalOcean
DreamHost
GoDaddy
MediaTemple
Plesk
Steadfast
VMWare
Webmin

Canon
M-Audio
Nikon
Panasonic
RED
Rode
Roland
Sennheiser
Sony
Zoom

Arri
Bron
Chimera
Kino Flo
Litepanels
Mole Richardson
Profoto

Beauty Dish
Duvetyne/Muslin
Flag Kit
Foil
Gel Filters
Reflectors
Stingers
Tapes

Easyrig Cinema 3
Losmandy Porta-Jib
Matthews Dolly
Spider Dolly

Autopoles
Backdrops
Combo Stands
C-Stands
Cardellini Clamps
Sand Bags

iWork
Office
Open Office

After Effects
Bridge
Illustrator
Final Cut Pro
Lightroom
Live
Photoshop
Premiere

Chaos Scope
Unity Engine
Unreal Engine

products

Brand Name
Copy
Literature

Brand Logo
Fine Art
Graphic
Photography
Style Guide

Animation
Commercial
Film
Music Video
Show
Trailer

Field Recording
Music

Web Site
Web Page
Web App

certificates

Harvard University: Professional Certificate in Data Science	Enrolled

LinkedIn: Agile Project Management Principles	2018
LinkedIn: Introduction to CSS	2018

professional org.

American Marketing Association	Current

Orlando Devs	2018
Orlando Regional Tech Association	2018
Orlando Tech and Beers	2018

AIGA, The Professional Association for Design	2015
Freelancers Union	2015
Graphic Artists Guild	2015

charity org.

ASPCA Foundation	Current
Code for America	Current
Wikimedia Foundation	Current
WordPress Foundation	Current

Community Hope Center	2018
Mercy Drive Ministries	2018
United Abolitionist	2018

Paws for a Cause	2014
Polk County Supervisor of Elections	2014