John Nuzzi
Marketing Manager · J.G. Brands Christmas Tree Sales Inc.
Massapequa, NYIn My Own Words
I'm seeking to expand my professional horizons with the next challenge. I'm experienced in operating small businesses to working with globally known clientele and brands.
Work Experience
Marketing Manager
J.G. Brands Christmas Tree Sales Inc.2010 – Present
• Manage social media marketing efforts across multiple platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, to expand brand presence online • Design, maintain, and updating HTML & CSS mobile responsive company website to increase search engine optimization (SEO) and expand reach of new clients • Forecast, budget and manage performance of all related marketing activities • Design, write copy and maintain e-mail campaigns to keep client base informed of recent product announcements • Responsible for shooting and editing all product photography content used in marketing collateral • Collaborate with vendors and manufacturing partners to place purchase orders and ensure all products are up to standard and within budget upon arrival • Manage customer relations, obtain sales orders and schedule shipping for all existing and new business
Motion Capture Animator
Rockstar Games2010 – 2010
• Key animator in motion capture development team used in mainstream high budget titles Grand Theft Auto IV, Red Dead Redemption, Max Payne 3 and L.A. Noire • Supervised and handled pre and post production technical direction of all in-game and narrative cinematic scenes for project lifecycles with budgets of $100 million resulting in global sales of $1 billion • Achieved fluency in VICON F40 optical motion capture system and pipeline of one hundred optical cameras, accompanying capture Blade software and pre-visual applications • Animated motion captured data for large scale cinematic scenes with up to 18 actors, props and set builds • Collaborated on set with studio managers, art directors, producers, talent, audio team, corporate global offices to solve technical and technology development for all capture performance sessions
Motion Capture Animator
Perspective Studios2008 – 2010
• Edited post production motion capture data from New York & Los Angeles based offices within the client budget and delivery date expectations. • Utilized Motion Analysis software for motion capture post processing, tracking, and cleaning up raw motion capture data • Liaised with creative directors of all mocap shoots with client base of Marvel, Rockstar Games, Brand New School and Atari • Developed motion capture animation used in ESPN Monday Night Football interactive marketing street game displayed in New York, Boston & Chicago in Summer 2010
Assistant to the Technical Operations Manager
Spontaneous2008 – 2008
• Assistant at major NYC design and visual effects studio, clients included AT&T, BBDO, Gillette, MTV, ESPN, and U2 • Compressed and posted videos to the web and authored DVDs for client review • Dubbed and labeled tapes digital recordings for final shipping spots to agencies and broadcast centers Archived Unix-based Autodesk Flames on daily basis to both tape and digital file backup
