Resume

Calvin Norwood

(805) 266-8233

calvin.norwood777@gmail.com


EXPERIENCE

Storyboard Coordinator, Disney/Lucasfilm (June 2021 – Present):

  • Coordinator/prep artist for Jon Favreau’s stand-alone storyboard department on The Mandalorian.
  • Worked on the presentation of 2D and 3D art for story pitches and 2D animatics for each entire episode.
  • Besides tracking, archiving, and presenting the many storyboards, I’ve also contributed 2D animated shots for the animatics when needed.

Graphic Design Intern, CSUMB OSU (Jan – May 2021):

  •  Designed for Otter Cross Cultural Center and Otter Student Union directors to design Facebook banners, Instagram Story posters, and printed material for university events with a unified brand identity.

Clock Faces – Four week design sprint, Fitbit (Sept – Oct 2020):

  • Employed as a contract designer. Conceptualized and iterated upon 10 concepts for digital clock UI before refining three hi-fi prototypes. 
  • Received feedback from Fitbit team regarding best practices for clarity and usability of Fitbit features. 
  • Agile design sprint using Adobe Illustrator and Figma.

PROJECTS

College + Netflix Adobe Creative Jam – Streaming service prototype:

  • Our team of 3 placed in the top 10 finalists out of 612 submissions in a 48 hour Adobe + Netflix XD design jam in June 2020.
  • Utilized personas and affinity mapping to identify the needs of the target audience.

The Story of Cannery Row – Mobile story website:

  • Developed this storybook inspired website for my capstone project. It was built with HTML, CSS, and Javascript.
  • It features illustrations and interactive educational features. Designs were informed by competitive research and user testing.

Racing Game Track/Level Design

  • Additionally provided 2D graphic design, concept art, and 3D modeling.
  • Level design done in Unreal Engine 5.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science: Communication Design 

  • Cal State University Monterey Bay
    • Graduated Summa Cum Laude in Spring, 2021:
      • Dean’s List Academic Standing: Four times
    • GPA: 3.96
    • Secretary of Computer Scripting and Styling Monterey Bay UX Club
  • UX/Web Club Secretary
    • Co-developed club website. Designed posters/stickers.
  • Member of Game Developers Club and Design Studio club.

Associate in Science: Applied Design/Media: Multimedia Arts & Communication 

Associate in Science: Applied Design/Media: Animation

Associate in Arts: Liberal Arts-Transfer: Arts and Humanities

  • Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA
    • Graduated 2017:
    • Dean’s List Academic Standing: Eight times
    • GPA: 3.94

SKILLS

  • Graphic design
  • Digital art
  • Web design
  • UI design
  • User Experience design and prototyping
  • Adobe Creative Suite including XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, After Effects, InDesign, Audition, and Animate
  • Autodesk Maya & Blender 3d modeling software
  • Logic Pro digital audio software
  • HTML, CSS, Javascript, Wix, and WordPress
  • Unity game engine
  • Figma