Robbin Huntingdale
Look Development / Fur Grooming / Surfacing / Textures 

AppleOne Employment Services .  2000

MadeToOrder.com  -  Receptionist & clerk at a 50+ person high volume office specializing in branded merchandise. 

Design Setters Inc   .  1999 - 2000

Lead Scenic Artist  -  Commercials & Music Videos: created project look & technique samples, met with design leadership & client for sample buy off and final delivery approval; strategized with construction coordinator on schedule and build/production challenges; assisted with bid and project expendables estimates & orders; responsible for prepped scenery, paint kit, & equipment for delivery to stage; on set painter;  strike set paint dept inventory & organization, responsible for delegated work to crews of 15+ artists & laborers of varying skills & languages with multiple pass scenic techniques and workflow challenges;  delivered project on time & maintain budget,  familiarized crew with equipment, workplace safety, and company procedures, 

Scenario Inc  .  1998 - 1999

Lead Scenic Artist  -  Led crews of 15+ for in shop paint prep, on stage coordination, & onset painter, created samples for Production Designer/Art Director; responsible for buy off from Production Designer & Client, paint technique suggestion and assisted in color selection when needed, mixed custom bulk paint for production, demonstrated paint techniques to crew with followup, directed & managed paint crew from construction to final approval, maintained project on schedule and under budget;  familiarized crew with equipment, workplace safety, and company procedures. 

Brown Bunyan Moon & Moore Inc  .  1996 -1997

Muralist  -  Permanent Scenery for grocery industry: Ralph's, Raleigh's Market, Bristol Farms Market.

Lexington Scenery & Props  .  1993 - 1996

Scenic Artist & Second Lead - Delegated artistic direction & tasks to teams of 20; familiarized crew with equipment, workplace safety & company procedures; coordinated Paint Floor schedule for project workflow; responsible for domestic & international scenery transportation manifest; mixed paint to match samples, matched scenery to paint sample; provided faux finishes, UV black light paint, backdrops, murals, miniatures, fiberglass, concrete, automotive paint finishes, flame proofing, airbrush, spray gun, airless, pressure pots, hudson sprayer setups; operated scissor lift & articulated boom lift; worked domestic & international location work.  Twice recognized as Employee of the Month.

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Los Angeles Music Center Opera - 1993  

Prop Construction - built hand props for Principal performers;  painting, sewing, weaving wicker, wood working, carving foam, and finishing in fiberglass.

The Rigeletto

The Magic Flute - Director: Sir Peter Hall  -  Production Designer: Gerald Scarfe

Children's Opera  

Colony Theatre . 1992 - 1993

Scenic painting & props - painted theatre sets for a distinguished 99 seat theatre.

The Fantastics (1993)

When the Bough Breaks (1993)

The Front Page (1992)

Candide ((1992)

Oxford’s Will (1992)

To Grandmothers House We Go (1992)

Thor Temporary Services   .  1992 - 1993

Thor Temporary Services Office Staff  -  Receptionist; welcomed new applicants, administered skills tests, collected employment verification, managed calendar for recruiters, general office skills.

Talent Tree . 1991 - 1992

Kaiser Permanente Professional Development  Clerk  -  Updated course catalogue, registered course participants, course completion verification documentation, prepared course packets, updated overhead presentation slides, welcomed participants and prepared lecture hall, managed & ordered office supplies for a 28 person office and multiple daily courses offered to Southern California Kaiser Permenente employees, general office skills.  Recipient of Employee of the Month Award.

W.B. Clausen Engineers Inc .  1988 - 1991

Office Assistant  -  created marketing brochures, photographed construction projects for marketing, assisted engineers as photographer & videographer for earthquake insurance reports, receptionist, printed & prepared blueprints for engineers, transcribed site & project memos, general office skills.

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Education

Art Center College of Design . BFA Illustration 1991

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Awards:

Documentation Award, Dreamworks Animation

Employee of the Month, 2 time, Lexington Scenery & Props

Employee of the Month, Talent Tree
The Student Art League Scholarship, Ohlone College

Honor Society Scholarship, Ohlone College  

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Interest & Additional Skills:

sculpting, wax carving, metal casting, jewelry fabrication, stained glass, fused glass, pâte de verre, tapestry weaving, kumihimo braiding, traditional drawing & painting, animal drawing from life, operate a variety of scissor lifts and articulated booms, location & International installation work, reading & making blueprints, MSDS sheets, office skills