Casey Shaffer
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  • Portfolio
    • Illustration
    • Visual Development
    • Life Drawing
    • Portraiture
    • Fanart
    • Design
  • Bio
  • Resume
  • Contact
WORK EXPERIENCE
Freelance Illustrator (Tempe, AZ) • May 2012 - present
  • Creates custom traditional portraits for local clients
  • Exhibits printed artwork at local pop culture conventions throughout the year

Shutterfly, Inc • April 2019 - present
Content Production Designer (Tempe, AZ)
  • Enables products for the Shutterfly and Tiny Prints brand websites

Walgreens • December 2017 - March 2019
Central Utility Specialist (Chandler, AZ)
  • Transcribed and verified prescription information via computer
  • Interpreted medical abbreviations (SIG codes)
  • Reviewed and entered prescriptions into the system; troubleshooted to obtain missing information utilizing basic math skills
    (in addition to pharmaceutical mathematics, conversion measurements and percentages)

Shutterfly, Inc (Tiny Prints & Wedding Paper Divas) • October 2013 - October 2017
Production Designer (Tempe, AZ)
  • Edited customer photos as needed to ensure optimum printing quality
  • Proofread all customer-submitted text for grammar, spelling and stationery etiquette
  • Adjusted pre-designed stationery layouts as necessary to accommodate customers’ individualized text
  • Addressed any design or etiquette-related questions for customers via phone or email
  • Evaluated new team members to ensure consistent level of knowledge/processing quality across department
  • Worked with engineering team to manually fix printer rendering issues on photo books
  • Applied advanced photo edits and color adjustments to fulfill complex requests
 
Resolutions Multimedia Group
Animation Assistant (Phoenix, AZ) • March 2013 - May 2013
  • Assisted in creating storyboards and graphics for Flash animations
  • Collaborated with other teams to ensure consistency in style and quality

PUBLICATIONS AND FANZINES
  • L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future, Volume 26
    Illustrator for Simon Cowell’s story “Confliction” (as Cassandra Shaffer)
  • Templum Digital Magazine No.2
  • ​INCOMPLETE: A WIP-focused zine
  • To Boldly Go: A Star Trek zine
  • Pokemon Go!: A Pokemon Go! Team Leaders zine
  • Moonlight: A Shiro-centric Voltron zine
  • Who Runs the World: A Lesser-Known Magical Girl zine
  • Primary: A Primary Color-themed original art book
  • Fantasy Zines: A collection of both original and Haikyuu!!-centric art and writing
  • Letters in the Wind: A travel-themed Genji and Mercy-centric Overwatch zine
  • Plus Ultra and Beyond! A Boku No Hero Academia AU zine
  • Ethereal: An Altean Lance-centric Voltron zine
  • Resurrection: A BBC Merlin fanthology
  • Kino's Travel Guidebook: A Kino's Journey zine
  • Honor and Duty: A Gladiolus-centric FFXV zine
  • Ever at Your Side: A FFXV friendship zine

PROJECT EXPERIENCE
CBS 5 News, KGUN 9 News, ABC 15 News, Covington & Burling LLP
Courtroom Sketch Artist (Phoenix, AZ) • July 2012
  • Provided local news stations and law firms with realistic pencil sketches of plaintiff’s and
    defendant’s attorneys, witnesses, and presiding judge  

SKILLS
Software: Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, Manga Studio
Traditional Media: Graphite Pencil, Colored Pencil, Ink Pen, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Gouache
 
EDUCATION
The Art Institute of Phoenix • GPA: 3.8/4.0
Bachelor of Arts, Media Arts & Animation 

​HONORS AND AWARDS
  • September 2018 Improvement Achievement Winner, Walgreens (2018)
  • Production Design Team Honor Roll, Tiny Prints & Wedding Paper Divas (2016)
  • Best Display, The Art Institute of Phoenix Spring Portfolio Show (2012)
  • Alpha Beta Kappa Honors Society Member, The Art Institute of Phoenix (2012)
  • Dean’s Honor Roll, The Art Institute of Phoenix (2009 - 2012)
  • Spring 2011 SIGGRAPH Animator’s Challenge, Intermediate 2D Category (2011)
  • 1st Quarter Winner, L. Ron Hubbard’s Illustrators of the Future Contest (2009)
  • Recipient of Karen Swan Scholarship, The Art Institute of Phoenix (2009) 
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