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Kenneth Shinabery
Kenneth Shinabery
Düssel York City Studios
Düsseldorf, Germany

Summary

Prior to moving to Europe, I worked for 13 years in film, television and advertising as a creative and in production.

After moving to Europe, I began working primarily in marketing and public relations for companies such as Adobe and Wacom.

Now I have become a LinkedIn Influencer and Expert in Marketing, PR, Community Dev, Design, Creative Software, Tech and Games.

I am part of the following groups:
* Adobe Influencer DACH
* Adobe ACP
* Adobe Forum Moderator
* Lecturer / Instructor for Adobe Education Exchange
* Wacom Evangelist
* Curator of the Wacom Gallery
* BenQ Influencer

Visit my Portfolio.... https://kennshinabery.myportfolio.com

Skills

Creative CloudAdobeAdobe PhotoshopAdobe IllustratorAdobe InDesignAnimate CCAdobe Character AnimatorWacomCintiqMobileStudio ProMarketingAdvertisingPublic RelationsInfluencer RelationsSEOGoogle AdwordsSocial Media ManagementGoogle AnalyticsContent CreationCommunity DevelopmentIllustrationIllustratorGraphic DesignCharacter DesignMarketing IllustrationVectorVector GraphicsVector IllustrationTraditional IllustrationTraditional ArtBook Cover IllustrationMotion GraphicsGame ArtKey ArtStreamerPrintPhotographyChildrens IllustrationModeratorKeynote SpeakerConference OrganizerInkCopicPencil

Software proficiency

Illustrator
Illustrator
Photoshop
Photoshop
InDesign
InDesign
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office
CLIP STUDIO PAINT
CLIP STUDIO PAINT
Animate
Animate
Google Analytics
Google Analytics
Character Animator
Character Animator
Adobe Connect
Adobe Connect
Google Adwords
Google Adwords

Experience

  • Visit My LinkedIn Site at Visit My LinkedIn Site
    January 2000 - January 2017
  • Wacom Behance Gallery Coordinator / Journalist at Wacom
    Germany
    July 2014 - Present

    Curator for the Wacom Gallery on Behance.

    Content creation and journalist for the Wacom InfoChannel.

    Contest creation and judging for the Wacom InfoChannel.

  • Confernece Planner at Adobe
    Düsseldorf
    January 2016 - January 2016

    Worked with Adobe to plan a large scale creative and networking conference that took place on Saturday July 2nd in Düsseldorf.

    The Conference:

    * Selected speakers.

    * Recruited seven Adobe Creative Jam teams from companies such as DDB, BBDO, Havas Worldwide and Ubisoft.

    * Judges for the Creative Jam: Jens Kellersmann - Wacom and Thomas Junk - Demodern / Art Directors Club Germany.

    * Hosted the Behance Portfolio Reviews

    * Curated the Art Gallery, which featured 20 of the top artists from Nordrhein Westfalen.

    * Included: Adobe Make It Zone

    * Various interactive elements: Samsung 4D VR Chairs, blueBox's hologram technology, Eric Alexander's Der Schwarze Raum, etc.

    * Facebook Live Stream on Adobe Deutschland's page.

  • Adobe Education Exchange Lecturer & Instructor at Adobe
    January 2016 - Present

    I began as a guest lecturer for Adobe Generation Professional. After giving five lectures, I was asked to be an instructor for their 5 week course entitled Ditigal Me.

    I have since given several lectures.

  • Journalist / Writer at Advanced Photoshop Magazine / Photoshop Creative Magazine / Imagine Publishing
    February 2015 - December 2015

    Writer for both Advanced Photoshop and Photoshop Creative Magazines.

    * Writer / Consultant for the internationally acclaimed magazine Advanced Photoshop, produced by Imagine Publishing leading publisher in computer arts magazines.

    * Responsible for a monthly 5 page interviews and 2 pages of the news. 7 pages total out of 98.

    * Connecting with artists and creatives.

    * Conducting in-depth and inspirational interviews.

    * Selecting imagery to be used in the article.

    * Knowledge of SEO Keywords relating to the artist's skills and industry.

    * Producing original content for an international publication.

    For their final issue, I created 17 pages out of 98. This included a 10 page feature on the art of games.

    Because of my connections to the games industry, I was able to feature:

    * The Lead Environmental Artist for Crystal Dynamic's Rise Of The Tomb Raider

    * Rovio - Angry Birds

    * Ars Thanea - This War Of Mine

    * Davide Bianca - Tengu X Project

    I secured the cover for Cyrstal Dynamics.

  • Art Director at Various Advertising Agencies
    January 2000 - Present

    Working with the top advertising agencies on campaigns around the world.