Professional and Industry Practice

Practice Mock Interviews

An easily accessible showreel to view online.
A printout of your cover letter outlining the job that you are applying to.
A complete LinkedIN profile.
A printout of your CV.

1-Showreel and Website: https://poelias117.wixsite.com/meetthemaelias

2-Cover Letter:

A boring life doesn’t suit me, because boring doesn’t match with creativity. I grew up playing videogames, watching movies and drowning, things that every kid usually does until I figured out that I can create myself those realities I used to see on a screen. The studies I did reflect my willingness to stimulate and improve my creative skills. Every day different ideas come up in my mind and I love thinking about the best way I can express them. Photography, videomaking, animation, drowning and lighting are some of the many fields I try to keep updating working at my web profiles, reading about new approaches and advances and trying new stuff every day. Being a Creative Director, at Martini Studios, gave me the chance to develop my initiative, intuition and problem-solving skills. My challenge everyday was not only to use my creativity but also find a way to optimize my time in order to fix problems, manage deadlines and lead other editors in Asia to get the best result. The animation process is based in stop motion, starting with shooting the product in different composition and lights and adjusting imperfections you can find. The process is complicated because is unique, in fact the owner invented and developed the machine I worked with. He and I were the only one who could manage it, that’s why I was asked to teach and train other colleagues. I’m a people person, easygoing and empathetic, these soft skills helped me to give a great costumer service while working as a sale assistant. I faced different situations and learned how to handle the stressful ones. I always try to be and to do the best I can, I love chatting with people about their hobbies and mine, getting to know different ways to see and do things, sharing ideas in order to create something great. I’d like to work with people who are passionate about their job, because passion can bring you everywhere.

Look where I am.

Elias Rodriguez

3-LinkedIN profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elias-rodriguez-363071163/

4 CV:

Elias Rodriguez.

Email: poelias117@gmail.com

PROFILE.

Able to demonstrate both academic and interpersonal skills that I believe can make significant contributions towards the continued success of your organization. I believe I possess qualities needed to work in a team, thus communicating and working effectively at all levels. Looking at ways to challenge myself and also the team to give clients the best customer experience. I deem myself an honest, hard-working and determined individual, hoping to resonate such qualities to colleagues and clients alike.

EDUCATION.

-University of West London, Visual Effects. September 2020, June 2023.

-Bradford University, Foundation Year Management and Marketing. September 2019, May 2020.

-Universidad Laboral Malaga, Baccalaureate of Arts and Design. September 2011, Mayo 2013.

-Politecnica Malaga, Higher Education in Image, photography direction, Lighting. September 2013, June 2015. Malaga, Spain.

-Gauss,Masters, Motion Graphics, July 2016, May 2017. Malaga, Spain.

WORK EXPERIENCE.

CLEAR ANGLE STUDIOS. July 2021, Present

Capture Lidar data on Film Sets and Locations (both in the UK and around the World) to

Clear Angle Studio Standards.

Shooting Set Textures and Panoramas specifically for VFX.
Registering Captured Lidar data In Leica Cyclone and assisting in delivering data within

a short time frame.

Organizing Textures and stitching Panoramas.
Updating CAS Shoot Logs and other Shoot documentations.
Liaising with clients during shoot to make sure we deliver the best service possible.
Film environments, require from me to be flexible and dynamic, as well as working under

time pressures.

Committed to making sure our clients needs are met on site.

MALAGA SOUTH EXPERIENCE. Photographer & Retoucher. April 2019,June 2019

Color correction.
Expert working knowledge of Photoshop, layers, masks, path, color correction tools, actions and a excellent workflow.
Color theory and composition, studio lighting and model direction.
Strong attention to details.

MARTINI STUDIOS, MALAGA. Creative Director & Motion Graphic Designer January 2018, January 2019

Creation of new content every day, passionate about photography and fashion always bring new ideas to the studio, proving solving with the lights, fixing camera and background problems.
Stop-motion animation, creating new concepts for some of the products, with different backgrounds using green screen.
Leading a group of retouches and designers, with deadlines, correction, and revising their profiles. Managing deadlines.
Shooting different products that I will animated later on.
Companies that I worked for: Asics, Farfetch, Mizuno, Clarks, Vans, Burton, On Running

MARTINI STUDIOS MALAGA. Photographer & Retoucher. March 2017, January 2018.

Preparing the photoshoot session products and models. Although using innovative lighting and shooting techniques.
Digital workflow and self-learning calm and professional is pressured situations while maintaining a positive and proactive attitude.
Using different software like Photoshop, lightroom and after-effects, to create the final product.

COCOM MEDIA. Camera operator & Photographer. February 2015, June 2017

Ensuring all content shoots and products are lit correctly, efficiently, and creatively, in accordance with the brand guidelines.
Producing high-quality images and video, ensuring they are correctly exposed and color consistent.
Retouching, cropping and formatting images and video, delivering finalized assets to the marketing team.
Accurately cataloging assets to be easily accessed by other departments. Prepare sets, checking that all equipment is functioning, setting up appropriate lighting and keeping accurate shoot records solving any kind of problem.

INTEREST:

Fashion Photography, Clothes, Climbing, Movies, skateboarding, Outdoor.

KEY SKILLS

Working with Deadlines, Confident and outgoing, Effective Adobe skills, Punctuality, Organized, Work under Pressure Teamwork, Problem Solving, Spanish, English and Italian, Communication, Effective communication skills, E-commers

PROVING MY SKILLS.

Communication

Developed my ability to verbally engage with a wide variety of customers during my employment at Martini Studios. In this role I would often help customers to created products when working on the studio, interacting with customers meetings, as well as checking details with the design team. I was also responsible for customers complains during some evening shifts where I would often deal with clients queries regarding fixing problems and returns which often meant I would verbally convey clearly and concisely with customers to allow a satisfactory outcome was reached. This demonstrates that I can display excellent verbal communication skills when dealing with internal and external people.

Team-work and Easy going

Created new ways of traveling, mixing groups of people with more than 250 per trip. We went to Morocco, Sahara, Portugal, and Spain all around. As a photographer, I spend most of the time shooting people on the trips, also making the flayers, stickers, different shooting sessions in different locations. For each trip, I was focused in organize the people for the pictures with different lights and backgrounds using sometimes green screen. Give clear and concise model direction in each place and be accountable for the poses, mood, and overall feel, alongside the Stylists and Shoot Co-ordinators.

Leadership Skills

Being a Creative Director, at Martini Studios, gave me the chance to develop my initiative, intuition, and problem-solving skills. My challenge every day was not only to use my creativity but also to find a way to optimize my time in order to fix problems, manage deadlines and lead other editors in Asia to get the best result. The equipment I usually work with and the company used is Apple-branded. The animation process is based on stop motion, starting with shooting the product in different compositions and lights and adjusting imperfections you can find. The process is complicated because is unique, in fact, the owner invented and developed the machine I worked with. He and I were the only ones who could manage it, that’s why I was asked to teach and train other colleagues.

Initiative

Meeting daily and weekly deadlines to prepare creative sessions for new product launches.

Ensuring all images are ready and filed correctly in advance of the content production process.

Responsible for the care and upkeep of all studio equipment.

Additional Skills

Languages: Spanish (Expert), English (Expert), Italian (Fluent).

Achievements

Photography award against Racism and homophobia.
Street Photography.
Fashion Photography.
Branding shooting.

PORTFOLIO: https://poelias117.wixsite.com/meetthem/meet-studio

https://poelias117.wixsite.com/meetthem

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13877967/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_5

LinkeDIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elias-rodriguez-363071163/