EmJay Turner
973-713-8491
[email protected]
973-713-8491
[email protected]
Education
- The Academy for Visual and Performing Arts (AVPA), a full time 4-year academic and career training high school at Morris County School of Technology, Denville, NJ (Graduated June 2013)
- Multimedia Major: Visual design, video production, 2D animation and art.
- Theatre Minor: Acting, technical theatre
- Joe Kubert School of Comic Art: Inking, penciling, coloring and character design classes, summer of 2010 and Saturday classes for four months, 2010-11 and Basic Drawing, 2013
- County College of Morris: charcoals, fashion design and drawing, summer of 2008
Technical and Artistic Skills
- Proficient in Adobe Suite, Quark Xpress, Krita, VideoPad Editor, MedibangPaint, Open Broadcasting Software, StreamLabs OBS, Audacity, Microsoft Office Suite.
- Graphic and typographic design of posters, DVD jackets, CD discs
- Familiar with Strata, Final Cut Pro and Microsoft Excel
- Familiar with lightboard operations.
- Familiar with Stage Management, ushering, box office and set design
- Artist portraying styles of cartoon, comic, realism, modern and geometric works
- Sculptor, make up effects designer, creator and applicator
- Painter, watercolor, acrylic and other mediums.
- Works well with others
Technical Work Experience
- Screenwriter/director/animator of an independent animated short feature
- Boom operator/slate for AVPA video production company
- Box Office crew for 4 AVPA productions and Set Designer for 1
- Actor, AVPA drama/film company
- Art Education teaching internship under Marcia LeWand at Copeland Middle School
- Director/Writer/Actor/Props & Costumer for charity play Murder By the Books (02/2015-05/2015)
Work Experience
- Black Lily Art & Productions - Artist/Event & Production Planner/Owner
- S.E.A.L.s Program; MCST - Logo Designer
- Michael’s Art Supplies - Cashier and Sales Associate (10/2014 – 01/2014)
- Artsy Smartsy – Art Instructor (10/2014-01/2015)
- DellaMorte & Co. - Statue and Product Painter (04/2015 - Present)
- Jeff Mach Events - Internet Media Manager (05/2016 - 12/2016)
- Jeff Mach Events - Podcast Editor (09/2016 - 12/2016)
- Moe Mahou Maid Cafe - Graphic Designer/Character Performer/Tech Manager (03/2017 - 12/2018)
- Chaotic Records - Web Designer (06/2018 - 04/2019)
- Gaimova Events - Advertisement Designer (03/2017 - 12/2019)
- The Articles magazine - Illustrator (2019 - Present)