Kemer Stevenson

Kemer Stevenson is a well-respected and highly motivated professional with more than 10 years of experience in feature film, marketing, communications and leadership positions. He is a Senior Character Effects Technical Director and Hair Specialist at DreamWorks Animation, and the Director of Operations for an online CrossFit competition platform he spearheaded to launch.

Stevenson is recognized for his ability to solve engineering and creative problems and build successful business relationships. His in-depth experience working on both front-end design and back-end infrastructure have earned him a wide-range of skills in development and communications. Additionally, he has experience teaching digital media design, production and programming in both the corporate environment as well as at Harvard University and the New York Film Academy.

Thriving on challenges, Stevenson is extremely confident, able to take charge of tough situations, and quickly adapts to deliver maximum results.

Expertise:
► Identifying and analyzing key product development opportunities.
► Strong branding, identity and promotional advertising experience.
► Creative thinking and problem-solving.
► Strong technical troubleshooting skills.
► Managing and growing strategic media communications.
► High level communication skills with technical and non-technical staff.
► Effective multitasking and prioritization ability.
► Leadership in all facets of strategy, planning, execution, decision-making, and problem solving.
► Extensive experience programming in several languages including, Python, Mel, C, PHP, Javascript, Perl, and BASH.
►Extensive experience with Maya, Houdini, Motion Builder, Marvelous Designer, Nuke, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Final Cut, and Lightroom, as well as many more design suite applications.

Film Credits:
► Trolls (in production)
► Home (in production)
► Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
► Peabody & Sherman (2014)
► How To Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
► The Croods (2012)
► Puss In Boots (2011)
► Megamind (2010)
► How To Train Your Dragon (2010)
► Monsters Vs. Aliens (2009)
► Incredible Hulk (2008)
► Golden Compass: His Dark Materials (2007)
► Happy Feet (2006)
► Night at the Museum (2006)
► Garfield 2 (2006)