Bernard Alfrink Mavo

1996 – 2000 MAVO, General Studies.

General Dutch MAVO studie. Curriculum constisted of Maths, Chemistry, Dutch, English, German, & Art

SintLucas

2000 – 2005 MBO

Curriculum RPC (Advertisement, Presentation and Communication). Special interest in AV design, cinematography and web design. Personal profile incl. 3DS Studio Max lessons.

Cashier

Feb 2001 – Apr 2003 HEMA 

Weekend shift, transitioned to store layout creation and customer service within a year.

Graphic Design Intern

Aug 2003 – Jan 2004 Twisted Interactive Eindhoven.

Turned sketches into presentable assets using Adobe Creative Suite. Created 3D renders for presentations. Used Adobe Creative suite to design web assets.

Graphic Design Intern

Jan 2004 – Jul 2004 Bloks Reklame

Operated sign making soft & hardware and XXXL printers and software.
Assisted in preparation and application of prints and vinyl signage.

Photo Technician

May 2003 – May 2004 HEMA

Trained to operate in-store AGFA D-Lab systems.
Developing and printing film and photos & advanced color grading for large prints.

Application Design

2006 – 2007 ROC Nijmegen

Unfinished due to being a bad match, started career in Advertising after the first year.
Application design using C# in Microsoft .net studio.
Basic skills in IT support & operating system diagnostics.

Desktop Publisher

May 2007 – Dec 2010 Cicero Productions

Creative DTP, pre-press and print production.
Designing advertising, magazine and other print layouts.
Close communications with direct clients and graphic designers.

Multimedia Graphic Designer

Jan 2011 – Dec 2018 Cicero Productions

Creating graphic assets for print and point-of-sale campaigns.
Brand identity creation and stationary design and production.
Artwork design for events and social media.
Training Creative DTP interns.

Webdesign

Cicero Productions

Planning and layout for websites.
Content management via Drupal 7 & WordPress.
Responsive microsite creation using HTML/CSS.

Animation

Cicero Productions

Animation for POS, web and social media purposes

Motion Graphic Designer

Jan 2019 – Present, Oxford House Amsterdam

Conceptualized, designed and implemented motion graphics in video productions. Designed leader and ident packages for commercials, Television and branded content. Conceptualized, Directed and produced full standalone animation projects. Streamlined 2D and 3D animation workflows in video post project stages.

Visual Effects Artist

Jan 2022 – Present
Oxford House

Provide video retouch and keying in video post stage. Advanced 2D and 3D motion tracking in After Effects, Boris Mocha (&Pro) and Maxon Cinema 4D.

Visual Effects Supervisor

Jan 2023 – Present
Oxford House

Supervising during live-action video shoots to ensure footage usability. Advising on a video-post workflow. Video post preparations during the shoot to ensure footage viability.