Ralph Michael Brekan

Responsible for the creative success of assigned projects from start to finish Design and develop effective internal and external marketing assets (print, web, foreign television) Manage assigned design/creative team members to lead design effort for assigned projects Provide professional opinion and viewpoint to design/creative team for any impromptu critiques and support needs Pitch design/creative concept art to internal clients as the leader of the creative/design team Work with producers to achieve timeline and budget objectives Web design and site development Tracking project progress and inputting tasks on a daily basis with Basecamp Review project outcomes while meeting ongoing organizational deadlines

Designed sets and atmosphere for motion picture production Pitch design/creative concept art Hired and supervised art department staff Worked with producers and director to choose filming locations Produce high quality client pitch presentations with successful results Brainstorm with director and producer to produce quality looks and creative ideas

I source, design and fabricate props for theatrical productions. I negotiate rental terms with vendors and work closely with production staff to fulfill the designer and directors vision for the production. As well, I source and fabricate furniture for the sets, perform set dressing, set decorating, prop painting, and more.

Designed sets and atmosphere for motion picture production Pitch design/creative concept art Hired and supervised art department staff Worked with producers and director to choose filming locations Produce high quality client pitch presentations with successful results Brainstorm with director and producer to produce quality looks and creative ideas A triumph over tragedy, urban-boxing story, based in the late 1970's in Brooklyn, NY, Yonkers, NY, and a US Army base in Germany. The catch is we're shooting everything in Flagstaff, Arizona using small town exterior locations and on interior stage sets to play for the big city.

We provide complete motion picture and television, pre-pro, production and post-production art department services including: visual effects, CGI, titling, conceptual lighting design, prop and art creation, set dressing, set decorating, wardrobe and costume consulting/supervising, set design, matte painting,and more... We have many years, making many looks. Additional skills inclluding audio recording, sound design, sound effects, folly, ADR, and more...

Produced video and multimedia projects for marketing campaigns Pitch creative concepts and project ideas Tracking project progress and inputting tasks on a daily basis with Basecamp Sourcing crew for video projects from personal network and beyond Creating casting posts and scheduling casting auditions Communicating with talent Managing client YouTube channels (metadata, comments, creating playlists, etc.) Supervising a team of photographers, graphic designers, motion graphics artists, 3D modellers Direct photo shoots (video and still) for assigned projects Web design and site development Design visual concepts, user flows and wireframes for interactive web projects

Produced video and multimedia projects for marketing campaigns Pitch creative concepts and project ideas Tracking project progress and inputting tasks on a daily basis with Basecamp Sourcing crew for video projects from personal network and beyond Creating casting posts and scheduling casting auditions Communicating with talent Managing client YouTube channels (metadata, comments, creating playlists, etc.) Supervising a team of photographers, graphic designers, motion graphics artists, 3D modellers Direct photo shoots (video and still) for assigned projects Web design and site development Design visual concepts, user flows and wireframes for interactive web projects Mazel Multimedia provides low cost video production services for non-profit groups and events. Since 2008 we have designed print materials and produced video presentations for dozens of political candidates, religious clergy and other non-profit groups.