Marketing Rep at Paramount Pictures Canada / Merchandising & Promotions at Nintendo of Canada
Edmonton, Canada Area
- Current
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- Merchandising, Promotions at Nintendo of Canada
- Marketing Representative at Paramount Pictures Canada
- Past
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- Web Designer/Developer at Self Employed (Self-employed)
- Audio Lead/Flash Developer/QA Lead at Milky Entertainment
- Computer Trainer at Central Lions Senior Centre
- Web Advisor/Designer/Developer at Industry Canada
- Education
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- Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
- Vancouver Film School
- Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
- Connections
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- Industry
- Entertainment
- Websites
Dennis Chin’s Summary
An energetic, self-motivated, creative thinking individual, with a practical in marketing and digital media, with education in Information Systems, Web & Game Design, and Business, with work experience in Marketing, Promotions and Public Relations.
Dennis Chin’s Specialties:
Programming
C#, ActionScript 2.0, SQL
Graphics
Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe Illustrator CS2
Audio & Video
Adobe Audition, Protools, Acid, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, iMovie, iDVD
Web
Flash, DreamWeaver, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, ASP, PHP, MySQL
Other Development Tools:
Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio, Flash Lite 2.1, NWN Aurora Toolset
Misc.
Proficient with Macintosh OS X
Dennis Chin’s Experience
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Merchandising, Promotions
Nintendo of Canada
(Computer Games industry)
October 2009 — Present (3 months)
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Marketing Representative
Paramount Pictures Canada
(Public Company; VIA; Entertainment industry)
September 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
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Web Designer/Developer
Self Employed (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2002 — September 2007 (5 years 1 month)
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Audio Lead/Flash Developer/QA Lead
Milky Entertainment
(Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)
January 2007 — June 2007 (6 months)
I was the Audio Lead, Flash Developer and QA Lead at Milky Entertainment, a student group at the Vancouver Film School's Game Design program, for our final project, "Chickn' 2go", a Flash Lite mobile game. I also assisted with the game design concept as well.
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Computer Trainer
Central Lions Senior Centre
(E-Learning industry)
September 2004 — March 2006 (1 year 7 months)
Started training computer classes to Seniors while working at Student Connections in 2004, then was hired by Central Lions part time in 2005.
Taught computer classes to senior citizens such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop Album, Online Banking and E-Bay: Buying & Selling. I also wrote and prepared teaching documents for senior citizens to learn. -
Web Advisor/Designer/Developer
Industry Canada
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2004 — December 2004 (9 months)
- Worked in the Student Connections program
- Met with clients from small to medium businesses across Edmonton and surrounding area, and built dynamic websites for them
- Taught computer classes to various senior centres across Edmonton
Dennis Chin’s Education
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Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Business Administration - Marketing & Public Relations 2007 — 2009
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Vancouver Film School
Game Design 2006 — 2007
A 1 year intensive program specializing on video game design and production.
- Successfully worked 16 weeks with a small group to develop a final industry game project in an actual work-like environment, with mentors from the video games industry
- Partnered with Nokia for the final project, where they loaned us two phones for our mobile game, "Chickn 2go".
- Became the first student group to develop a playable game on the mobile phone
- Key courses include: Game Production, Game Theory, Scripting, Flash, Storytelling, Design Documentation, Motion Capture, Audio, Machinima, Pre-Production, Game Journalism, Video Editing, Quality Assurance, Photoshop, Creative Writing, Interactive Narrative- Activities and Societies:
- Volunteered at the Vancouver Film School's first ever Game Design Expo on the weekend of January 13-14, 2007.
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Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Computer Systems Technology 2000 — 2002
A 2 year program, specializing in computer systems development. Graduated with a CST diploma.
Key courses include: Programming, SQL Databases, Networking, Project Development, Business Communications, Web Development- Activities and Societies:
- Volunteered at NAIT's annual open house in January 2001, where I worked at the CST booth, greeting visitors and answering any questions about the CST program.
Additional Information
Dennis Chin’s Websites:
Dennis Chin’s Interests:
web page design, graphic design, video games, movies, music, travelling, ballroom and Latin dancing, sports
Dennis Chin’s Groups:
- Milky Entertainment: January - June 2007
- University of Alberta Dance Club - September 2002 - December 2005
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Paramount Pictures Alumni -
Comic-Con International Conference and Community -
Inside EA: (Electronic Arts) People, Games & Opportunities
Dennis Chin’s Honors:
While attending Vancouver Film School's Game Design program, I was awarded for the following:
- Best Flash or Pixel Game - Spinball (June 2007, group)
Dennis Chin’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
