JD Gutierrez
Summary of Qualifications
-Highly proficient Pro Tools user with over 5 years professional experience
-Thorough understanding of MIDI and various sequencers (Cubase, Reason, etc)
-Extensive experience recording, processing and mixing audio
-Sound design and Audio post-production experience
-Experience in music production and engineering on both Mac & PC platforms
Work Experience
Oct 2008 – Present
KINGSISLE ENTERTAINMENT (LEAD SOUND DESIGNER) – AUSTIN, TX
-Responsible for all audio content on an announced MMO
• Sound Design for UI, industrial machines, vehicles, evironments, foley, others
• Character voice over recording
• Field recording and sound effects library creation
• Music composition and further outsourcing management
-Sound design of spells and attacks for Wizard 101
-Implementation and mixing of all audio assets
Mar 2008 – Present
MIDWAY GAMES (AUDIO DEPT. INTERN) –AUSTIN, TX
-Assistant Engineer for extensive voice-over sessions & dialog editing
• Set up microphones, wrangled talent, assisted in regioning and normalizing takes
-Sound Effects recording, editing and processing
• Worked extensively on whooshes, footfalls and various foley elements
-Sound Design for a variety of audio assets on 2 unannounced titles
• Vastly worked on footfalls, various UI elements, hand-to-hand combat weaponry & explosions
-Audio project creation in FMOD Designer
-Audio implementation in Unreal Engine 3
Oct 2007 – Present
FREELANCE ENGINEER –AUSTIN, TX
-Freelance Technical Operator at The Jewelry Channel
-Freelance PA on video shoots
Jun 2007 – July 2007
FULL SAIL’S DUBBING STAGE (INTERN) –WINTER PARK, FL
-Sound Effects Editor for “RoboDoc”, a National Lampoon feature film (IMDb
credits)
-Foley and Field Recordist for “Robodoc”
-Assistant Sound Effects Editor for the “Paths to Freedom” trailer, a documentary on Fidel Castro’s regime
Oct 2004 – Feb 2006
GUANA RECORDS (ENGINEER) –MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA
-Voice-over recording for books on tape
-Voice-over recording, editing and mixing for a monthly radio show
-Recording, editing and mixing of various locally recognized musicians
Sep 2003 – Feb 2006
FREELANCE RECORDING ENGINEER – MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA
-Music composition for educational software
-Audio Post production & Sound Design for short animations
-Soundtrack design for “Juan el Tintero”; awarded Best International Animation
at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival 2005
-Local musician demos
Education
May 2006 – Jun 2007
FULL SAIL REAL WORLD EDUCATION –WINTER PARK, FL
-Associate of Science Degree in Recording Arts
-Salutatorian; GPA 4.0
Jan 2001 – Jun 2001
BRISTOL STUDIOS –BOSTON, MA
-Recording Eng. I & II, ProTools II