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John Oman

John Oman

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Director of Content and Design at Starling Minds Inc.

  • Education

    • Grande Prairie Regional College

      2002 - 2005
      Diploma of Fine Art Fine Art and Drawing

      Activities and Societies: Student Member GPRC Board of Governors, President GPRC Student's Association, Chair GPRC Student's Association Executive Council, Member GPRC Student's Association General Council, Member Alberta College and Technical Institute Student Council I spent 3 years representing my fellow student's in various functions through the Student Association at GPRC.

    • Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design

      2006 - 2010
      BFA Animation, Painting, Drawing

      Activities and Societies: Internal Grad Show Comitee, External Grad Show Comitee

  • Experience

    • John Oman Visuals

      Jan 2011 - Nov 2014
      Director

      Concept Development, Animation, Design, Illustration, Modelling, Motion Graphics, Compositing and Story Boarding.

    • CBC

      Jan 2011 - May 2011
      Freelance Animator

      Storyboarded and animated a weekly web series.

    • BC Provincial Government

      Jan 2011 - Apr 2011
      Freelance Animation Consultant

      Creative Consultant, Story Boarding, Concept Development and Visual Design for the HST stick man campaign.

    • Point Blank Creative

      Oct 2011 - Sept 2013
      Director of Animation

      Responsible for animation and motion graphic production. This includes, concept development, design, story boards, animation, compositing and leading small teams of animators.

    • LinguaComm

      Oct 2011 - Apr 2012
      Flash Animator

      I was responsible for building and animating characters and assets for short dramatic stories embedded in an iphone app.

    • Una Luma

      Nov 2014 - May 2015
      Director

      We're just telling the stories that need to be told, with whatever means or media possible.

    • Starling Minds

      May 2015 - now

      I keep the content and the product aligned strategically with our business goals and our user's needs. I direct the development of written and animated content. I'm responsible for helping our members improve their mental fitness by explaining complex psychological concepts in entertaining and compelling ways. I also insure that the UI/UX is simple, intuitive, and beautiful.

      • Director of Content and Design

        Jul 2022 - now

      • Content Director

        Dec 2018 - now

      • Creative Director

        May 2015 - Dec 2018

  • Licenses & Certifications