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Vlad Khatt

Freelance Artist
Karuizawa

Summary

Creative professional with a strong foundation in collaborative projects and team and project management. Passionate about games, art media and the written word.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
4
4
Languages

Work History

Creative Consultant

REC-AC Inc.
02.2023 - Current
  • Drove story and script production of stage play Charlie https://stage-charlie.com/
  • Project manager of and head assistant to the CEO, Aaya Sakaguchi, an active movie producer domestically and abroad
  • Translated into English and formatted subtitles of feature film documentary, Two Moms, that spotlights the lived experiences of LGBTQ+ families in Japan
  • Creative lead in a wide variety of contract projects including scripting, interviewing and filming "a life of" biopic videos
  • Researched and evaluated new markets for Rec-AC's creative professionals network

Resident Artist

Pots by Vlad
01.2020 - Current
  • Founder and owner of Pots by Vlad, a high-fire ceramic and freelance illustration business focused on kitchenware, jardiniere, and conceptual digital and print artworks

Project Manager & Community Organizer

Free Radicals
10.2016 - 01.2020
  • Program and project managed internal and public-facing events for freerads.org, an entirely volunteer-led grassroots organization of citizen-scientists committed to an accessible and responsible science
  • Wrote, illustrated and published critically-engaging zines
  • Created agendas and food menus for strategic planning retreats of 15+ attendees for organizational restructuring
  • Proactively took on various ad-hoc committee roles and responsibilities including copy editing articles, photography, day-of event logistics, internal meeting & external workshops facilitation, crowdfunding, recruitment
  • Implemented project management tools and resources at the org level

Project Consultant

REAL Software Systems, LLC
06.2015 - 10.2017
  • Drafted scope and requirements documentations for the configuration and customization of Alliant royalty accounting & rights management software for DTS, Inc., Scholastic, Inc., Disney Music Group
  • Lead performance projects to improve UI and calculation speed performance
  • Tested use cases and deployed deliverables to in-implementation customers
  • Trained clients remotely and on-site on integration, conversion, configuration & set-up, and exports concepts
  • Budget and project hour oversight including change orders and invoices
  • Developed expertise in writing queries in T-SQL, running traces, using JIRA process flows, and entering defects in Rally
  • Mentored newly recruited consultants on live system upgrades
  • Served on SharePoint committee to lead efforts in the migration of files, calendars, and business process information to one consolidated location with version control and enterprise search capabilities

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Japanese

University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles
04.2001 -

Skills

Project management

Copyediting

Writing

Design

Illustration

Translation

Accessibility

Interpretive services

Interests

Music Production

Game Design

Timeline

Creative Consultant

REC-AC Inc.
02.2023 - Current

Resident Artist

Pots by Vlad
01.2020 - Current

Project Manager & Community Organizer

Free Radicals
10.2016 - 01.2020

Project Consultant

REAL Software Systems, LLC
06.2015 - 10.2017

Bachelor of Arts - Japanese

University of California, Los Angeles
04.2001 -
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