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Cameron Asao

New Orleans,LA

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Set Painter

Swaybox Studios
New Orleans
09.2025 - Current

My work on this production has included:

  • Texturing and aging sets at 60% - 100% scale, leaning towards live action applications.
  • Supporting the lead by overseeing the department space and layout.
  • This has meant building new shelves, storage, tools, as well as creating a paint library, reference library, and redesigning the entire space to keep up with rapid studio changes.
  • Supporting the leads by designing interdepartmental workflows and arranging our space to reinforce good working habits.
  • Spray booth maintenance
  • In the absence of clear visual reference, I've helped to interpret color scripts into local colors and materials using digital painting, written notes, and reference gathering.
  • Created and managed inventory list, assisting the lead with ordering and anticipating material needs.

Art Director

Freelance
Minneapolis, MN
11.2023 - 09.2025

I worked with Minneapolis and Chicago advertising agencies to develop concepts for campaigns and pitch new clients.

Examples of work include:

  • Pitch for global Coca-Cola campaign directed by Sophia Copolla
  • Film direction for a wine label brand
  • Concept development for Hellavision Television anthology, 'WEB 5000.0'

Art Director

Wieden+Kennedy
Portland, OR
09.2022 - 08.2023

My responsibilities as an art director included:

  • Working on 1-3 briefs at a time, developing the conceptual premise for campaigns and productions for various brands
  • Overseeing the visual aspect of the entire production process, including picking directors, DP, and wardrobe, color grading, branding, visual identity, and out of home placement.
  • Providing teams of graphic designers with clearly communicated direction including reference, mockups, and writeups.
  • Drafting up and presenting potential the work directly to the client to be greenlit.

'Kennedy' / Creative Incubator Participant

Wieden+Kennedy
Portland, OR
04.2022 - 09.2022

I was accepted into Wieden+Kennedy's creative incubator program, during which my work and responsibilities included:

  • Attend classes in production, creative strategy, leadership.
  • Produce several independent projects that (1) meet W+K's creative standards and (2) capture the attention of the agency.

Scenic Painter

Netflix Animation
Portland, OR
07.2019 - 04.2022
  • Responsibilities:
  • The scope of the scenic paint work was hero and background props, vehicles, landscapes, and sets.
  • Document paint recipes for reproduction
  • Respond quickly to on-set paint needs
  • Foam carving
  • Collaborate with set dressers to create effectively weathered and distressed environments
  • -collaborate with other departments to improve efficiency
  • Additional work:
  • -Created asset tracking and work assignment calendar
  • -Adapted the space to keep up with production demands.

Jr. Scenic Painter

LAIKA LLC
Hillsboro, OR
07.2018 - 07.2019

My first art department experience was on Laika's cancelled project: 'Film 6'. My responsibilities were:

  • Ordering and managing inventory
  • Painting background props, and assisting more senior painters.
  • Matching paint jobs of other artists for duplicate sets and props
  • Painting backdrops
  • Documenting and cataloguing painting recipes
  • Pushing and developing techniques unique to the film's visual language
  • Maintaining a clean and safe workplace

Facilities Assistant

LAIKA
Hillsboro, OR
01.2017 - 07.2018
  • Stocked the public studio spaces, and maintained the building.
  • Assisted archivist in preserving and organizing old film assets
  • Rearranged and made adjustments to production workspaces.
  • Deliver inter-office mail
  • Set up Friday party

Assembly Line Worker

Lake City Ammunition Plant
Independence, MO
01.2015 - 09.2015

Education

Illustration & Painting

The Art Department
Kansas City, MO

Illustration

Ringling College of Art And Design
Sarasota, FL

Illutration

The Illustration Academy
Kansas City, MO
2015

Skills

  • Carpentry
  • Color mixing
  • Miniature marbling, woodgraining, and all standard faux finishing techniques
  • Foam carving
  • Freehand typography
  • Graffiti
  • Time management
  • Asset tracking and organizing
  • Space management
  • Digital-to-traditional workflows
  • Tool maintenance
  • Airgun, spray gun, airless

Timeline

Set Painter

Swaybox Studios
09.2025 - Current

Art Director

Freelance
11.2023 - 09.2025

Art Director

Wieden+Kennedy
09.2022 - 08.2023

'Kennedy' / Creative Incubator Participant

Wieden+Kennedy
04.2022 - 09.2022

Scenic Painter

Netflix Animation
07.2019 - 04.2022

Jr. Scenic Painter

LAIKA LLC
07.2018 - 07.2019

Facilities Assistant

LAIKA
01.2017 - 07.2018

Assembly Line Worker

Lake City Ammunition Plant
01.2015 - 09.2015

Illustration & Painting

The Art Department

Illustration

Ringling College of Art And Design

Illutration

The Illustration Academy
Cameron Asao