Raymond Potter

About Raymond Potter

Specialties: Taking unique and original designs from concept to finished product…

Experience

1. Director of Creative Services

   Scale Models, Arts, & Technologies, Inc. Smarttinc

   Jan 1998 — Present · South Florida, US

   Duties:CAD & 3D design - Engineer original designs for models and structures in Autodesk AutoCAD & Inventor for CNC, Laser, & 3D printing & execute on in-house 3D printers & Laser CutterModel Fabrication - Engineer & construct scale models and miniatures, both from my original designs (in Laser and CNC cut parts) & other raw materials, and by modifying existing productsCustom Structure Models - Extensive experience designing & building models based on photo and Google Earth dataModel Finishing - Detail, paint, & weather scale models & miniatures, including hand-painting & airbrushing. Design, produce, and apply decals and graphics for additional detailingMold Making - Produce custom silicon molds from original masters for use in molding & casting duplicate parts in resin and foamElectronics - Design & produce short run electronic circuits on custom circuit boards from CAD design, including transferring, etching, populating, & testing circuitry3D graphic design - Design models from the ground up & animate in Inventor & 3DS Max for client sales presentations, assembly instructions, and other usesVideo Production - Shoot & correct HD video, edit (Adobe Premiere), & finalize for promotional videos, DVDs, Internet videos, marketing, and client presentationsStill Photography - shoot stills for ads, client updates, marketing, social media, website, etc. Edit & correct stills using Adobe PhotoshopWebsite - maintain, update, & edit company Wordpress website, including some coding and style editing for text, videos, blogs, still photography, monthly newsletters, social media interaction, marketing, search engine optimization, and related interaction with IT and web professionalsMarketing - Compose and finalize 3-5 monthly adverts using Photoshop & Corel Draw and interact with advertising servicesCustomer service - Extensive contact with customers, starting with initial inbound contact, then ongoing communication with clients for project customization

Skills

• Dreamweaver
• Model Design
• Miniature Scenery
• Autocad
• Customer Service
• Graphic Design
• Wordpress
• Props
• 3d Visualization
• Marketing
• Photoshop
• Film
• Electronics
• 3d Studio Max
• Creative Direction
• Customer Relations
• Video
• Film Production
• Art
• Photography
• Autodesk Inventor
• Html
• Web Design
• Mold Making
• Power Tools
• Architectural Modeling
• Cad/Cam
• Airbrush
• Model Making
• Inventor
• Technical Writing
• Costume Design
• 3d Printing
• Writing
• Model Painting and Finishing
• 3d
• Illustration
• Video Production
• Video Editing
• Painting