Taylor C Jensen

Taylor C Jensen

Lighting Programmer, Associate, & Designer

A methodical lighting programmer, technician, and associate. Enhances projects with collaboration, diligence, and technical knowledge. Creatively solves conceptual problems and quickly troubleshoots technical issues to meet deadlines. Easily adapts to new situations, people, and technology.

My website is under active development, please pardon the mess. My online resume is still being updated, please download my traditional resumes for a complete overview.

Downloads

Click to download a traditional one page resume for the different things I do, or view my full form resume online below.

Experience

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Programmer at Other World

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Programmer & Production Electrician at Chunky in Heat

– present

Electrician at The Atlantic Theater Company

Highlights

  • The Secret Life of Bees
  • Blue Ridge
  • The Mother
  • Eddie and Dave

– present

Electrician at Signature Theatre

Highlights

  • Octet
  • Fires in the Mirror
  • Boseman and Lena
  • Cambodian Rock Band
  • The Curse of the Starving Class
  • By the Way, Meet Vera Stark

– present

Electrician at The Bushwick Star

Highlights

  • Definition

– present

Electrician at The Park Avenue Armory

Highlights

  • The Lehman Trilogy
  • Antigone
  • Enemy of the People

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Electrician at The Lighting Syndicate

Highlights

  • The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

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Lighting & Video Operator at #DateMe: an OkCupid Experiment

– present

Web Designer at American Friends of Pro Vita Charity, Inc.

AFPVO raises money from American donors for Pro Vita orphanage in Romania.

Highlights

  • Established web presence
  • Started donor newsletter
  • Enabled charity board to autonomously release online updates and newsletters

– present

Founder & Developer at Halo Party

Halo Party is a site for finding Halo Master Chief Collection custom game modes and maps.

Highlights

  • Frontend web design
  • Continuous integration with web host and caching CDN
  • Currated maps and game modes
  • 1K monthly visitors

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Camp Technology Instructor at SSSAS Summertimes

Summertimes excels at offering a fantastic array of camps and summer academic classes. Our amazing camp directors, faculty, and summer staff make the summer an unforgettable experience for every camper and student.

Highlights

  • Created daily computer activities for campers aged 6-16
  • Supervised daily field trips during rocket camp & aquatic camp

Education

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Bachelor in Theatre Arts & Information Technology from Furman University with GPA of 3.374

Courses

  • Lighting Design
  • Scenic Design
  • Web Design

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Diploma in High School from St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School with GPA of 3.4

Courses

  • Robotics

Awards

3rd Place Lighting Design from Stan Pressner at the South Eastern Theatre Conference

Each year, graduate and undergraduate students display their design and technology work at the annual SETC Convention.

Senior Technology Award from St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School

The Technology Excellence Award honors the student who demonstrates enthusiasm and initiative in using technology in positive, exciting and ethical ways.

References

I've had the pleasure of knowing Taylor since 2014, and have worked with him in a variety of capacities, both academic and professional, and he is without a doubt one of the finest young designers and electricians I have mentored.

— Kevin Frazier, Lighting Designer

Taylor shows an incredible commitment to the fields of design and technical theatre, has accumulated a comparably high level of knowledge to others his age, and demonstrates constant dedication to exploring new topics in his areas of interest.

— Will Lowry, Scenographer

Skills

Lighting Programmer
Level: Master
Keywords:
  • Eos
  • Ion
  • Element
  • Theater
  • Musicals
  • Events
  • Magic Sheets
  • MIDI
  • Macros
  • Pixel Mapping
  • OSC
  • SMPTE
  • Timecode
  • Multiple Playbacks
  • Multi-Console Systems
  • Multi-User Systems
Production Electrician
Level: Master
Keywords:
  • Theater
  • Events
  • Crew Management
  • Vectorworks
  • Lightwright
  • Intelligent Fixtures
  • Moving Lights
  • LEDs
  • SeaChangers
  • Color Scrollers
  • Dimmer Racks
  • sACN
  • Art-Net
  • DMX
  • Troubleshooting
  • Scissor & Bucket Lifts
  • Fall Protection/Arrest
  • Pipe & Cable Rigging
  • Nicopress Swaging
  • Counterweight & Motorized Fly Systems
  • Soldering
Lighting Designer
Level: Master
Keywords:
  • Theater
  • Musicals
  • Events
  • Vectorworks
  • Lightwright
  • 3D Drafting
Web Designer
Level: Intermediate
Keywords:
  • Vue
  • Jekyll
  • WordPress
  • TiddlyWiki
  • SEO
  • JS
  • CSS
  • HTML
  • CI/CD
  • Mailchimp
  • RSS
Systems Administrator
Level: Intermediate
Keywords:
  • AWS
  • EC2
  • S3
  • B2
  • Lightsail
  • Docker
  • Portainer
  • Cloudflare
  • Ubuntu
  • NGINX
  • Apache
  • TrueNAS
  • ZFS
  • FreeBSD
  • Syncthing
  • cPanel
  • Unifi
  • Pi-Hole
  • Home Assistant
Graphic Designer
Level: Novice
Keywords:
  • Photoshop
  • Acrobat
Misc
Keywords:
  • US Passport
  • VA Drivers License
  • Fully Vaccinated Against COVID 19

Languages

English
Fluency: Native speaker
Spanish
Fluency: Limited working proficiency

Interests

Tabletop Games
Keywords:
  • D&D
  • OSR
  • Foundry VTT
  • Roll20
Sustainability
Keywords:
  • Climate Crisis
  • Biodiversity Collapse
  • Flywheel Energy Storage
Technology
Keywords:
  • InterPlanetary File System
  • Ethereum
  • Bitcoin
  • Venus Colonization
  • Home Automation

Volunteer

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Cook at DC Central Kitchen

Our mission is to use food as a tool to strengthen bodies, empower minds, and build communities.

Highlights