I am an Animation Editor with over 9 years of experience specializing in pre- and post-production. I have a deep expertise in nonlinear editing software and have contributed to a variety of popular animation projects such as Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie, We Bare Bears: The Movie, We Baby Bears, Central Park, and The Great North. Throughout my career, I have handled everything from creating and managing projects to editing reels for social media and preparing final outputs for network delivery. My work is focused on ensuring smooth project flow and high-quality deliverables in animation production environments.

Zach Smythe

I am an Animation Editor with over 9 years of experience specializing in pre- and post-production. I have a deep expertise in nonlinear editing software and have contributed to a variety of popular animation projects such as Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie, We Bare Bears: The Movie, We Baby Bears, Central Park, and The Great North. Throughout my career, I have handled everything from creating and managing projects to editing reels for social media and preparing final outputs for network delivery. My work is focused on ensuring smooth project flow and high-quality deliverables in animation production environments.

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I am an Animation Editor with over 9 years of experience specializing in pre- and post-production. I have a deep expertise in nonlinear editing software and have contributed to a variety of popular animation projects such as Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie, We Bare Bears: The Movie, We Baby Bears, Central Park, and The Great North.

Throughout my career, I have handled everything from creating and managing projects to editing reels for social media and preparing final outputs for network delivery. My work is focused on ensuring smooth project flow and high-quality deliverables in animation production environments.

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Work Experience

Assistant Editor at Bento Box
January 1, 2021 - Present
Manage all aspects of each episode from lock to final delivery, including cutting in dailies and retakes, ADR, Pre-Dub, and Mix stems. Responsibilities include creating and maintaining projects, outputting video and audio clips for animators, music, and sound mix departments, editing reels and clips for Comic-Con and social media platforms, prepping first cuts, uploading materials for online delivery, outputting final high-resolution files for network delivery, and archiving all episodes including animatic projects.
Animatic Editor at Cartoon Network
December 31, 2020 - September 2, 2025
Created rough assemblies of episodes from storyboards and radio play focusing on timing, added temporary sound effects and music, incorporated director's notes and directions for revisions, created shipping animatics from locked projects, and rendered final outputs in various file formats to facilitate post-production and collaboration with outside animation studios.
Animatic Editor at Nickelodeon
December 31, 2017 - September 2, 2025
Produced rough assemblies of episodes from storyboards and radio play emphasizing timing, added temporary sound effects and music, cut revisions per director feedback, created locked shipping animatics, and rendered final outputs in multiple formats for post-production use and external animation studios.

Education

Communications major at Cal State Dominguez Hills
January 11, 2030 - September 2, 2025

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment