Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Volunteer Experience
References
Timeline
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Andrew McCulloch

Andrew McCulloch

Dunedin,OTA

Summary

A well rounded persevering and friendly person. Currently working on building a small art school in Dunedin hosting life drawing classes twice a week. I have a Bachelor of Design Innovation majoring in animation & visual effects from Victoria University and am aspiring to work in the entertainment industry. I have a great interest in nature, technology and the visual arts.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Art Tutor

University of Otago
Dunedin
07.2025 - Current
  • Delivering life drawing classes in collaboration with the Otago University Students Association, hosting additional weekly sessions at a local shared studio.

Bartender/Acting Duty Manager

Inch Bar
Dunedin
11.2024 - 04.2025
  • Managed bar operations on weekends, including customer service, cashing up, and closing duties.

Bartender

Sprig & Fern Tavern
Wellington
08.2022 - 09.2022
  • I worked as a bartender and kitchen hand at a craft beer bar and brewery in Wellington, while also studying at Victoria University.

Bartender

JJ Murphy's
Wellington
06.2022 - 07.2022
  • I worked part time as a bartender, at an Irish bar while studying.

Tutor

Victoria University
Wellington
02.2022 - 06.2022
  • I tutored first year students who were conditionally enrolled in Bachelor’s Degrees to assist them in gaining required credits for University Entrance.

Farm Labourer

Cultivate
Mount Maunganui
11.2020 - 02.2021
  • I spent three months in Tauranga working on a kiwifruit orchard mainly bud thinning, wrapping canes and briefly managing for land owners and growers.

Front of House

Etrusco, The Savoy
08.2019 - 09.2020
  • Waiter, bartender, and maître d' in a busy, high-end Italian restaurant.

Camp Counsellor

Fresh Air Fund, US abroad
06.2019 - 08.2019
  • Led educational and recreational activities for youth from Brooklyn, Harlem, and the Bronx.

Extra

880 Productions
Wellington
12.2023
  • I was employed as an extra on a production shooting in Wellington and got the chance to see what working on a large CGI driven film looks like.

Education

Bachelor of Design Innovation - Animation & Visual Effects

Victoria University
07.2025

NCEA levels 1, 2 and 3 -

Kaikorai Valley College
12.2018

Skills

  • Customer service
  • Hospitality
  • Leadership
  • Programming
  • Drawing and painting
  • Public speaking
  • SideFX Houdini
  • Autodesk Maya
  • Davinci Resolve
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Nuke compositing
  • Graphic design
  • Hard surface modelling
  • VEX and P5js script

Certification

  • 2024, Victoria University Progress towards a Masters of Design Technology specializing in Lighting and Rendering.
  • 2024, Victoria University Bachelor of Design Innovation majoring in Animation &VisualEffects.
  • 2018, Outward Bound course certificate
  • 2018, STAR Sports coaching certificate
  • 2018, STAR Teamwork certificate
  • 2018, NCEA endorsement in English
  • 2018, NCEA endorsement in Visual Art Painting
  • 2018, NCEA level 3
  • 2017, NCEA level 2
  • 2017, Silver award for academic excellence
  • 2017, Defensive driving certificate
  • 2016, Introduction to barista skills certificate
  • 2016, NCEA level 1

Volunteer Experience

  • Hospice, Volunteer, 53 Bond St, Dunedin, 2016, 2019, Have worked at the hospice opportunity shop doing retail and furniture lifting/stocking. etc, (part time)
  • Whare flat folk festival, Waiora camp, Volunteer, Dunedin, 2017-12, 2018-12, Experience as a kitchen hand assisting chefs with food preparation.

References

  • Blake, Phillipson, Supervisor of Otago Hospice opportunity shop, 0278711285, Vogel Street
  • Cat, Callanan, former manager of Otago Hospice opportunity shop, 0273653926, Bond Street

Timeline

Art Tutor

University of Otago
07.2025 - Current

Bartender/Acting Duty Manager

Inch Bar
11.2024 - 04.2025

Extra

880 Productions
12.2023

Bartender

Sprig & Fern Tavern
08.2022 - 09.2022

Bartender

JJ Murphy's
06.2022 - 07.2022

Tutor

Victoria University
02.2022 - 06.2022

Farm Labourer

Cultivate
11.2020 - 02.2021

Front of House

Etrusco, The Savoy
08.2019 - 09.2020

Camp Counsellor

Fresh Air Fund, US abroad
06.2019 - 08.2019

Bachelor of Design Innovation - Animation & Visual Effects

Victoria University

NCEA levels 1, 2 and 3 -

Kaikorai Valley College

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