KARI RAE SEEKINS
SOUND DESIGNER / COMPOSER / PRODUCER
SELECT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
KANE | Sound Designer
Oct 2023-2024 - Sound Designer for Duracell Advertisements
GOOGLE EXPERIENCE DESIGN TEAM I MUSIC SUPERVISOR
Jul 2019 - April 2021 - BGM Curation for Google Offices and Installations
AUDIO CIRCUS - WARNER BROS. SOUND | Operations Manager
May 2017 - Jul 2017 Duties: Assisted with management of Audio Circus
MYCOTOO | Sound Designer
Jul 2016 - Oct 2020 Projects: Six Flags: Aftermath 2, Queen Mary’s Chill: Alice in Winterland, Paisley Park
THE HETTEMA GROUP | Audio Producer
Oct 2015 - Oct 2016 Project: Unesco World Heritage Site Museum
NIX HYDRA | Audio Producer / Sound Designer
Sept 2015 - Feb 2016 Project: Egg! (Video Game)
RIVA DIGITAL | Audio Design Manager
Oct 2014 - Oct 2015 Project: Meraas Holding: Hub Zero FEC
RIVA CREATIVE U.S.A | Technical Director
Jul 2013 - Oct 2014 Project: Meraas Holding: Bollywood Theme Park
THINKWELL DESIGN & PRODUCTION | Sound Designer
Jan 2008 - Oct 2013 Projects Include: Cirque Du Soleil: Iris, Universal Studios Hollywood: Special FX stage show, Universal Studios Florida: 100 Years of Movie Memories Nighttime Spectacular, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, Atlanta Natural History Museum: Naturequest, Warner Bros.: Studio Tour London - The Making of Harry Potter
NICKELODEON | Composer / Sound Designer
Jul 2010 - Jan 2012 Project: PetPet Park (Video Game)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
HARVARD UNIVERSITY | Guest Lecturer
Spring & Fall 2022 Approaching Narrative: Introduction to Filmmaking
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE | Adjunct Professor & Guest Lecturer
Apr 2018 - Nov 2020 Class: Sound Healing for Sound Design | Intro to Sound Design | Guest Lecturer for MFA Theater Sound Design
CENTER THEATER GROUP | Teaching Artist
Nov 2012 - Jan 2013 Class: Animated Soundscapes, Culver City High School
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS, MUSIC DEPARTMENT | Adjunct Professor
Jan 2011 - May 2011 Class: Digital Recording Studio
LOS ANGELES VALLEY COLLEGE, MEDIA DEPARTMENT | Adjunct Professor
Aug 2010 - Dec 2010 Class: Introduction to Sound Design
EDUCATION
California Institute of the Arts - Valencia, CA | MFA Sound Design / Integrated Media 2008
Concordia University Montreal, QC | BFA Theater Design / Electroacoustics & Music Technology 2005
Globe Sound & Consciousness Institute San Francisco, CA Sound Healing Cert. Program 2016
Globe Institute of Recording & Production San Francisco, CA Audio Recording & Production Certification 2015
PRESS / AWARDS
Art & Commerce | Stage Directions Magazine, Jun 2015
The Nine Who Are Changing the AV Industry - Kari Rae Seekins: The Creative | SCN Magazine, Aug 2014
The Durfee Foundation’s Artist Completion Grant
“Best Original Music” | Birth of Brainfly Cinema Mundo Fest, Brazil
“Best Sound - Local” NAACP Award | Gilgamesh Boston Court Theater, Pasadena, CA
SKILLS
Software: Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Ableton Live, Showbiz Budgeting
Audio Production: Editing, mixing, creative sound design, audio spatialization, digital audio recording