Hello, all you lovely peoples! 🧡
My name is Jose Francisco Mendez. You can call me JoFran or J. Francisco or just Francisco ☺️ Thank you for stopping by!
I’m a Puerto Rican 🇵🇷 based professional nerdy boy 🤓 and storyteller 📖
I am a fervent lover of the arts and have worked for the last 10 years in multiple creative endeavors:
💻 Graphic Designer for print and digital (2011-2015, 2018-2019)
📺 Digital Graphic Designer and Marketing Director for PBS and PBS Kids (2015-2017)
📷Photography Assistant for Hire (2017-2019)
Presently, I’m a Creative Director 👨🏻💻 for Ana G. Mendez University, where my team and I are developing and producing an E-Learning project.
Abridged resume aside, my interests and hobbies include:
✏️ Illustration and drawing
📷 Photography
✒️ Writing
🦸🏻♂️ Comic Books
🇯🇵 Anime
🧑🏻🚀 Science Fiction
🎥 Film (Animation is my all time favorite medium)
🎧 Music (my favorite song is Africa by Toto)
🎤 Comedy
Overall, my vibe is most things geeky 🤓😄
I am currently pursuing and actively practicing screenwriting and script doctoring 📄✏️✒️ I’ve translated and punched up scripts for Spanish speaking audiences, and was co-writer for a short film and long form feature. I am interested in writing for sketch comedy and animation Working on producing an animated pilot. Any tips on the process are deeply appreciated 🙏🏻
My dream job/scenario is helping others develop their ideas into tangible projects, whether it’s an animated project, a script, or just fleshing out a concept. If you need help, I’d be more than happy to lend a hand ☺️
If you have any questions, or just wanna have a nice chat on any of the aforementioned topics, feel free to reach out! Always pumped to meet new people 😁
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