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Emerging Talent Directory

​Welcome to Big Break’s Emerging Talent Directory, a resource dedicated to showcasing students, recent graduates, and professionals that are entering, re-entering or pivoting into the industry.

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What Our Talent Have to Say...

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What’s a project, idea, or moment you’re proud of?

A project that I'm proud of would be my personal motorized chopper bicycle. This experience allowed me to showcase my hands-on mechanical skills by building and constructing motor components. Also, I applied engineering knowledge of a Thermodynamic Otto cycle to achieve higher RPM of piston strokes with assorted fuel and air mixture ratios. 

Logan Brown
Mechanical Engineering | 3D Modeling | Project Management/Production

Explore our directory to discover a diverse pool of talent that can help your organization thrive.

 

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Big Break Awardee, IDA Alumni

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Sarah

Hicks

she/her

Narrative Writing

Script Writing

Concept Design

Project Management/Production

Big Break Awardee, TEAD Student, IDA Alumni

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Leyla

Suzuki-Toker

Interactive Design

Mechanical Engineering

Concept Design

3D Modeling

Big Break Awardee

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Max

Saltrelli

he/him

Interactive Design

Animatronics/Robotics

Electrical Engineering

Architecture

Big Break Awardee

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Jena

Szalai

she/her

Graphic Design

Marketing & Communications

Media

Motion Graphics

Big Break Awardee

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Megan

Kimsey

she/her

Project Management/Production

Mechanical Engineering

3D Modeling

Concept Design

Big Break Awardee

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Emily

Buecheler

she/her

Mechanical Engineering

Interactive Design

Project Management/Production

3D Modeling

Big Break Awardee, TEAD Student

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Ani

Sancianco

she/her

Concept Design

Fabrication

Marketing & Communications

Show Set Design

Big Break Awardee

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McKenna

Kreiling

she/her

Project Management/Production

Show Set Design

People and Culture

Business

Big Break Awardee

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Matthew

Adams

he/him

Narrative Writing

Script Writing

Concept Design

Media

Big Break Awardee, TEAD Student

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Alexandra

Otto

she/her

Narrative Writing

Script Writing

People and Culture

Big Break Awardee, TEAD Student, IDA Alumni

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Kacy

Cartwright

she/her

Narrative Writing

Script Writing

Marketing & Communications

People and Culture

IDA Alumni

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Joshua

Sehnert

Concept Design

Illustration

3D Modeling

Motion Graphics

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