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Employment History

2023 – 2025,

Encore Events

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020 – 2025,

Al-Taqwa College

 

 

 

 

 

2016 – 2025,

Cypher VR

 

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2010 – 2015,

Vovo Media

2017 – 2018, Grovedale College

2008 – 2016,

Mount Clear College

2003 – 2007, Warracknabeal Secondary College

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2003 – 2003, 

Hub Learning Centre Horsham

2000 – 2002, Monash University

1996 – 1999,

RMIT University Melbourne

1995 -1996,

Nova Sound

1992 -1995, Advanced Audio

1992 -1993,

Arts Centre Melbourne

​PROFESSIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT

Roles & Responsibilities: Audio Visual Technician

Conferences, Awards Nights and Gala Dinners, Product Launches, Annual General Meetings, Incentive events, Roadshows, Sales Kick Off Event Services, Wedding AV and Production Services, Exhibition Event Services, Office Christmas Party Event Services.

 

Venue Audio Visual Technician

Centrepiece Melbourne, Crown Towers, Crowne Plaza Melbourne,

Hilton Melbourne, Sheraton Melbourne Docklands, Grand Hyatt Melbourne, Hilton Melbourne, Hyatt Centric Melbourne, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Showgrounds, Pan Pacific Melbourne, Park Hyatt Melbourne, The Langham Melbourne, Westin Melbourne.

Roles & Responsibilities: Teacher

Junior School; Year 7 Visual Arts, Year 8 Visual Arts, Year 8 Visual Communication & Design.

Middle School; Year 9 Visual Communications and Design, Year 9 Media.

Senior School; Unit 1/2 & Unit 3/4 Visual Communications and Design.

Roles & Responsibilities: Managing Director, Creative Production Director

360-degree video and virtual reality projects, such as online shopping for fashion, real estate, and hiring out venues, as well as virtual tours and entertainment - including music festivals, videos, and sports.
Virtual reality education experiences for training requirements in simulated environments.

Roles & Responsibilities: Managing Director, Creative Production Director

Large-scale video mapping project work, Content development and production, 3D Productions for Clients, Video Mapping Production Co-ordinator, Technical Direction, Video Presentation.

Roles & Responsibilities: Teacher

Junior School; Year 7 Visual Arts, Year 8 Visual Arts, Year 8 Visual Communication & Design.

Middle School; Year 9 Visual Communications and Design, Year 9 Fine Art.

Senior School; Unit 1/2 Studio Arts

Roles & Responsibilities: Teacher

Visual Communications and Design Coordinator, Links Teachers, School Magazine Editor, Production Technical Director, Community Arts Coordinator,

School Events Photographer.

 

Subjects Taught:

Junior School; Year 7 advance learning program, Visual Arts. Year 8 advance learning program, Media, year 8 Media, Year 7 visual communication & design, Year 8 visual communication & design, Year 8 ICT, Year 8 technology studies, Year 8 remedial program visual arts.

 

Middle School; Year 9 Visual Communications and Design. Year 10 Visual Communications and Design, Year 9 Fine Art Photography, Year 10 Fine Art Photography, Year 9 Fine Art, Year 10 Web design, Year 10 3D modeling, Year 9 video gaming.                

 

Senior School; unit 1/2 - Unit 3/4 Visual Communications and Design. Unit 1/2 – Unit 3/4 Studio Arts Photography.

Roles & Responsibilities: Teacher

Arts Domain Coordinator, Form Teacher.

MIPS Teachers, School Magazine Editor, School Production Art Director, Audio Visual & Lighting Coordinator, ICT loans Officer, School Events Photographer.

 

Subjects Taught:

Junior School: Visual Arts, Visual Communications and Design, Media and IT.

 

Middle School: Creative Drawing & Printmaking, Architectural Drawing & Design, Photography & Digital Art, 3-D Design & Technology, Film-making, Mural Painting and Desktop Publishing.

 

Senior School: Visual Communications and Design.

Roles & Responsibilities: Tutor

Introduction to Photography and Digital Photography.

Roles & Responsibilities: Art Technician-Faculty of Education

Assisting students with equipment use, monitoring OH&S practices, Tutoring and assessing procedures, Performing Cleaning and organisational duties, ordering and receiving supplies, repairing and maintaining equipment, Managing Student borrowing facilities, responding to teachers’ requests as they arise, preparing classrooms, and assisting students with equipment use.

Roles & Responsibilities: Assistant to Media Arts Technician

Cleaning and organising tasks as required, General Studio darkroom and equipment maintenance.

Roles & Responsibilities: Sound Lighting Engineer

Live Sound Production, Live Audio Equipment Installation, Microphone Instrument Selection and Placement, FOH Mixing, Venue and Instrument Equalization, Lighting Plan and set up for Stage Productions, Live Performances Lighting Director.

Roles & Responsibilities: Sound Lighting Engineer

Live Sound Production, Live Audio Equipment Installation, Microphone and Instrument Selection and Placement, FOH Mixing, Venue and Instrument Equalization, Lighting Plan and Setup for Stage Productions, Live Performances, and Lighting Director.

Roles & Responsibilities: Sound Engineer

Live Sound Production, Live Audio Equipment Installation, Microphone Instrument Selection and Placement, FOH Mixing, Venue and Instrument Equalization.

Launch into UX (Bootcamp & 101), Augmented & Virtual Reality Design Forms, Video Mapping workshops (Madmapper, Resolume Arena 5, Wings Platinum 4), Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator Graphic Design, Video Production Final Cut, Transdisciplinary education seminar, Adobe Indesign Desktop Publishing, Certificate IV Assessment Training, VELS Seminar, Supporting students with learning disabilities in your class, Educating Boys for Success, Innovation and Excellence Learning Strategies.

Damien
ORRISS

Phone: 0432691119

Email: damien.orriss@gmail.com

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Teacher | Artist | Designer | Fine Art Photographer & Video Artist.

Media | New-Media | Visual Arts | Video Production | Visual Communication & Design | Photography | Sound & Visual Engineering.

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