Mark McPherson
Education
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Major: Media Arts & Animation
Degree: BS
Graduated: September 2007 with Honors
Certifications: Maya Basics, HDRI Rendering
The Art Institutes International Minnesota
Technical Skills
Animation: 3D Studio Max, Maya, Flash, After Effects
Video: Final Cut Pro, Premiere, After Effects, DVD Studio Pro, Captionate
Web Design: Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, Wordpress, ASP.NET, ActionScript 3.0
Graphic Design: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Visio
Work History
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InCompass IT (St. Paul, MN)
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Web Designer (October 2010-Present)
- Designed and built websites and Wordpress blogs.
- Created visuals for presentations and reports.
ITT Technical Institute (Eden Praire, MN)
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Adjunct Instructor (December 2008-May 2010)
- Introduced students to Maya and helped them develop a finished piece of animation.
- Also instructed students on 3D Studio Max, After Effects, InDesign, Illustrator and Office.
Luke Studios (Minneapolis, MN)
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Contract Web Developer (August 2009)
- Back-end editing of websites including reformatting XML, Flash and Javascript files.
Master Communications Group (New Hope, MN)
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Contract Multimedia Artist (April 2008-November 2008, April 2010-August 2010)
- Edited front-end and back-end Flash content.
- Edited footage in Final Cut Pro and After Effects.
- Encoded and subtitled DVDs with DVD Studio Pro.
- Photo retouching and color correcting.
- Sound editing and caption timing.
Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)
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Post-Production Intern (January 2008-April 2008)
- Edited and encoded video in a professional production environment.
- Involved in several positions of producing a completed video piece shot on tape and live in a studio.
- Edited elements out of video such as patient ID numbers and blurring faces.
Special Projects
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Hey Bear (Animated Pilot Episode)
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Storyboarder, Character Designer, Animator (July 2009-February 2010)
- Over 16 minutes of Flash animation.
- Placed in charge of all animation aspects from concept to final product.
- Featured on Funny or Die
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In III Dragon (Feature Film)
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Visual Effects Artist (January 2010-February 2010)
- Over six minutes of CGI animation and effects shots.
- Placed in charge of modeling, rigging, texturing and animating dragon characters as well as lighting and additional effects for CGI scenes.
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