Mark McPherson

612-309-5887

mcpherson.mark@gmail.com

Education

The Art Institutes International Minnesota

Major: Media Arts & Animation
Degree: BS
Graduated: September 2007 with Honors
Certifications: Maya Basics, HDRI Rendering

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

InCompass IT (St. Paul, MN)

 

Web Designer (October 2010-Present)

  • Designed and built websites and Wordpress blogs.
  • Created visuals for presentations and reports.

ITT Technical Institute (Eden Praire, MN)

 

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)

 

Contract Web Developer (August 2009)

  • Back-end editing of websites including reformatting XML, Flash and Javascript files.

Master Communications Group (New Hope, MN)

 

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)

 

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

Hey Bear (Animated Pilot Episode)

 

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
 
 
 

 

In III Dragon (Feature Film)

 

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.