Resume

Matthew Murray
mattanimation@gmail.com
(509) 771-9022
2139 S Luther Mesa, AZ 85209

Qualifications

Technical Artist with a Bachelor of Arts in Animation. Self-motivated individual who demonstrates strong communication and problem solving skills. Experience in animation, rigging, tools programming, design, development, and training. Ability to perform multitasks efficiently and in a timely manner while taking direction and leading by example.

Experience

Kitchen Sink Studios Inc.
Creative Coder                                                                                                           Feb 2013 – Present

Web development, App development, and much more.

Quadmark – Chandler, AZ
Multimedia Developer                                                                                           Jul 2012 – Feb 2013

Develop rich media applications and training  in Flash and HTML for desktop and mobile.

Grand Canyon University – Phoenix, AZ
Lead Multimedia Designer                                                                                 Dec 2009 – Jul 2012

Work with Curriculum Development to create media for online courses and instruction for students.
Lead a team of five developers in designing user interfaces and rich media applications utilizing Flash for all final output for web upload.
Train (up to 12) co-workers in industry design practices, Action Script 3.0, Python and MEL.

Collins College – Phoenix, AZ
Adjunct Instructor                                                                                                 Mar 2010 – Mar 2012

Instruct students in class sizes of 5-20 students in game play scripting using Actionscript 3.0(Flash), and user interface design & graphics using Photoshop.
Write class curriculum as well as assign and grade student projects.

Freelance – Mesa, AZ
3D Animation/Rigging and Tutoring                                                            Feb. 2006 – Present

Rig, animate and render characters and animations for clients like: Bear Street Studios(Gilbert,AZ) and websitebusiness.com
Tutor individuals through wyzant.com in software such as Adobe Photoshop, Flash, Python, and Autodesk Maya.

iGOMogul.com – Phoenix, AZ
3D Modeler/Animator                                                                                           Feb. 2009 – July 2009

Conceptualize characters for client websites and blogs.
Model and layout UV textures for characters and props.
Execute modern rigging techniques to pose and animate characters. Create tools to increase pipeline efficiency

Skills

Computer Software

DCC

Programming

OS

Windows

mac/osX

Linux

Education & Training

Rigging Dojo

6-week course in advanced character rigging

Collins College, Tempe, AZ
Bachelor of Art Degree in Animation (G.P.A. 3.83)                                          Apr. 2006 – Feb. 2009

Awards & Accomplishments

Eagle Scout

Spoken Languages

English and Korean.

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