Coroflot

Resume

Mike Smith
Medical Animator
msmith81@gmail.com



Objective:
• To bring my strong aesthetic sensibilities and superior animation skills to the field of biomedical communications.

Areas of expertise:
• Wide range of 3D strengths, from more than 7 years experience with 3D software including: particles, texturing, key frame animation, dynamic simulations, modeling, rigging, advanced lighting, rendering, scripting, and post-production
• Software: 3ds Max, Maya, Mental Ray, Photoshop, After Effects, Combustion, Flash, Avid, Final Cut Pro

Education:
9/04 – 4/08 Digipen Institute of Technology, Redmond, WA
BFA in Production Animation, 2008 (in progress)
6/05 – 8/06 Gage Acadamy of Art, Seattle, WA
Assorted oil painting classes (abstract, figurative, and landscape)

Relevant skills:
• 2 years experience working for XVIVO, creating top-notch medical and scientific animations
• 7 years experience with video and photography, including editing, lighting, cameras, traditional and digital techniques, and developing
• Practicing artist, expertise includes drawing, painting, vector and raster graphics, 2D animation, and sculpture

Relevant employment history:

6/06 – 9/06 MindBodyWord, LLC, Albuquerque, NM
Vector Illustrator (freelance)
7/08 – present Lead animator / Art director with XVIVO Rocky Hill, CT




References available upon request