Chris Magee
chris@fuse9.com
www.fuse9.com
 

OBJECTIVE I am currently working with other designers/animators at TheDanse.com. I am now focusing on animation and illustration. Please check out TheDanse.com to see some of our work. And you can find more of my personal work HERE.
 
Desired Job Type:
Salary & Rates:
 
Full-Time, Contract, or Freelance
Available upon request.
EXPERIENCE
  BenCom 1/2003 - 1/2006 Memphis, TN
  Multimedia Designer/Animator
  I was responsible for the creation of multimedia presentations (CD-ROM and Web) and graphic design. These presentations were created primarily with Macromedia Flash, Adobe AfterEffects, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
       
  WREG - Channel 3 10/2002 - 1/2003 Memphis, TN
  Graphic Designer - Animator
  Created news graphics using Quantel Paintbox and Adobe Photoshop. Created animations using Adobe AfterEffects, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Also created web banners for wreg.com.
       
  STCC 1/2001 - Memphis, TN
  Instructor - Macromedia Flash
  I taught a credited Flash course as well as two day Flash seminar style courses. For more info on Southwest Tennessee Community College- go to http://www.stcc.cc.tn.us.
       
  iXL, Inc. 9/1998 - 11/2000 Memphis, TN
  Multimedia Design, 3D Animation, Motion Graphics
  I was responsible for the creation of interactive presentations and motion graphics. Some projects I was more or less on my own, but many were collaborations. The projects I worked on required extensive use of Flash, 3D Design/Animation, Video Graphics, or all of the above.
       
  Studio1, Inc. 1/1997 - 8/1998 Memphis, TN
  Multimedia Design, 3D Design
  Created 3D animations using 3D StudioMax for video productions. Created interactive cd-roms and web sites using Director, Flash, and HTML.
       
  Ardent Studios 4/1995 - 8/1995 Memphis, TN
  Graphic Design, 3D Design
  I started at Ardent as an intern, and was hired a few weeks later. Not long after this the in-house multimedia dept was closed. While there I created animations for enhanced CDs, and created graphics used on cd-roms and web sites.
EDUCATION
State Technical Institute 12/1995 Memphis, TN
  At the time there were not many places to get the kind of training I was looking for. State Tech offered a Graphic Art Technology program that covered much of what I was interested in. I am primarily self taught, but I have taken some art classes, and completed some Macromedia workshops along the way as well.
SKILLS
Skills 2D Software 3D Software
 

Graphics (3D & 2D)
Animation (3D & 2D)
Multimedia Design
Digital Video
Broadcast Animation
Character Design

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe AfterEffects
Adobe Illustrator
Maromedia Flash
Dreamweaver
Fireworks

Maxon Cinema 4D
ZBrush
SILO

LightWave 3D
MotionBuilder
Wings3D


REFERENCES
Debbie Miller
BenCom
901.763.1285 Chief Operating Officer
 

Wes Pollard
WREG - Channel 3

901.543.2174 Director of Creative Services
  Annlouise Shocklee
iXL, Inc.
printals_at_aol.com Creative Director
 
  Additional references available upon request