Jude Murro
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Jude Murro

Traditionally trained, Digitally ready Animator

973-981-0694 - judemurro@gmail.com - http://www.judemurro.com

Skills & Programs

 

Animation: 2D/3D Key-Frame by hand and digital means, stop-motion, cutout, strata-cut, and sand

Other: Storyboarding, layouts, figure drawing, and handy with a DSLR camera

Programs: Adobe After Effects, Flash, Photoshop, Premiere, & Illustrator; Maya, Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, & Excel).  Mac and PC proficient. Teaching self 3ds Max on the side

Recent Experience                                                                                                        

Production Intern                                                                                                                       March 2012 - Present
Bunko Studios, Inc.

As an in-house intern, my responsibilities range from creating assets, prepping shot compositions, to lip-syncing and facial animation plus other light animation duties through After Effects.   Current job is for the Mad television series.

Creative Associate                                                                                                December 2011 – March 2012
The Creative Group Agency      
                                                   
Edited and exported provided video in the past.  Responsible for performing various roles to meet creative needs.

Background Artist                                                                                                                March 2012 - July 2012
Cabal Productions

Involved in creating detailed backgrounds for a trilogy of web-episodes that will be combined into a single entity to pitch for an animated 2D television series.  I take approved sketches for angles and create full backgrounds in photoshop recreating an illustrative realistic style. 

Motion Graphics Designer and Animator                                                              February 2012 – March 2012
iMomentous Mobile Ambassador App web ad

Designed a flashy and informative ad showcasing a new app designed for better maintaining a company’s intranet.  After Effects responsible for motion graphics work with Photoshop handling design creation.

Remote Digital Artist and Animator                                                               December 2011 – Match 2012
Undefined Creative

Answering the call for needed artwork and animation, I primarily create assets through Illustrator and animate in After Effects.  Work has ranged from additions to previous intern work, e-cards, and UC’s Holliday Card.

Remote CG Modeler and Texture Artist                                                                      December 2011 – Present
East of Rome modification to Medieval 2 Total War

Part of an international effort in modding a popular PC game exploring the early dark ages of the Roman Empire in the east.  I create assets from scratch and refer to previous provided models for reference.  I model primarily in Maya, but also complete parts of the process in 3ds Max.  Texturing is completed in Photoshop.  I then hand off my work to the team for rigging and implementation into the game.

Remote Production Artist and Video Editor                                                                   May 2011 – March 2012
Client personal film “Whiz-Dumb”

This production will be used as a pitch to a future comedic series.  As the lead production artist I handled rotoscoping of provided animation through Photoshop, design work, After Effects animation, compositing, keying live action footage, rendering CG backgrounds, AE lighting, scene specific effects, and editing using Premiere Pro.  The film is 5 minutes long and encompasses multiple disciplines from different artists for which I was responsible for coordinating.

Designer & Character Animator Intern                                                                         August 2011– November 2011
Undefined Creative web video for Non-Profit Organization “Common Good”

Engaged in manipulating provided artwork with Illustrator and animating assets through After Effects.  This project was completed at home and required me to constantly update my supervisor and uphold deadlines along the pipeline.  

Digital Artist Intern                                                                                                                                    January 2011
London Squared Productions
Provided rough storyboards and characters for the “Made You Cringe” web-series.  Work was completed in Photoshop and the completed character was broken up into the appropriate layers for puppeting handled later by an animator.

Production Intern & Project Manager                                         December 2010 – February 2011 Professor’s Personal Film - “Spleen McQueen”                                    Project Manager of 5-member team of animators and designers. Was also responsible for designing characters through Photoshop and animating prepared puppets in After Effects.  

Additional Work Experience                                                                                               

Graphic Assistant                                                                               2004  – On Call Present Universal Silkscreen Inc.

Responsible for graphic designs, production, and shipping of finished products  

Education & Honors                                                                                                           

University of the Arts, Philadelphia Pa                                                               September 2007 – May 2011

BFA with 3.509 GPA – Dean’s List Spring 2011, Fall 2010 and 2008

Eagle Scout meriting a Bronze Palm and Order of the Arrow membership                                         June 6, 2007



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