Tori Christina McKenna
Professional Experience:
Senior Veterinary Technican (Massachusetts Animal Medical Center, Fall 2006-Present) Duties included:
-Administrative & Secretarial: Customer Service, Answering Phones, Scheduling, Inventory
- IT/Technical Support with Digital Diagnostic Equipment, Writing Help Docs, General Computer Support
-Assisting Veterinarians in practice & surgery; catheter placement, blood draws, anesthetic monitoring, diagnostic labwork, staff training
-Design/Construction of Company Website & associated Web Graphics/Logo
Administrative Assistant (Nursery Horticultural Services, Summer 2002-Winter 2006):
-Use of Quickbooks Software for invoice entry, billing, inventory, payroll; faxing/mailings, client service
Beloit College Webmaster/Technical Help Desk (2002-2005):
- assisting in maintenance/support of college website, network maintenance and support (use of SSH, html/ CSS), maintaining hardware (ports, servers).
- Help desk activities: repairing student/staff computers and updating with latest virus protection.
-Use of javascript/css/html/php for student webmail maintenance and
design.
Student Programmer (Beloit BioQuest, 2005-2006):
-Assisting in science related teaching software development in Excel Visual Basic for the BioQuest program
with professors Srebrenka Robic & John Jungck.
Freelance Work Experience
Northwestern University Film Projects:
-Concept Art and Animation for "The Lost King" (Fall 2007- Spring 2008)Film
-Promotional Poster Design for Studio22 (2007)
-Concept Art/Storyboarding for Film "Happy Man's Pants" (2007)
-Graphic Design for Promotional Material/Website for Independent Film "As Ever Stan" (Summer 2008)
Beloit College:
-Cover Illustration Beloit College Commencement Pamphlet 2006
-Cover Illustration for “The Beloit Biologist" Scientific Paper Publication, 2006
-T-shirt Graphic Designs (various) for Beloit College Science Department (2004-2006)
-"Genetics' Rats" Published in the Beloit Alumni Magazine, 2008
Other:
Self-published, "How I became A Pirate".Mini Comic. 2007-2008
Education
B.S. Beloit College: Environmental Biology, Classics (Latin), 2006
Senior Research: "Analysis of Bat Phylogeny by Computer Modeling", published in "The Beloit Biologist", 2006.
National University of Ireland, Galway: Medieval Latin (2005)
Massachusetts College of Art: Illustration, Sequential Art, Flash Interactive Design, Life Drawing, Animation
(2007-2008)
Technical Skills:
Experienced and comfortable working in all Mac, PC and Linux operating systems.
-Experienced in digital design/painting software: Adobe Creative Suite (through CS3), Corel Painter (X), Bryce
-Experienced in Web Base Programming/Editing: Dreamweaver, FTP, Html/CSS, Javascript
-Familiar with PHP, MYSQL, DHTML, AJAX
-Experienced in Microsoft Office Suite, Quicken, Quickbooks
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Proficient in Film/Animation Editing Software: AfterEffects, Final Cut Pro, Flash
-Other Programming Languages: Visual Basic, C++
Hardware: routers, ports
Also trained in traditional media including ink, graphite, watercolor & acrylics. Experienced using Wacom Products for digital painting and design.
References Available Upon Request