Mary C. Taylor

About Mary C. Taylor

WHO I AM I love creating unique visual stories and experiences via animation…

Experience

1. Senior Multimedia Designer

   Oracle

   Sep 2014 — Present · Kansas City, MO, US

   Design, animate and edit content, including B2B testimonials, animated explainer videos, promotional videos, live event videos, landing pages, and HTML emails for conferences (i.e, HIMSS Global Health Conference), sales and marketing within healthcare technology industry.• Create, streamline and manage post-production pipeline, working on two to three projects at any given time using brand design elements.• Interface with design team to conceptualize motion design elements.• Interface with producers and writers to edit videos using various storytelling and editing techniques, listening to flow for optimal timing and emotional beats for story.• Author software template files such as script templates, storyboard templates, audio recording templates, editing and animation file templates, and post-production organizational folders.• Create Adobe MOGRTs for company use, other editors, and vendors; received positive feedback from editors for its ease of use and time-saving capabilities and from management for facilitating implementation of brand standards.• Helped establish video apprenticeship program, hiring two apprentices and converting one of them into full-time.• Train and guide designers, interns and apprentices on processes and practices for editing and motion design.• Mentor other associates through company’s mentorship portal about department, work, and portfolios.• Stay up to date with technology and trends through peers, continual research, involvement with Adobe Ambassador program, and attendance at conferences such as The Illustration Conference and Lightbox Expo.• Received 2016 MarCom Gold Award for testimonial videos and multiple internal company recognitions.

Education

• University of Missouri-Kansas City

  Bachelor of Liberal Arts

Skills

• Art
• Creative Direction
• Video
• Editing
• Film
• Video Production
• Motion Design
• Toon Boom Harmony
• Video Editing
• Premiere
• Traditional Animation
• Final Cut Pro
• Commercials
• Broadcast
• Final Cut Studio
• Storyboarding
• Toon Boom
• Computer Animation
• Dreamweaver
• Illustrator
• Television
• Art Direction
• Mac
• Flash Animation
• Videography
• Visual Effects
• Advertising
• Animation
• Logo Design
• Character Animation
• Post Production
• Image Manipulation
• Flash
• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Adobe Photoshop
• Color Correction
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Storytelling
• Multimedia
• Compositing