Mark Walczak

Current

• Design Assistant at Optimus Inc.
• Designer at Freelance Graphic Artist

Past

• Design Intern at Optimus Inc.
• Intern at Optimus Inc.
• Intern at Avenue Edit

• Resident Advisor at U.S. Equities Student Housing

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Education

• Columbia College Chicago

Connections

40 connections

Industry

Animation

Websites

• My Portfolio
• Animation Work
• Sermonspice Work

Mark Walczak’s Summary

Mark Walczak’s Specialties:

Graphic Design, 2D, 2.5D, 3D Animation, 3D Modeling, Particle Animation, Logo Design/Branding, Photomanipulation, Worship Arts

Mark Walczak’s Experience

• Design Assistant

  Optimus Inc.

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  December 2008 — Present (8 months)

  - Roto
  - 2D / 3D Animation
  - Tape Room Duties
  - More Fun Than You've Ever Had at Work

• Designer

  Freelance Graphic Artist

  (Design industry)

  August 2004 — Present (5 years)

  Clients include:
  - Faith Comes by Hearing
  - Millbourne Alliance Church and Living Grace International
  - Park Community Church
  - The Second City
  - Sysmatronics
  - Remix Motif
  - Design Jones

• Design Intern

  Optimus Inc.

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  May 2008 — December 2008 (8 months)

  - 3D Modeling
  - 3D Animation
  - 2D Animation
  - Illustrator and Photoshop file preparation

• Intern

  Optimus Inc.

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  February 2008 — May 2008 (4 months)

  - Employee reel duplication
  - Lunch/client service runs
  - Coffee brewing
  - Maintaining cleanliness of client service and employee areas

• Intern

  Avenue Edit

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  September 2007 — December 2007 (4 months)

  - Client service duties
  - Lunch runs
  - DVD duplication
  - Introductory tape room duties

• Resident Advisor

  U.S. Equities Student Housing

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

  March 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 9 months)

Mark Walczak’s Education

• Columbia College Chicago

  BA Film/Video , Post Production Graphics, Animation and Visual Effects , 2004 — 2008

  - Recipient of Nadine Sterk Scholarship
  - 3.943 GPA

Additional Information

Mark Walczak’s Websites:

• My Portfolio
• Animation Work
• Sermonspice Work

Mark Walczak’s Groups:

CGS Chicago

•    Creative COW (Communities of the World)
•    Columbia Alumni Association & Network - CAAN
•    Broadcast Design & Motion Graphics
•    Autodesk Users

Mark Walczak’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• reference requests
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