Murray Smith, B.A.

   403·830·3897
murray@mismith.info



Motivation

Seeking to develop and refine my technically-inclined creative skills at a full-time job in the realm of web/software development, computer programming, and/or film/new-media design.


Experience

  • Business Instincts Group

    Junior Web Developer

    Full-time / Spring 2012 – Present
    Currently develop and maintain the back-end for venture capital management firm and its various startup websites/projects.

  • Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers

    Communications Coordinator

    Term / Winter 2011 – Spring 2012
    Currently administer all internal and public relations duties; e.g. publishing weekly e-newsletters and maintaining member databases.

    Production Coordinator

    Interim / Summer 2011
    Oversaw extensive film and video production facility, included handling a high-volume of professional equipment and coordinating all in-house technical operations.

  • Calgary Cinematheque Society

    Admin/Programming Coordinator

    Part-time / Summer 2010 – Present
    Currently initiate and oversee all: print traffic; theatre rentals; grant writing; programming, operations, and communications expenses.

  • Calgary International Film Festival

    Print Traffic Assistant

    Term / Fall 2011
    Responsible for shipping and receiving film prints at annual festival. Calmly handled all time-sensitive and notoriously unpredictable situations that arose.

  • Birchcliff Energy Ltd.

    Graphics Designer

    Contract / Summer 2010
    Designed and produced a Corporate Profile, along with various other presentation materials.

  • Bethany Care Society – Corporate Office

    Administrative Assistant

    Contract / Summer 2009 – Spring 2010
    Logged private survey data, then surpassed the call of duty to design and implement a secure web-based interface and database backend for data analysis.

Education

  • University of Calgary

    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies

    Fall 2006 – Spring 2011
    (including two years of Mechanical and Software Engineering courses)

  • Western Canada High School

    Graduated with Bilingual Diploma (English/French)

    Fall 2003 – Spring 2006

Volunteering

Skills

  • Technical

    • Advanced computer user: familiar with Mac, Linux, Windows, mobile OSs
      • Veteran JS/PHP/MySQL programmer, with experience in numerous other languages like C++ and ASP.NET
      • Web-specific specialties: UI/UX, custom classes/libraries, databases, APIs, CMSs, debugging, browser compatibility, social media
      • Software fluency spanning far beyond: Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, Apple Final Cut Studio, Filemaker Pro, Xcode
      • Aptitude for highly modular, object-oriented design
    • Graphics design: from mockups and illustrations to posters and logos
    • Hobby electronics: circuit design and theory, component assembly and soldering, equipment repairs
    • Film production: camera operation, lighting/grip, visual effects, sound recording, scriptwriting

  • Personal

    • Strong and convincing writing skills—both professionally and personally
    • Keen, practical, and deeply creative spirit—a born problem solver
    • Excel at squash (among other sports: from pool to paintball)
    • Internationally exhibited filmmaker and grant recipient

References

Available upon request