Mocong Yuan New York, NY 10009 | 917-561-1386 Email: [email protected] Portfolio: www.yuanmocong.com EDUCATION School of Visual Arts, New York, NY 2015-2019 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with Honors, Animation (GPA: 3.91) Dean’s List, 2015-2019 COURSE WORK Animation Workshop, with Mario Menjivar, Visual Development and Story Design with Don Poynter Screening Writing for Animation, with James Grimaldi Sound Design, with Terry Dame SKILLS Software: Adobe Photoshop, TVPaint Animation, Toon Boom Storyboard Pro, Toon Boom Harmony, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Audition, Pro Tools, Clip Studio Paint. Languages: Mandarin Chinese (Native), English (Fluent), Japanese (Intermediate) HONORS BFA Animation Department Pre-Production and Post-Production Grant Recipient, School of Visual Arts December 2018 and February 2019 EXPERIENCES Visual Development Intern June 2018- August 2018 Mokuni, LLC., New York, NY Assisted visual development team and created storyboard for a new game, “Reinbear” Designed backgrounds and props during pre-production of the game Teaching Assistant January 2017- May 2019 Animation Sound Design class with Nana Simopoulos, New York, NY Assist students with technical questions regarding software and hardware Production Office Assistant September 2018 – May 2019 SVA BFA Animation Department Production Office Assistant, New York, NY Assist students with equipment rentals and answer questions about animation software Clean-up Assistant January 2017- April 2017 SVA Award-Winning Thesis film “Fishy” directed by Joseph Sulsenti, New York, NY SCREENINGS “Invited”: Official Selection – Animated Short, Catalina Film Festival, Long Beach, CA September 2018 “Cosmos Express”: Official Selection – Best Student Film, Around International Film Festival, Amsterdam June 2019 .