Mel Mccann
External Partner Coordinator - Office Of Partnerships
Oak Park, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMel Mccann is an animation director, educator, and creative connector with a decade of experience shaping character-driven storytelling through hand-drawn and hybrid workflows. A CCS BFA honors graduate, she founded Eat Rice Studio to produce emotionally clear, performance-focused animation while mentoring emerging artists in real production settings. As Director of Animation and now External Partner Coordinator at College for Creative Studies, she has rewritten curriculum, guided thesis projects, and built industry partnerships that create real-world pathways for students. Her background spans studio leadership, creative direction in marketing, and hands-on freelance animation and illustration, giving her a rare mix of artistic craft and operational savvy. Mel’s work is notable for an exclusive visual voice that brings personality to briefs and for translating traditional animation fundamentals into contemporary digital pipelines. Based in Oak Park, Michigan, she balances ongoing studio practice with teaching and industry-facing program development.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Sociology and Fine Art, Sociology and Fine Art at Mott Community CollegeBachelors of Fine Arts, Animation, Bachelors of Fine Arts, Animation at College for Creative Studies
Sign languages
Github Skills (43)
wallet10
ada10
plutus10
blockchain9
cardano9
http-server9
cryptocurrency9
soap8
webservice8
wsdl8
soap-api7
soap-client7
skeleton7
mnemonic6
endpoints6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
melmccann/BeSimpleSoap
Oct 2017 - Apr 2020
Contributions:1 release, 15 pushes, 1 tag in 2 years 5 months
wsdlweb-basedsoapweb-services
smartboxgroup/core-bundle
Jul 2017 - Feb 2019
Contributions:1 release, 10 PRs, 7 pushes in 1 year 7 months
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