Ning Chen

(845)-214-3370 | nxchen21@gmail.com | foxship.neocities.org

Education

Emerson College, Boston, MA, May 2025

Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts Production, Minor in Psychology, Minor in Writing, Honors Program

Relevant Courses: Foundations in Visual and Media Arts Production, Writing the Short Subject, Computer Animation, Motion Graphics, Drawing for Character Design, Writing for Games, 3D Computer Gaming

GPA: 3.93

Artistic Experience

Comics Director, June, December 2023 - Present

• Creator of June, an epistolary fantasy webcomic currently in development with the student start-up, BONK Comics.
• Manages workflow and timeline, provides narrative and artistic direction, and storyboards for the project with the goal of helping my team tell a visually striking and narratively compelling story.

Environmental Artist, Memory Bank, September 2023 - December 2023

• Illustrated environmental art assets and provided narrative and gameplay direction for Memory Bank, a student-led point-and-click adventure game about altering one's memories.

Comics Creator, My Lonely Soldier, July 2022 - Present

• Scripts, storyboards, and illustrates monthly fantasy webcomic entitled My Lonely Soldier for publication on Webtoon and Tapas Comics.
• Promotes webcomic by curating branding through logo creation, website design, and social media presence.

Work Experience

Operations Assistant, GrubStreet, Boston, MA, June 2023 - Present

• Oversees the physical spaces of the creative writing center, Grubstreet, ensuring that community spaces are meeting standards of organization and welcoming community members to GrubStreet.

Inventory Control Specialist, Technology Division Inventory Group, Boston, MA, May 2023 - Present

• Receives and prepares technological and infrastructural equipment for pickup by members of Emerson College’s Journalism and Visual Media Arts departments.

Lab Assistant, Emerging Media Lab, Boston, MA, February 2023 - Present

• Monitors the Emerging Media Lab at Emerson College, which is a technological space specializing in 2D and 3D animation, game development, 360 video production, and Virtual Reality production.

Awards and Publications

Queerness of Color: the intersection of racial and Queer identities. 58th National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, November 2023, presentation

Weight of the Heavens. Lunchbox Magazine: Ties That Bind, Volume 2, Issue, 2, Spring 2023, fiction

Whale Fall. Stork Magazine, Issue 34, Spring 2023, fiction

Skills

Illustration and Design: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Clip Studio Paint

Animation and Game Development: Adobe Animate, Autodesk Maya, Blender, Twine, Unity, HTML/CSS

Video Production: Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects

Documentation and Organization: Zotero, Google Office Suite, Microsoft Office Suite