Résumé of Qualifications
Skills
Online Presence Immersed in Online Communities and Interaction for over 19 years. Art Direction Creative Direction, Marketing, Market Positioning and Brand Management. Animation 2D/3D, Banners, Flash, High and Low Resolution 2D Game Blitters, Multi-Media. Graphic Design Print, Web/Online Systems, Corporate Identity, Collateral & Advertising, Presentations, Software. - 23 years experience. Illustration Spot, Cover, Editorial, Iconographic, 3D, Textures, Low-Res Bitmaps. User Experience Design User-centered, with 19 years of online/multi-media Information Architecture experience. Technology Research & Development Embedded Systems, Computer Peripherals, Robotics, and Device Drivers. Programming and Development Assembler, C, C++, JavaScript, Hand-coded HTML, DHTML, XHTML, CSS, DOM, XML, and AJAX, LAMP, LAMP-based CMS environments, and much more. Human-Computer Interfaces Systems Design - Hardware and Software. Acute Perception of what visually, immersively and conceptually "works" for a given target audience.
Relevant Employment History
User Experience Designer Involver.com 2007-2008 Developed the IA and core UI patterns for Involver's end-to-end video campaign platform (a web-based interactive streaming video application/marketing platform with reporting tools and an integrated social-networking component for both Facebook and OpenSocial). Delivered graphic mockups, wireframes, Page Description Diagrams, flowcharts, and specifications using an iterative design process in an agile Ruby on Rails development environment. Utilized user-centered design principals including user stories, scenarios, user personas, and paper prototypes to craft the user's experience and workflows from initial exposure vectors through to adoption and integration.
Senior Interaction Designer Zadu, Inc. 1999-2000 Built Zadu's art department and production team from the ground up. Formulated the conceptual model for the product's UI framework. Worked with outside vendors and agencies to deliver Zadu's online and real-world B2C/B2B presence. Researched the specifications for the interaction model for Zadu's next generation of communication tools - a design and research project geared towards skinning, client branding, and a variety of user environments.
Art Director Cybergold, Inc. 1997-98 Developed the company's brand and established a style guide for same. Increased signup completion rate by 18%. Lead development of interactive interstitials. Managed corporate communication and creative projects from inception to completion, including design, layout, navigational systems, and production for the internet, company intranet, and print. Negotiated with and chose vendors for production work based upon price and quality. Guided and critiqued design work from production team in a deadline driven enironment. Participated in development of marketing and positioning strategies, and acted as Brand Manager, Creative Director and Senior Designer. In this position I had the pleasure of working with corporate partners such as: Visa, Jupiter Communications, Sony Pictures, America Online, Excite, Disney, Red Herring, GoTo and Wired.
Self Employed 1986-Present Designer & Illustrator Delivered all levels of creative production for the following: print/online advertising, print editorial, marketing collateral and business communications, online/offline user interfaces/navigation systems, identity, visual display, and signage. I've also delivered/developed editorial, spot, cover, iconographic illustrations and animations for the above. In addition to my own particular illustration style(s), I have the ability to mimic any other style. Fine Artist/Programmer/High-tech Consultant As an interactive artist working with computers, my work has led me to the development of: human-computer interface systems using audio, visual, and biofeedback navigation, interface technology research and development, and consultation for the same.
Various Companies Graphic Designer 1985-1992 Editorial/print graphic design, production, typesetting and illustration using traditional/electronic media for the following publishing companies: San Diego Reader, Inc., Western States Weeklies, Inc., San Diego Woman, Inc.
Relevant Formal Education
FIDM Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising Courses included: Graphic Design, Visual Display, Promotion, Advertising, Marketing, Merchandising, and Sales.
UEI Electronics & Microcomputer Technology 1993 A nationally accredited post-secondary institution. Microsoft Corp. accredited, IBM licensed Education Center and Novell Education Authorized Partner. Graduated with a 4.0 GPA.
Relevant Hobbies and Passions
Interactive sculpture, robot motion control and design, experimental user interfaces, underground music/culture, visual display, set/prop design, painting, photography, product design, and teaching.