Resume 8.15.2010
References available upon request.
Employment:
Super!Alright! > Creative Director > 4.2010 - present
Creative Director in the Austin office of Super!Alright! video production company.
3D and video animation for clients including, presentation and pitch work and R&D projects.
Responsibilities include:
- Creative Direction
Concepting and motion tests
Consulting and advisement on projects in development
Pitches, presentations, and Design reviews
Animation and interactive development
Quality control
Responding to client requests
Working with client on brief, scoping and documentation
- Design and storyboarding
3D modeling
3D Shading and Texturing
3D animation
After Effects Animation
Flash Animation
Flash Development and Action Scripting (AS2, AS3)
Video Editing
Sound Design
Photo Retouching
- Mentoring of Animators and Designers
Working with 3rd party vendors including photo studios, film studios and motion houses
Working with national and international teams including Costa Rica and Europe
Dell Computers, OPI cosmetics, Alienware
Schematic > Sr. Motion Designer > 3.2008 - 4.2010
Lead Motion Graphics artist in the Advanced Interaction Group (AIG) on interactive and broadcast projects in the Austin office of Schematic.
Develop interactive and animated projects for Web Sites, Microsites, Online Advertising, presentation and pitch work including internal R&D projects.
Responsibilities include:
- Concepting and motion tests
Consulting and advisement on projects in development
Pitches, presentations, and Design reviews
Internal projects
R&D and recommendations of software and processes for online and offline executions
Animation and interactive development
- Design and storyboarding
3D modeling
3D Shading and Texturing
3D animation
Flash Animation
Flash Development and Action Scripting (AS2, AS3)
After Effects Animation
Video Editing
Sound Design
Photo Retouching
- Mentoring of Animators and Designers
Working with 3rd party vendors including photo studios, film studios and motion houses
Working with national and international teams including Costa Rica and Europe
Dell Consumer, Dell Small Business, Dell Product Launch, Alienware, Reliant Energy
Fusebox23: Design + Motion > Freelance Designer > 1.2003 - 3.2008
Freelance Design and Interactive developer.
- Cisco (Flash mini-site with video for cisco.com) - Motion graphics and UI development.
scanR (Flash product demo for scanr.com) - Motion graphics.
B&O Network (Stand alone Flash presentation) - Motion graphics and presentation design.
UThrive Foundation (Flash social networking applications for uthrive.org) - Large scale application hooked into yahoo.com that allows users to identify and categorize their friends and family with photos and personal information in a visual way.
UThrive Foundation (Flash ecard maker for uthrive.org) - Animated 'personality' Ecard maker.
Yahoo (Flash prototypes for yahoo.com) - Prototyped all data modules for Yahoo.com homepage redesign, for implementaion in Ajax.
Yahoo (Flash prototypes for yahoo.com research and development) - Prototyped several unconventional data modules exploring new ways of viewing information.
Oxygen Games (Flash "Action Card" modules for data driven game - duels.com) - XML based data modules with branded ui, online turn based game.
Oxygen Games (Flash world mapping system for data driven game - duels.com) - developed xml based map content to support game play.
Wells Fargo (Flash training module for wellsfargo.com) - 1 movie customizable for various branch departments.
Embarcadero (Flash video presentation for embarcadero.com) - Flash mini-site for service demos with video content areas.
Qualys (Flash video presentation - qualys.com) - Flash mini-site for service demos with video content areas.
Frog Design (Flash demonstration movies for Alltel cell phone prototype - frog.com) - Flash movies to demonstrate phone os functionality.
Handwire (Flash modules way finding system at M.D. Anderson hospital) - Developed Flash movies using 3d assets for map kiosks.
M3 (Flash client presentation template duels.com) - Customizable and and presentation movie for client pitch work.
Nike (Flash web site and interactive experience for AOL IM 'Expression' - nike.com) - Developed large asset system to track the team's progress through training camp including photo and video galleries, games and IM messaging system from flash frame within IM application.
NEC (Flash mini-site for NEC's nanotech super computing division - nec.com) - Design and motion graphics.
BUDER ENGEL & FRIENDS (Flash web site development) - Developed up dynamic portfolio system in xml using both static and video graphics.
BUDER ENGEL & FRIENDS (Flash banner ads for Sony Vaio computers) - Motion graphics.
Digidesign (Flash movies for product launch - digidesign.com) - Motion graphics.
Digidesign (MBox print ads for Guitar World and others) - Designed photo collage print ads.
Skyy Spirits (5 minute After effects video for product launch) - After Effects environment video for installation.
Evolution Bureau > Art Director > 10.2002 - 1.2003
Art Director and Flash Developer for Winterfresh.com and The Winterfresh Network. Worked with Cr. Director and jr. designers to create Flash sitelet for the "Thin Ice" product launch.
Wrigleys Winterfresh Network, Thin Ice Promotions
Red Sky Interactive / Agency.com > Assoc. Art Director > 3.2000 - 10.2002
Sr. Designer and Flash Developer responsible for on-brand concepting, Art Direction, design, animation and development of interactive projects for clients. Also responsible for creation of standards and practices for Flash development at Red Sky. Mentoring of Junior designers and animators.
Miller Lite, Miller Lite VRL , Miller MGD, Sprite, Sun Microsystems, Diet Coke, Coca Cola, Visa
Organic > Rich Media Developer > 4.1998 - 3.2002
Worked with Creative and Engineering Teams to design and develop large scale web sites for clients. Made rich media assessments, recommendations for major ecommerce clients.
Worked with Creative team on client pitches and developed "proof of concept" prototypes for clients.
Blockbuster, Hewlette Packard, The Home Depot , Stan Lee Media , Lucy , Sony Playstation
Commercial Artists > Design / Color > 1994 - 1998
Freelance Designer and Comic Colorist.
Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Image Comics, Baltimore City Paper, Fleer Trading Cards, While You Were Sleeping Magazine, Rap Pages Magazine, Del Rey Books
Education:
1989 - 1991 - Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston, Photography
1989 - 1991 Tufts University, Boston, BFA
1987 - 1989 Boston University, Boston, Anthropology
Continuing Education:
2008 - ACC 3D Studio Max course
2009 - Maxon Cinema 4D Training
Tools:
Image - Illustrator, Photoshop, Fireworks, Bridge, Lightroom, Dreamweaver
Video and Motion - Flash, After Effects, Premiere, Final Cut, Quicktime, Squeeze
3D - Cinema 4D, Swift 3D, 3D Studio Max, Maya
Audio - Pro-Tools, Ableton Live, Garage Band, Soundbooth, Rebirth, MIDI
Dev - HTML, Javascript, CSS, XML, Action Script 2/3, After Effects Expressions, Xpresso |
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