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Design Director
Electric Funstuff
New York City, NY
* Created product pitches, UI, and graphics for educational book, web, software, and game properties. * Utilized UCD methodologies to design application, online, and gaming interfaces. * Designed and created visuals for new multi-platform products showcasing book, web, card collecting, and gaming. * Lead product development cycle through design decisions and direction. * Evaluated project requirements, resources, costs, and timetables. * Maintained storyboards for software development integrating programming elements with design features. * Managed, delegated projects, and cross-trained department personnel. * Demonstrated ability to consistently produce a high volume of quality work under pressure and tight deadlines.
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Producer/Digital Asset Manager
Scholastic Education Technology Group
New York City, NY
* Oversaw software multimedia asset production, personnel, acquisition, and distribution. * Managed staff team members and photographers, procedures, and quality testing methods. * Coordinated and built relationships with external image vendors and resources. * Designed graphic assets, UI prototypes, created project storyboards, and process wireframes. * Devised and implemented tracking conventions, cataloging system, file management and production processes. * Saved nearly 45% of $250k budget. Only department head to come in under budget while at Scholastic. * Responsible purchasing, securing rights, and cataloging digital assets for software and print components.
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Professional Artist & Graphic Designer
cukr7 productions, Inc.
Littleton, CO
* Created collector-quality paintings for New Line Cinema, Paramount, Sony TriStar, Universal, and Warner Bros. * Created paintings for Star Trekâ¢, Star Warsâ¢, Babylon 5â¢, Godzillaâ¢, and 9/11 commemorative for Pentagon. * Produced illustrative, web design, and graphic design work. * Supervised pre-press and printing processes. * Operated a successful design business for 7 years. * http://lunchboxcafe.fr/JavaJam_NYC/index.swf
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Owner/Designer
The Lunchbox Café - Toulon
Toulon, France
Jun 2010 - Jan 2015 (4 years 7 months)
Var, France* Owned and operated café and restaurant in the south of France. * Managed inventories, equipment, and personnel. * Created and produced business plan and architectural renderings for official review. * Developed marketing logotype, advertising, in-store design, and other promotional materials. * Designed food preparation, storage, and presentations. * www.lunchboxcafe.fr
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Graphic Designer
C² Technologies Inc.
Tucson, AZ
Apr 2009 - Aug 2009 (4 months)
- Davis-Monthan AFB * Created technical illustrations and supporting graphic images for U.S. Air Force flight instruction. * Developed Flash animations and simulations for instructor-led CBT classes. * UI. Lead interface designer for internal application development project. * Improved technical illustrations repository created in-house. * Educational course work developed is university accredited. * U.S. DoD SECRET security clearance experience dealing with sensitive materials.
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Graphic Systems Analyst Manager/Production Staff Trainer
U S WEST Marketing Resources Group
Englewood, CO
Mar 1988 - Apr 1997 (9 years 1 month)
* Researched and developed advertising publishing technologies. * Modified and built new production processes to enhance US WEST Direct graphics and marketing. * Supported pre-press and desktop publishing proprietary processes, graphics software, and graphics hardware. * Evaluated, acquired, and purchased hardware and software for entire graphics organization encompassing 14 states. * Trained over 300 artists onsite in all company production locations on DTP applications, techniques, processes, and policies . * Conceptualized, wrote, and published technical course materials.