Chris Lewis
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Location: West Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Email: c.lewis77@comcast.net
Innovative visual sensibility mixed with digital design mastery
Throughout my career I have consistently taken an “out-of-the-box” approach and I continually inspire others with my creative flair and technical know-how. My hands-on design and technical capabilities have served me well in my broad background, where I have served many roles.
• Within the Corporate-world I’ve designed and coded responsive websites, landing pages and emails — many which are implemented via automated marketing platforms. My efforts are driven towards enabling Users to intuitively customize a wide-array of marketing materials. I’ve also trained other team-members on system usage and variable content development.
• Inside the realm of Advertising and Marketing, I’ve created corporate brands, logos and all manner of print collateral from billboards to truck signage and direct mail.
• As a software developer, I've conceptualized and wire-framed educational software products, managed the production cycle for CD-ROM games and supervised creative teams of artists, programmers and sound designers.
Digital Design & Development experience:
• 20 years experience with Adobe Creative Suite • UI Design for websites, microsites and landing pages
• 17 years experience hand-coding HTML / CSS • Script and develop for dynamic variabl¬e content
• 12 years javascript experience • Database creation and management
• 8 years HTML Email coding and best-practices • Creating and managing variable images and text
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Bachelor of ScienceUniversity of Connecticut1990
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Educational Game development companyFarmington, CTVIVENDI UNIVERSAL GAMES (Funnybone Interactive) Funnybone Interactive Senior UI/UX Developer for Software Games Conceptualized and wireframed multimedia software games for Educational CD-ROM market. Formulated product designs based on market research and kid testing. Worked with brand manager to prepare client presentations. Managed follow-through of approved game design with development team of concept and production artists, 3D animators, programmers and sound designers. Mentored staff of artists and trained new hires on animation software (Macromedia Director.) Formulated product concepts, developed storylines and wrote scripts. Designed User Manuals and jewel-case inserts. Wrote design documentation which integrated educational content. Ensured product quality by coordinating with QA and testing departments to eliminate 100% of programming bugs. All products produced on time and under budget. Production Achievements / CD-Rom Product List: Barbie as Rapunzel (based on the 3D animated video). Also created marketing demos of the game for use on both the interactive DVD and website. Sabrina the Animated Series (Warner Bros.) * KNOWLEDGE ADVENTURE, Inc. (Funnybone Interactive)
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Quest for Camelot (Warner Bros.)Big Action Garage (Fisher Price) Grammar Rock (ABC TV) Mookie Takes Manhattan (Simon & Schuster) My Favorite Monster (Simon & Schuster) * How Many Bugs in a Box* * More Bugs in Boxes (Simon & Schuster) * Magic Apple House (Thompson Learning) * Barbie and Her Magical House (Mattel) *
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Software Developer / Digital ArtistQUEUE (Pelican/Toucan Software)Farmington, CT* Educational software company. Created digital artwork, animations and illustrations for children's educational software company. Duties included: drawing clip art, backgrounds and game interfaces. Designed catalog layouts, product packaging and manuals. Painted cover artwork and spot illustrations. Provided technical support and served as company representative at trade shows.
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MAGELLAN HEALTHAvon, CTHealthcare Management company with a unique vision of better and more affordable care for individuals.
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ING U.S.Windsor, CTDutch multinational banking and financial services corporation. Its primary businesses are retail banking, direct banking, commercial banking, investment banking, asset management, and insurance services.
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THE CREATIVE GROUPHartford, CTPlacement agency for design and creative professionals.
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UNITED NATURAL FOODSDanielson, CT* America's leading national distributor of natural, organic and specialty foods and related products including nutritional supplements and health-beauty products. Associate Art Director (web and print) Produced website layouts, advertisements, truck signage, packaging designs, and flyers for the country's largest natural food distributor and worked on affiliated product lines and external retail products. Achievements: Created biweekly circular designs for natural food stores in Long Island, Wild by Nature. Designed one page catalog ads and redesigned the company website.
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Senior Interactive Digital Designer / DeveloperVOYA FINANCIALWindsor, CT(formerly ING) * Individual retirement asset-management services for Corporate Education Heath Care and Government clients. Senior Interactive Digital Designer / Developer Designed, developed and managed interactive Marketing collateral that integrated responsive code and interactive content. Collaborated with marketing specialists to produce campaigns that are effective and utilize the updated Voya brand. Integrated proprietary script into designs for eloquent variability within content-driven templates and databases. Materials were created for internal and external use by Government, Healthcare, Education and Corporate clients. Adhered to compliance guidelines to assure all pieces are legally approved for use and distribution. Managed relationships with internal and external clients to execute robust marketing campaigns which include social, email, print and direct mail. Handled translation of various marketing collateral with external vendors. Achievements: * Developed rebranded Email templates for design department. Set standards for HTML Email coding and continuously improve designs and modify code to remain up-to-speed with current email best-practices for smart phone, tablet and desktop applications.
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PRIME MEDIABloomfield, CT* Marketing, advertising and print fulfillment company. * Creative Director / Web Developer Designed and developed UI / UX for interactive websites for multiple clients. Designed print advertisements, product packages, graphic logos and business collateral. Designed client web pages, oversaw the staff's performance and managed projects. Achievements: "O" Zone Fitness: Conceptualized website design and Flash animated homepage for the athletic training Company. Design of Logo, packaging and web images using retouched photos. *
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Sail New LondonDesigned website for the annual arts festival Boats, Books & Brushes with Taste. Illustrated logos, pamphlets, posters and street banners. * Nersc: Designed the website and all printed conference materials for the New England Resident Service Coordinators 2004 and 2005 conferences. Created and coded HTML for company website for the organization's home website. * Prime Media: Developed a new company image and integrated designs into the website, collateral and sample promotional books. Created Flash banner ads. *
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