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UI/UX Designer and Developer
Sep 2014 - Jan 2024 (9 years 4 months)
Jive themeing in the early days, then transitioned to Salesforce Experience Cloud (née Community Cloud) themes, customization, design, branding, implementation. Started as JCS Consulting, rebranded to paladin, then acquired by OSF in 2021.
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Creative Director
Austin, TX
Jan 2006 - Aug 2014 (8 years 7 months)
Responsible for maintaining high standards in quality of work and ideas; developing brand startegies and corporate dentity for clients; manage, mentor, and inspire a design and development staff; implement customized enterprise collaboration solutions for large communities; stay current on technical and social trends as they relate to web and interactive design, and make determinations on how these can impact/improve the clients' business; create fresh and innovative design that inspires clients and their customers.
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Creative Director
Houston, TX
Jan 2004 - Dec 2005 (1 year 11 months)
Managed a large design staff while maintaining consistency and quality of design for clients; supervised the design and production of approximately 20 Annual Reports each year, including several Fortune 1000 companies; created new work and management processes and improved existing ones, resulting in much higher efficiency throughout the company; produced multiple videos (corporate and commercial) for clients, as director and motion graphics animator.
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A/V Specialist
Motorola
Austin, TX
Mar 2003 - Dec 2004 (1 year 9 months)
Produced high-quality internal videos for Motorola as a director, cameraman, video editor, motion graphics animator, 3D animator, and illustrator; increased the level of quality and professionalism in the department which led directly to a threefold budget increase.
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Freelance Motion Graphics Artist and Video Editor
05min Productions, Pixel Perfect, Vespid Films, and others
Austin, TX
Oct 2001 - Jan 2003 (1 year 3 months)
Heavily involved in all aspects of video pre-production, filming, and post-production, often for start-up production companies. Work has been awarded Top 10 of the Chrysler/Hypnotic/Universal Studio's 2003 Million Dollar Film Festival, finalist in Project Greenlight's 2003 and 2004 Top 250 Director's Contest, Texas Filmmaker's Showcase 2003, and Austin Film Society's SXSW Showcase 2007. Films have showcased at the Austin Film Festival, Deep Ellum Film Festival, the USA Film Festival, Edgeworks Short Film Festival, screened at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and have been broadcast on Sundance Channel, the Movie Network in Canada, the Rialto channel in New Zealand, and on Austin Music Network.
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Senior Designer
Austin, TX
Aug 1999 - Sep 2001 (2 years 1 month)
Working with an outstanding team of creative individuals, I produced original, award-winning design for web, print, and video.
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Senior Designer
Houston, TX
Mar 1997 - Jun 1999 (2 years 3 months)
As the owner's first employee, I was in charge of much of the day-to-day operations of this start-up, in addition to regular graphic design tasks. Staying within an operations budget, I hired top designers and developers to handle our increasing client base.
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Co-Owner, Designer
Houston, TX
Sep 1992 - Dec 1994 (2 years 3 months)
Left school to start a design firm with two classmates. While we managed to be profitable by the end of the first year, I decided to sell my percentage to the other partners and move to Austin to finish my degree. I learned a lot about running a business—running a design firm, in particular—and what type of person you often need to be to do so successfully. Honestly, it just wasn't for me.