UI/UX & Game Design

Martin Mittner

Utrecht, Netherlands

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Creative game/experience designer and futurist with strong artistic and technical skills. Experience in web, user experience, and game design. Experience in both start-ups and large firms. Excellent academic credentials coupled with good business acumen. Holds a Bachelor degree in Business, and a Masters degree in Entertainment Technology. Life goals include getting people to one day build a space elevator and being able to play chess blindfolded.

Specialties: User Experience Design
Education
- Master of Entertainment Technology Game Design, Art
  
  Carnegie Mellon University
  
  2011 - 2013
- BA Business Administration, Programming, Management Information Systems
  
  Oakland University
  
  2005 - 2008
  
  Graduated Cum Laude from Oakland University's Honors College with a degree in Business Administration. SBA Governing Assembly student representative 2006 to 2008. Participated in a literary research project which included an excursion to the British Library in London England. Completed 2 years of Spanish. Tutored students in mathematics, microeconomics, and computer science. Taught 1st - 5th graders chess as an after school class once a week.
- NA Media Arts
  
  Pratt Institute
  
  2002 - 2004
Experience
- Freelance Consultant
  
  Various Clients
  
  2004 - Present (20 years)
  
  Working with small and large firms both domestically and internationally, providing consulting on how to achieve artistic, design, and communication goals; creating various art assets, UI/UX wireframes, mockups, designing for games, applications, and web.
- Lead Instructor of Technology
  
  Galileo Learning
  
  May 2013 - Sep 2013 (4 months)
  
  Teaching Video Game Design and developing/refining the curriculum for the class. Teaching rapid prototyping in MMF2 and how to work in small development teams using a traditional pipeline.
- Designer
  
  Carnegie Mellon
  
  Pittsburgh, PA
  
  Aug 2011 - May 2013 (1 year 9 months)
  
  Electronic Arts, Office of the Chief Creative Officer: Project Heidegger (Lead Designer & Artist)
  Oglebay, Schrader Environmental Education Center: SEECQUEL (Creative Director)
  WMS Gaming: Jokers & Gestures (Artist and Level Designer)
  Building Virtual Worlds (Designer, Texture Artist, Producer)
- Teacher's Assistant
  
  Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center
  
  Jan 2012 - May 2012 (4 months)
  
  Provide support to students as a TA specializing in web and texture art.
- Designer
  
  Supremia Media GmbH
  
  Mar 2011 - Aug 2011 (5 months)
  
  Worked internationally with their German media buyers providing art assets for advertising campaigns. Designed and coded web sites using a variety of languages including: HTML, CSS, PHP and Javascript.
- Director of Web Design and Development
  
  Advent Systems
  
  Dec 2010 - Aug 2011 (8 months)
  
  Directed a small team, and actively participating in the design and development of websites and web-based applications.
- Managing Member
  
  GROK LLC (DBA Grok Creative)
  
  May 2009 - Nov 2010 (1 year 6 months)
  
  Lead a team of five starting up a web and graphic design company working primarily with financial firms and large design firms looking to outsource to smaller groups. Created the company business plan and directed both programmers and artists. Our client Inktank LLC won a Telly award for a website which we contributed to.
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AIGA, IxDA, IGDA
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- Toys & Games
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Martin Mittner

Assistant Professor - Educator, Industrial Design, Myron E. Ullman, Jr. School of Design

Assistant Professor, Graphic Design