EXPERIENCE AT A GLANCE

Consistently produce high-quality work while effectively managing multiple projects. Strong conceptual, layout and typographical skills boosted by 10+ years of professional design experience.

• Extensive online-learning & interface design experience
• 10+ years as a freelance illustrator
• Traditional arts and animation background
• Sound knowledge of search engine optimization and web-positioning strategies
• Experienced with MAC and PC environments

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY

• Audio and video software
• Hand-coding in HTML/CSS & content management systems
• Adobe - Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat
• Macromedia - Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver
• 3D Software - Poser and 3DSMAX
• Word processing, spreadsheet, database programs

 

USER EXPERIENCE MANAGER / CREATIVE DIRECTOR • WEST MONROE PARTNERS

2007 - PRESENT • Chicago, Illinois

• Create visual interfaces with logical and target-specific user interface architecture for content-managed websites and web-based applications
• Craft a balance between science and art by determining business objectives, recognizing the target audience, and outlining user goals, to create a user-centric interactive design experience
• Conduct usability metrics, heuristic evaluations, and create an outline to help anticipate and understand user behavior
• Contribute across multiple disciplines: planning and tactical issues, project management, business development, marketing, art direction, visual design, and development
• Create proposals, prepare statement of work, budgeting, strategize project implementation
• Manage a team of developers, web support staff and directing outside designers, agency designers, photographers and illustrators and providing final selections of artwork
• Maintain creative standards of quality and consistency of brand for all internal and client initiatives
• Build and promote consulting services for prospective clients and also ensure profitability of consulting projects

PARTIAL CLIENT LIST
AMLI Residential, Classic Residence by Hyatt, Chicago Area Runners Association (CARA), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Raceline Motor Works

DESIGN DIRECTOR • NOGGINLABS

2006 - 2007 • Chicago, Illinois

• Lead a team of designers to deliver media-rich and visually engaging e-learning courses
• Strategize with instructional designers and content producers to create effective courses that provide an engaging visual experience to help modify user behavior
• Create presentations and storyboards for multimedia projects
• Produce e-learning systems with varied subject matter: courses on diversity, harassment, system simulations, customer service, on-the-job training, and healthcare

PARTIAL CLIENT LIST
Abbott Labs, ABN-AMRO, CapitalOne, Dell, Hibernia, JetBlue, McDonald's, Northwestern University

WEB DESIGNER • MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL - JOURNAL INTERACTIVE

2002 - 2006 • Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• Lead designer for online interactive advertising campaigns at jsonline.com
• Responsible for design of online advertising using Flash, email advertising, games and quizzes, interactive promos, slideshows, and web page designs
• Flash advertising animation and front-end web coding for html splash pages
• Created flash interactives and ads for clients such as: MedicalMoment, PackerInsider.com, MKEOnline, MAM.org, MetroParent, Milwaukee Brewers, Milwaukee Bucks

HIGHLIGHTS
2003 Journal Communications Team of the Year Award - Highest percentage of revenue goal
2004 Edgy Award - Best Advertising Program - MedicalMoment.org
2005 Edgy Awards - Best Home Page User Experience for MKEOnline.com, Best Sports site for PackerInsider.com, Best Advertising Program for Pick'n Save's MetroMarket

LEAD VISUAL DESIGNER FOR ADVANCED BRANDING • DIVINE/WHITTMANHART

2002 • Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• Created web interfaces, interactive games and learning tools
• Designed and produced domestic and international multilingual sites for harley-davidson.com to prepare for Harley-Davidson's 100th Anniversary
• Illustration of H-D motorcycle lineart from 2003 to 2004

PRODUCTION DESIGNER/LEAD ILLUSTRATOR • LEARNING INSIGHTS

2000 - 2002 • Chicago, Illinois

• Completed designs of over 50 Flash e-learning courses for companies such as: ABN-AMRO, AON Corp, Bayer, BankOne, Kellogg School of Management, and LaSalle Bank
• Illustrated and designed graphics and animation for e-learning courses

HIGHLIGHTS
2002 Cinema in Industry (CINDY) - Gold Award Winner - NCAA Compliance E-learning Course
2001 Association for Multimedia Communications (AMC) - People's Choice - NCAA Compliance E-learning Course

CREATIVE DIRECTOR/DESIGN LEAD • FREELANCE

1992 - PRESENT

• Design websites from mockup to completion
• Portfolio includes sites that feature content-management and database-driven open-source architecture in PHP
• Create e-learning animations in Macromedia Flash for cd and web, design detailed illustrations for web and print
• Produce online and print advertising collaterals
• Create illustrations for print and stock image library

PARTIAL CLIENT LIST
Elemental Enterprise, EthicsRX, GE Medical Systems, Lockheed Martin, Imagemark, Whittman-Hart, Thomas Equipment

 

PURSUING BACHELOR OF ARTS IN FILM: ANIMATION • COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO

• Learned industry techniques in methods of film production and animation, screenwriting, production planning, film editing, lighting, layout design, character design, and storyboarding
• Trained in 2D and 3D computer design, as well as audio and video design