My design career began a while ago when I got my first design job pretty much clipping images in photoshop and retracing logos in illustrator. I was given the opportunity to design a thing here and there but soon enough I decided to enroll in graphic design school in order to gain better perspective as to what in the world it is that I was attempting to do or in this case... communicate.
I got into Design school back in 1994. It took 5 years and my first design job to realize that I still didn't know much about design. I happened to get into advertising right away. I learned two things while in the industry...
1. Advertising is not design and
2. When the client goes so does your job.
Eight years ago or so I got into web and interactive design and it was the best decision I could have made. I've had the privilege to work with very talented and hard working people. Designers, producers, art directors, creative directors, writers... they've all contributed to my growth in one way or another and I thank them for that.
I recently graduated from animation school and I'm very excited about incorporating 3D character animation to my design work in the near future.
August 2009 - Present - DisneyParks.com
Creative Interactive Lead (contract)
Responsible for working closely with Walt Disney Imagineering and the Advanced Projects team to develop concepts and designs for various special online projects. Duties involve generating final art work assets for vendors, 2D and 3D character animation, character modeling and rigging, character development, video editing, development of flash components, front-end web development, motion graphics, working with external vendors and direct efforts to lead team to a cohesive vision and final product.
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January 2008 - October 2008 - Disney.com
Lead Interactive Designer (contract)
Responsible for working with the Associate Art Director to develop concepts and designs for various Ad Sales projects. Duties involve developing, supervising, executing and implementing design solutions for this flash-based entertainment media experience, meeting standards of quality for artwork, and meeting all production deadlines.
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April 2006 - September 2007 - Kessler Group
Senior Interactive Designer
Responsible for web design and art direction. Involved in interactive affinity credit card marketing implemented as flash animated banners, rich media, micro sites and e-mail campaigns. Some of the clients include: Washington Mutual, MBNA, HSBC, US Bank, ING, GE, HP, ESPN, Petsmart, Sears, Chevron, Texaco, Toyota, Scion and Lexus.
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August 2000 - September 2003 - Universal Orlando Resort
Senior Graphic Designer
Responsible for providing and presenting outstanding creative advertising design solutions that reflected current marketing and branding strategies for two theme parks, three hotels and the Universal CityWalk entertainment complex. Lead designer for Universal events. Worked closely with outside vendors, freelancers, illustrators, photographers and copywriters. Extensive photo shoot and production supervision for theme parks and on-site hotels.
This list compiles the majority of the companies I've had the priviledge to work with:
ANIMATION MENTOR – Berkeley, CA
AnimationMentor.com
Character Animation (2009)
San Francisco State University CEL– San Francisco, CA
SF State College of Extended Learning
Digital Drawing for Animation (2009)
ART INSTITUTE OF COLORADO – Denver, CO
Art Institute
Advanced Flash Actionscript Course (2005)
ART CENTER COLLEGE – Pasadena, CA
Art Center College of Design
Web Site Development Course (2000)
LA SALLE UNIVERSITY – Mexico City
Universidad La Salle
B.F.A.Graphic Design (1994-1999)
DEVRY INSTITUTE – San Bernardino, CA
DeVry University
Associates Computer Information Systems (1991-1993)
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