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Lowell, MA, US

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Somerville, Massachusetts, United States

Lead ownership of the design interface and integration of our products within Houdini and Unreal Engine. Responsible for the layout, interaction, and user experience of our new procedural, generative, and machine-learning artistic tools that focus on modeling and rendering high-quality, performant vegetation. Collaborating across teams to ensure quality.

- Champion the UX/UI design in a SaaS startup environment with a small team including product, software engineers, sales, and marketing, to architect, design, build, and test new capabilities in the immersive 3D/AR/VR commerce domain.- Design the user interface and workflows for a 3D and AR content management platform for brand creators to use to deliver.

Greater Boston Area

User Interface design - In charge of Heads Up Displays (HUD), graphic design health bars, magic bars, iconography, logo designs, etc on ROMANCELVANIA- Indie game studio with AAA leadership (Bioshock, Bioshock Infinite, Mist)- Lead animations, blueprints, widgets in UMG Unreal Engine and After Effects- Prepare 2D level art assists. Work with engineers to.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

- Lead design and manage brand campaigns for NYT-bestselling authors, large NYC publishers, and independent presses that led to a significant increase in book sales - Motion Graphic ads increased sales from pre-orders- UX/UI redesign for NYT best-sellers Christopher Golden and Paul Tremblay (KNOCK AT THE CABIN film), management of events for both authors.

Brighton, MA

Responsible for bringing the HBR brand and content to life through storytelling, brand design, and motion design on social media, in video, and visual presentation. Work with Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, and InDesign. - Custom content design and story-telling for social media channels, including Snapchat, Instagram - Digital content design and.

Duluth, Georgia

• Define and document the information architecture needs to support projects, including: Site map, categories, page templates, content, navigation, page elements, links, callable actions, workflow diagrams, user.
• Create wireframes that illustrate site layout, navigation, controls, and workflow prioritization in tools such as Axure, AdobeXD, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch, and Visio
• Develop static and interactive prototypes for evaluation of concepts to business owners for validation with end-users in Axure and AdobeXD
• Lead presentations and reviews of designs with team members and stakeholders

Greater Atlanta Area

- Write scripts, edit scripts, illustrate components, design elements in: Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, and Premiere ProClients include:- Cartoon Network LA- Boomerang LA- Marta- McKesson

Directed animators on the production of promotional scripts for Les Mills and the Department of Veteran Affairs. Oversaw life of commercial from writing script development to storyboarding to final animation, coordinating with client stakeholders.

• Lead projects internationally across print, web, and video
• Increased levels of communication between enginnering and sales teams
• Ensured brand consistency and oversaw redesign of over 30 print brochures
• Trained interns successfully during internship in graphic design

- Work with Adobe-certified After Effects instructor Dean Velez, winner of two Emmys in motion graphics and design.- Studies include all aspects of motion graphics software. Concentrated on building skills with After Effects capabilities and motion graphics principals of design.- Topics of study: Motion Graphics, Compositing, Editing, Special FX.

• Develop print and web assets for high-profile clients with tight turnarounds
• Manage 3-5 projects or more simultaenously
• Create UI assets in collaboration with back-end developer

—Co-developed comprehensive, 15-slide e-learning content for the U.S. Army that enabled soldiers to cope with stresses upon returning home. —Communicated effectively with multiple departments to plan design strategies and effective writing for online content.—Coded written material and Flash design in Action Script 3.0 and XML —Assisted Instructional.

Responsibilities included: - Flash design, animation, action scripting, video and broadcast media, voice over actor- Storyboarding, illustration, character design- Graphic design including logos and video graphical elements- Copy writing and editing, script writing

Intern for Production in Creative Services department, shadowed Flash Animators and Producers, took classes in Flash and Illustrator, attended international conference, managed invoices and production work flow, edited Final Cut Video, wrote articles

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Digital Marketing and International Business

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Professional Writing, 3.5/4.0 Overall, 3.9/4.0 In Major

Activities and Societies: Dean's List every semester from 2005-2009, Researcher and Presenter, National Conference of Undergraduate.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Senior Award for Excellence in Engineering, Art Honors Society

Education record