Ernie Perez Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Greater Chicago Area

Freelance graphic and interaction designer working with a wide range of clients: From local record labels to national publications. Proficient in both the printed page as well as the interactive space as both a hands-on designer and a story-driven visual director.Clients have included:- Insight Product Development / ICON Fitness- Tribune Company- Pandisc Records- Spooky Cool Labs- Cafe Magazine- Gourmet Recordings

- Worked with multidisciplinary artists and game designers to develop robust user experiences for new product.- Performed UX audit of existing game UI and provided solutions for user pain points.

Elk Grove Village, Il

Responsibilities included: - Concepting the look and feel of the Graphical User Interface displayed on the LCD panel- Storyboarding the flow of the GUI- Building a functional UI in Animate that would allow the engineers to start testing the GUI- Coordinating efforts with contract 3D modelers and animators, and overseeing the content that was delivered- Working with the game designers and engineers to establish a cohesive experience between the physical play field and the… Show more Responsibilities included: - Concepting the look and feel of the Graphical User Interface displayed on the LCD panel- Storyboarding the flow of the GUI- Building a functional UI in Animate that would allow the engineers to start testing the GUI- Coordinating efforts with contract 3D modelers and animators, and overseeing the content that was delivered- Working with the game designers and engineers to establish a cohesive experience between the physical play field and the digital art on the LCD panel- Designing marketing materials Show less

Greater Chicago Area

Job responsibilities included:- Managing a team of 2-3 artists.- Mentoring/evaluating junior artists. - Collaborating with other teams on division-wide initiatives- Coordinating development efforts with 3rd party developers and offsite teams- Reviewing assets to make sure they adhered to QA guidelines and internal standards

Greater Chicago Area

Job responsibilities included:- Creating web-based online casino games- Repurposing existing land-based game art assets for web-based ports- Creating new assets needed for the web-based ports based on the established art style- Mentoring junior artists- Preparing art assets for deployment in both Flash and HTML5

Greater Chicago Area

- Concept design of new products- Wireframing- Visual design of promotional assets- Game asset creation- Flash implementation

Teaching courses in CDM's Interactive Media (with a focus on User-Centered Design), Graphic Design, Game Development and Information Technology majors as well as advising on curriculum matters.

Greater Chicago Area

Same responsibilities as previous position with added administrative duties overseeing the Concept Art GroupResponsibilities included:- Managing 17+ multidisciplinary artists and contractors- Creating and managing the team’s budget- Allocating staff and resources to projects that our team was working on- Evangelizing our processes both internally and outside of the company- Seeking out new work among the other development studios- Recruiting- Creative… Show more Same responsibilities as previous position with added administrative duties overseeing the Concept Art GroupResponsibilities included:- Managing 17+ multidisciplinary artists and contractors- Creating and managing the team’s budget- Allocating staff and resources to projects that our team was working on- Evangelizing our processes both internally and outside of the company- Seeking out new work among the other development studios- Recruiting- Creative direction on all projects that went through the UI Group- Administrative management of the Concept Artists- Representing both groups outside of the company (ie: conferences, publications)- Titles include: Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, TNA: Impact! 2, 2 unannounced titles Show less

Greater Chicago Area

I was responsible for overseeing the creation and implementation of the UIs for the games that were developed internally at Midway. This included four studios located in both the US and UK. Responsibilities included:- Managing 15+ multidisciplinary artists and contractors- Creating and managing the team’s budget - Allocating staff and resources to projects that our team was working on- Evangelizing our processes both internally and outside of the company- Seeking… Show more I was responsible for overseeing the creation and implementation of the UIs for the games that were developed internally at Midway. This included four studios located in both the US and UK. Responsibilities included:- Managing 15+ multidisciplinary artists and contractors- Creating and managing the team’s budget - Allocating staff and resources to projects that our team was working on- Evangelizing our processes both internally and outside of the company- Seeking out new work among the other development studios- Recruiting- Creative direction on projects that our team was working on- Representing the team outside of the company (ie: conferences, publications)- Titles included: Blacksite: Area 51, Blitz The League 2, Game Party 1, Game Party 2, Mortal Kombat Armageddon, NBA Ballers: Chosen One, Stranglehold, TNA: Impact! Show less

Concept, development and deployment of the UI for the games being developed internally at Midway. Responsibilities included:- Working with the game designer to establish the scope of the UI- Developing visual concepts based on the vision of the game designers or executive producers- Delivering and selling multiple ideas to the game team- Creating optimized art assets- Authoring the UI in Midway’s proprietary UI software- Working with engineers to coordinate the… Show more Concept, development and deployment of the UI for the games being developed internally at Midway. Responsibilities included:- Working with the game designer to establish the scope of the UI- Developing visual concepts based on the vision of the game designers or executive producers- Delivering and selling multiple ideas to the game team- Creating optimized art assets- Authoring the UI in Midway’s proprietary UI software- Working with engineers to coordinate the UI's functionality and choreography- Working with Quality Assurance to eliminate bugs and streamline the final product Show less

Greater Chicago Area

Responsibilities included: - Concepting new ideas based on client needs- Managing and mentoring designers- Designing various solutions- Preparing screen assets for hand-off to site builders- Update and upkeep of client sitesClients included: Abbot Laboratories, Grainger, Medtronic, Purina, US Bank

Greater Chicago Area

Art direction and design of monthly tech magazine.Responsibilities included:- Creating Quark templates- Laying out each monthly edition- Coordinating with freelance artists, photographers, and stylists- Managing content- Creating art/graphics- Preparing files for transfer to printer

Greater Chicago Area

Responsibilities included:- Creating / designing graphics for chicagotribune.com, chicagosports.com- Update / Upkeep of websites- Develop special content microsites in HTML and Flash

Greater Chicago Area

- Coordinate efforts between sales people and advertising designers- Designate the number of pages for each edition based on amount of ad space sold- Lay out the ad space for each edition of the newspaper- Providing quality control of ads produced by designers- Providing quality control of final product (printing, color, correct ad locations)

Greater Chicago Area

- Concept and design layouts for the entertainment section of the weekly Hispanic newspaper- Design the newspaper's weekly digest (¡Exito! Express)- Concept and design advertisements for both local and national clients- Concept and design marketing and promotional material for the newspaper and its events

Bfa, Graphic Design

Honors Diploma

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