Mike K. Email & Phone Number

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

new product development

User Interface design for upcoming game

Remote

Create UI mockups for upcoming game modes, including HUD, scoreboards, player stats and icons.

Studio City, Ca

Cannonball Bingo - 3D Bingo with an Arcade Twist!Lead Design/Art Direction/Animation and Asset ProductioniOS, Android and Facebook platforms.

Corporate powerpoint pitch docsSpec DocsWireframes and user flowsDetailed mockupsUI/UX Design

Santa Monica, Ca

Bingo Rush 2 Adobe Air – Lead Game Design UI/UXo Implemented new, unique game-play mechanics, animations, and embedded mini-gameso Created wireframe design docs, with mockups to detail the user flow for each feature and releaseo Worked within the constraints of the Adobe Air platform to use a responsive design, yet keep a consistent style and high level of qualityo Process was focused on new and exciting content as well as upcoming features and game modesBingo Rush iOS –UI/UX Design & Art Directiono Co-invented and conceptualized as the first single player bingo game mechanico Designed, tested and iterated on the Bingo Rush game interfaceo Created all UI and logo art, and art directed others in additional asset creationo Full color conceptual wireframes created to show user flows with rendered mockupsBingo Blitz – UI Design & Art Directiono Designed and iterated new features to improve key performance pointso Art directed others in the creation of feature and content assets

UI Designer – CBS apps, Web and Mobileo Strong knowledge of user centered design principles and practiceso Adept in producing uniform design across numerous platforms and deviceso Provide solid insight in the areas of user interface design, interaction trends, graphics optimization, navigation, layout, usability design, and overall site and game practices.

o Advanced design/creative skills in games/apps UI design and aesthetic layoutso Adept at translating verbal or written concepts into visually stunning, readable layoutso Militant about usability and the user experienceo Proven understanding of the tools needed to design various creative projectso Worked from and created wireframe user flows to map out all paths of the site or appo Responsible for designing and developing templates and wireframes for sites and apps

Art Director – Office Chair Deathrace (2007, PC, Mobile), Turbo Tennis (2006, Mobile),Project Managemento Directed designers for purposes of: fleshing out gameplay ideas, game art, scheduling, inter-office taskso Tracked workflow of design team and delegated tasks, & helped finish levels started by other designerso Acted as a liaison with Bellrock subsidiaries on inter-office projectsUI & Game Designo Initiated, conceptualized, developed and documented key gameplay mechanicso Directed interface design using wireframes and mockups for games and websiteo Guided the vision of products from conception to marketCorporate Designo Provided corporate support for re-branding Bellrock subsidiaries and Bellrock brand managemento Created office document and presentation templateso Created and implemented company style guide for all print and promotional materials

Sr. Designer – Tellurian (2007, Mobile)Asset Managemento Organized and maintained server-based art libraryo Supported designers on other incomplete tasks to help team meet milestoneso Maintained game design documentation, and style consistency in each titleLevel Designo Designed and implemented levels using Maya and custom in-game tools.o Used research from current usability examples to help create functional, entertaining levelso Responsible for modeling characters and levels from scratch Spec Writingo Created design docs that detail all functionality and pixel dimensions, and are easily readableo Wrote detailed company document templates o Redesigned website using prototype templates created from scratchSprite Creationo Created concept art, 3D models, textures, and renders for various projectso Rendered key art and scalable vector art to be used in app and scaled up for print

Designer – Jamdat Bowling, Downtown Texas Holdem, Bejeweledo Created logos, navigation, layout, and interfaces, Illustrated backgrounds and characterso Developed concept art and cinematic sequenceso Created art for one-sheets, banner ads and promo micro-sites

3D Animation, A

Classes taken were an intro to Maya 3D. These were classes taken just to learn the software.

3D Animation & Graphic Design