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Redmond, Washington, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

I started out using my graphic design and drawing skills to create traditional and digital illustrations for local businesses. Graduate school at R.I.T. is where I fell for digital media and I added motion graphics, animation, and web design to my toolkit. My freelance career picked up pace from there and I learned the self-discipline required to run my own business. I've worked with a variety of phenomenal clients across the country, and I've had success with clients big and small. The best part of freelancing is working directly with people and using my talents to help them to achieve their vision.Notable clients and projects: RescuePal Inc., ReachSix, The UFC, Cazadores Tequila, GolinHarris, 4th Row films, Constellation Brands, Partners & Napier, Dow Chemical, and Torvec Inc.Primary

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Shifting from the Consulting Industry back to a corporate environment presented a wide range of new opportunities and exciting challenges. I was asked to join Motorola as the company continues to grow its marketshare of the competitive mobile device and wearables market. It was an exciting time as Moto transitioned from Google ownership to Lenovo. In this role, I was part of the Consumer Experience Department and many of the products I worked reached nearly 10 million users. As Senior Visual Designer, it was my job to lead creative problem solving in the visual space and to craft a flawless mobile user experience. My primary responsibility was to conceive and present a wide array of design and motion options, directly to Product Managers, Lead Developers, Creative Directors and Department Heads. The breadth of this position covered everything from research integration and concept development to shipped products and support.Notable Clients & Platforms: Android, Google, Lenovo, Verizon, AT&T, TMobile, Droid, Motorola X, Moto, Moto 360Primary

Chicago, Il, Us

When Kodak entered bankruptcy, I decided it was time to make some hard choices. Rather than wait to find out if I would be part of the inevitable layoffs, I packed up and headed to Chicago. As it turned out, joining Clarity was one of the most rewarding moves of my career so far. As a member of a gifted design team, it was like joining a band where each musician is incredibly good at playing their respective instrument. My role here varied from Production Designer to Creative Lead and I continued my evolution towards specialization in User Experience. Over time, my responsibilities grew and as the senior-most designer, I took on project management and mentorship of junior designers. The clients were of the highest caliber and the work often required a combination of strategic and tactical problem solving. At Clarity, I was part of a small team that routinely handled highly creative and experimental projects. Notable Clients, Projects, and Platforms: ESPN, NASA, McDonalds, The XX (band/musicians), Intel, Yelp, Cadbury, Kraft, Mondelez, OREO, Microsoft, Groupon, Mokus games/Chillingo, Contre Jour, The Museum of Science & Industry, The New York Times, MyFitnessPal, Stride Gum, Trident, Dentyne, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Internet Explorer, iOS, HTML5, Xbox, and Kinect.Primary

Rochester, New York, Us

Working for Kodak was an exciting move from a small studio to a large corporate environment. The clients and projects were on a much larger scale and it was thrilling to work with international brands and to tackle multilingual projects. It never felt too large though, because I worked with a fantastic team of designers, managers, and content specialists, in the Technical Knowledge Management (TKM) department. Here I enjoyed my first taste of leading a project from start to finish and my role ranged from Senior Designer to Creative Lead. While I was brought on for my skill in Motion Graphics, I soon found myself working on web and mobile applications. In an effort to modernize our department’s offerings, I cofounded a small team of designers dedicated to exploring and leveraging new web technologies like HTML5 and JQuery.Notable Internal and External Clients: BestBuy, OfficeMax, Office Depot, Walmart, and Wegmans, Sotheby's, Spire, Proctor & Gamble.Primary skills: Motion Graphics, UI/UX, Web Design, Visual Design, Art Direction, 3D Animation, Concept Design, and Animation, Digital Illustration, and Icon Design.

Rochester, Ny, Us

Designed 3D Digital Graphics (3DDG) Senior Thesis course and curriculum. Guided students on how to develop projects, goals, new techniques, timelines, etc. This course aims to help students create high-caliber portfolio work over a 22 week period. For the students, a heavy emphasis is placed on work that could attract potential employers. At the end of the course, the students present their professional-grade work at a thesis show.

This was my first full-time studio gig and I worked with a small team of diversely talented creatives and developers on a variety of projects ranging from game development to motion graphics. BrokenMyth was a start-up at the time, but has since grown into a small studio. I’m proud to have been a part of their early development. My position was considered a "jack of all trades" role. As the studio added young talent, my responsibilities expanded to include mentoring and supporting the new artists and designers. Notable Clients, Projects, & Platforms: Johnson & Johnson, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Time Warner Cable, Kodak, HTML, Flash, iOS, and Unity.Primary skills: Digital Illustration, Concept Development, 3D Animation, UI/UX, 3D Modeling, Rendering, Lighting, Game Design, Serious/Training Game Design, Storyboarding, Sound and Visual FX.

Rochester, Ny, Us

Serious Games Design Seminar Course - 3D Digital Design Program

New York, Ny, Us

Created a series of 15 sec spots for Cazadores Tequila, a sponser of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Work included After Effects animation, compositing, editing, Photoshop clean-up, etc.

Chicago, Il, Us

Project-based freelance work for GolinHarris. Worked on projects ranging from vector-based illustration to 3D animation/illustration.

Rochester, Ny, Us

Created a variety of work for clients like Kodak, Bausch + Lomb, and the Little Theater. Project's ranged from storyboards and pre-vis to illustration, animation, graphic design, and video editing.

Rochester, Ny, Us

Technical Drawing - A studio course that teaches students in the 3D Digital Design program at R.I.T. Instruction focuses on perspective drawing, box construction, design theory and composition, human proportions, and character design.

Rochester, Ny, Us

Supported Professor for instructional and research needs. Taught short units on various topics like compositing, ambient occlusion passes, and Maya hair follicle dynamics. Created custom tutorials for the class and short handouts.

Pittsford, Ny, Us

Responsibilities included but were not limited to: Motion graphics, Television Advertisement, Story-boarding, Layouts, Web graphics, Music composition/scoring, graphic design, client meetings, concept design

Mfa, Computer Graphics Design

Bfa, Visual Communications: Illustration & Design

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