CONTRACT ART DIRECTOR

Off Base Productions (www.offbaseproductions.com )
June 2009—Present
As the contracting art director, I develop officially licensed products for clients such as: Sony, Capcom, Namco, Square Enix, Tecmo, Hudson Entertainment, Sega, LucasArts and more.

• Develop web architecture, user interface, and user experience.
• Create Flash-based products for product marketing.
• Design/Produce print products, such as instructional manuals, strategy guides and various marketing materials.

ART DIRECTOR / LEAD DESIGNER

GamePro Media (www.gamepro.com )
September 2003—June 2009
As the art director, I lead a staff of designers in conceptualizing a direction for product development in print and web based products. Web properties include: www.gamepro.com, www.games.net, www.sucksorrules.com, OMG Blog network

• Lead designer and art director in online and print products development
• User interface designer for GamePro.com. Launched August 2008
• Contributing User Experience designer and Information Architect for GamePro.com
• GamePro magazine covers and feature story designer
• Rebranded GamePro identity and redesigned GamePro magazine 2008
• A key role player in establishing a print & web integration structure
• Design and oversee sales ad campaigns including: web banners, microsites, and custom site skinning. Client list includes: EA, Best Buy, Sony, Nintendo, THQ, Square Enix, Activision, Namco, Capcom, LucasArts, 2K Sports and more

Advanced Skills

Adobe CS4: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver, CSS/XHTML

Proficient Skills

Actionscript 2.0 & 3.0, AJAX (JQUERY), Adobe ImageReady, Acrobat, Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, Filemaker Pro