- Experienced with all phases of the art asset creation process from concept through to final deliverable.
- Over 15 years daily experience in the use of a wide range of graphic arts applications at a professional level.
- Long history of initiating, contributing to and managing independent game and art projects.
- Extensive transferable experience in the management of projects, schedules, freelancers, budgets, vendors and team workloads.
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COMPUTER SKILLS
Proficient in the use of the following:
- Blender
- PhotoShop
- Torque Game Engine art pipeline
- Flash, including actionscripting
- Illustrator
- ImageReady
- Excel and other standard office applications
- HTML and various editors
Experience with the following:
- 3D Studio Max (modeling and adding textures)
- Painter
- Basic programming with PHP and VBA
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WORK EXPERIENCE
5/07-Present
Studio Manager
Art.com
http://www.art.com/, http://www.allposters.com/, http://www.artistrising.com/
Manage the workload for a team of 12 designers and coders and continually evaluate the process for workflow improvements. Mentor new employees, and provide ongoing training to current team members. Act as the main liaison to the other divisions in the company and create designs across multiple brands and in multiple languages.
7/01-5/07
Studio Manager (4/02-5/07) and Web Coordinator (7/01-4/02)
Old Navy Online
Managed the scheduling and delivery of over 6000 projects over a period of 6 years. Created a custom suite of scheduling tools that enabled the smooth flow of the process and workload for a team of 12 designers, freelancers and copywriters. Also designed a wide array of marketing web projects, notably pushing the boundaries in creating more interactive shopping experiences within a mostly static web site.
7/00-7/01
Contract Web Designer
Aquent/ Old Navy
Through the talent agency, Aquent, worked as a contract Web Designer at Old Navy designing emails, banners and pages for the oldnavy.com site and managing the acquisition of digital assets for the studio.
6/97-7/00
Associate Art Director
Vargas Marketing Group
Designed marketing and collateral materials, updated and refined web sites, and created banners and web graphics for large corporate clients. Created strategically appropriate concepts, art directed outside vendors such as photographers and illustrators, created graphical artwork for designs and infographics, and managed the preparation of final digital files for 4-color printing. Introduced the concept of 3D modeling into the workflow of a traditional creative department.
12/95-7/01
Freelance Designer and Tutor
Designed web sites for a variety of clients, usually from the brainstorming stage to the creation of the final functional web site. Also tutored clients in how to maintain and use their sites.
3/96-6/97
Production Manager
SF Weekly
Hired and trained new employees. Performed weekly press checks, ordered supplies and designed advertisements.
3/96-10/96
Layout Editor
SF Weekly
Responsible for laying out and preparing for print the editorial portions of a weekly newspaper.
12/94-6/96
Production Assistant
Berkeley Insider
Performed the computer print production and layout for a monthly magazine.
2/95-10/95
Tutor
Academy of Art College, San Francisco
Tutored students on the basics of using the Macintosh computer and in using design applications.
9/91-12/95
Partner, Editor, Accountant
Puppy Toss, Berkeley
Published my own and other's artwork and stories. Managed finances and prepared tax forms. Oversaw the process of starting a new business. Served as an editor and reviewed submissions for a quarterly magazine.
5/90-3/96
Molecular Biologist
Immunity Research Laboratory, Berkeley
Headed a research project under the supervision of Kenneth Matsumura, M.D. studying the effects of a cancer chemotherapy drug.
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INDEPENDENT PROJECTS
8/05-Present
Low Poly Cooperative
Founder, Contributor and Facilitator
http://www.lowpolycoop.com/
Created an open-content art project dedicated to the creation of a library of 3D models and educational materials that are freely available to students and independent game developers. Facilitated the management of a growing multinational team of artists as well as contributed the bulk of the artwork for the project and managed the release of all the final distributions.
5/03-Present
Independent Game Artist
Created 3D Models for numerous independent game projects over the years including Meez.com, Sanctus Legacy Online, Etherea Dark Genesis and Rebel Planet.
1/04-12/04
Ecommerce Site Manager
Bowzizzer Independent Comics Store
Created and maintained an ecommerce site devoted to the distribution of self-published comics.
8/92-12/95
Group Facilitator
Puppy Toss Artist Collective
Led weekly group meetings for a 20 member collective of artists. Distributed promotional materials and organized group shows of artwork at galleries and alternative venues.
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EDUCATION
Academy of Art College, San Francisco.
Studied Computer Arts and Graphic Design, 1994-1998.
University of California at Berkeley.
B.A. in Molecular Biology, December, 1990.
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