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OBJECTIVE: Seeking a strategic creative position offering the potential to grow through experienced colleagues and mentors in a supportive and energetic environment.

Experience

Senior Industrial Designer | Presence From Innovation
Present | Atlanta, GA 30318
Product development, project management, office management, customer & supplier relations.
* Leading design & product development expertise for PFI’s largest key account, Coca-Cola. Directly supporting Coca-Cola Brand and Design teams leading to world class merchandising opportunities while working remotely with Sales, Pricing, and Engineering to develop innovative new products.
* Project Management and secondary design & illustration support for other global CPG companies.
* Leading strategy and execution of scalable online sales and presentation platform.
* Customer meetings and managing day to day operation of the Atlanta office.

Lead Artist | ImpactGames
July 2008 | Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Play the News (2008) – Product/concept development; web & interface design. Manage junior artists.
PeaceMaker (2007) – All 3D assets; package & interface design.
* Major contributor during startup stages of company leading to successful launch of first two titles.
* Presented at AiP and CMU on our production process and the broader genres of gaming.
* Won several international awards. World-wide press (New York Times, Al-Jazeera, BBC, NPR, etc.)

3D Artist | Carnegie Mellon University (contract)
August 2006 | Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Animateering (2006) – Digital puppet show. Responsible for modeling, unwrapping, rigging & animation.
PeaceMaker – at the time a prototype video game. Modeling, texturing & animating. Effects R&D.
* Animateering kiosks installed in Orlando, FL, Erie, PA, & Sydney, Australia.

Honors & Other Experience
Outward Bound Wilderness, Mountaineering (2009) – International leadership and team-building program.
* 14 day expedition in Rocky Mountains. Focus on wilderness education & team building.
Eagle “U”, Team Leader (2002-2008) – National leadership seminar for secondary/post-secondary students.
* Personally supervised and facilitated student development. Strong reviews by students and staff.
International Travel (1993-2008) – Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Canada.

Education

Continuing Education
ASIFA Figure Drawing
Life Drawing
Present | Atlanta, GA

The Academy of the South Side
Oil Painting and Life Drawing
July 2008 | Pittsburgh, PA

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Bachelors of Science
Media Arts & Animation, Major
September 2006 | Pittsburgh, PA
* Graduated High Honors, Best in Show; Member National Technical Honor Society.
* Winner, HP/Saytek National Team Animation Competition & presentation at SIGGRAPH 2005.
* Work selected for inclusion in The Art Institutes National Portfolio.

Skill Sets

Production
Merchandise Design & Illustration
3D Character & Environment Art
Project Management
Storyboarding
Animation
Interface Design

Technology
3DS Max
Maya
The Adobe Suite
Batch Scripting
XHTML & CSS
Wordpress

Soft Skills
Broad sales experience and very comfortable in front of customers/clients.