special j. | design

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client list:

  • BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD
  • BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
  • COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • E3
  • HASBRO
  • HARVARD UNIVERSITY
  • iROBOT
  • LEGAL SEAFOODS
  • MACWORLD
  • MIT
  • MTV
  • NEW ENGLAND PEST
  • OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • ROSEN PUBLISHING
  • THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP
  • TUFTS UNIVERSITY

experience:

Interactive Factory, Inc. - Boston, MA
Senior Designer
October 2001 - Present

  • Responsible for all creative needs including conceptual phases, art direction and overall look & feel.
  • Created websites and flash interactives for clients in Business to Consumer, Entertainment, Higher Ed, Medical, Non-Profit and Publishing industries.
  • Developed new standards and guidelines within the interactive department to ensure production of best-practice CSS and XHTML code.
  • Created educational internal website to use as a “best-practice” reference.
  • Provided mentorship for interns, teaching them how to use todays creative tools and how to create clean, standards compliant CSS/XHTML code.

Cambridge Information Systems - Boston, MA
Art Director
January 2000 - May 2001

  • Responsible for all creative aspects of projects.
  • Responsible for all branding within CIS for screen and print.
  • Educated associates in Photoshop and introduction to CSS.
  • Created and documented a “Project Process” for the new interactive department that detailed the steps and timelines for typical project lifespan.

Miller Systems, Inc. - Boston, MA
Senior Designer
February 1999 - January 2000

  • Core responsibilities included: meeting with clients, designing the overall look and feel of clients' web sites and producing graphics and HTML templates for the production team.
  • In charge of Art Direction and Lead Creative for Conference and Expo web sites. Sites included design of conference Registration systems.
  • Responsible for Miller Systems Corporate web site and print collateral.

Howie Green Design - Boston, MA
New Media Designer/Programmer
April 1996 - February 1999

  • Worked with creative director to design web sites, flash interactives and print pieces for various clientele.
  • Created interactive flash games and demos for clientele in the entertainment and dining industries.
  • Learned to hand code web pages in HTML.

core strengths

Art Direction/Creative Direction, Front end Look & Feel, User Interface Design, highest calibur CSS and XHTML production skills with utmost attention to detail.

skills

Able to produce visually stunning layouts from concept to delivery. Strong animation skills. Excellent understanding of web site architecture. Working knowledge of sound and film editing. Demonstrates immense capacity to learn new skills and to adapt to different project scenarios. Poseses excellent communication skills with the ability to hone out and deliver well thought out, creative solutions for many different types of clients.

Fluent in Adobe Photoshop/Imageready, Flash, Inspiration, Illustrator, Freehand, Quark, BBedit, Dreamweaver and a host of other coding and creative tools. Ability to create web sites that load quickly and effortlessly. Experienced at programming and implementing CSS. Ability to create and integrate Flash elements, Javascript and CSS.

Strong understanding of Process, Time-management & Project planning.

education:

Web Design World 2006

Emerson College 2003
Attended classes in Visual Communications.

Emerson College 1993
Majored in Theatre Arts.