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Graduates, University of Michigan
Bachelor of Arts, French Language & Literature, University of Michigan Honors College -
Photography Graduate School
Master of Arts Photography, Columbia College of Chicago.
Large format camera, color abstracts -
Print Publication - stat room to Art Director
%u2022The Real Estate Profile
Started in the darkroom making photostats. Saw a need for more streamlined digital production process using Apple Computer, Quark Xpress, digital prepress. Proposed a solution for increased productivity and lower costs and was made art director. -
Amoco Corporate NewsPaper revolutionized!
The Torch %u2013 Amoco Corporation's weekly company newspaper. Convinced key executives that a digital production process from layout to printing film would greatly reduce costs. -
4-Color City Tabloid
Art Directed "Inside Chicago Magazine" - Full-color tabloid city weekly -
Production Director - The Stranger Newspaper
Led staff of 3 full time and 3 contract designer for the notorious Alternative Weekly Magazine created by the founder of the Onion -
Aldus / Adobe Systems - QA Technician, Product Designer
Used desktop publishing software expertise to design and test Quark XPress Converter. Took software from concept initial few releases. Acted as consumer advocate, giving feedback as a user of print publishing applications. -
Senior Designer, Starwave Corporation
1995 %u2013 1996 Lead designer for Wall of Sound; the music site for ABCnews.com and Mrshowbiz.com. Work including designing the user interface for branded audio and video players. Designed interface prototypes for 'StarwaveTV', a highly ambitious multimedia application. Designed interface prototypes for online stock tracker now featured on thestreet.com. -
Design Director, Sonicnet.com (now VH1.com)
Instrumental in designing and launching the following online applications that are now part of VH1/MTV: Streamland,
Cinemachine, Sonicnet.com, thebox.com. Managed team that worked closely with developers to create dynamic content using Flash. Helped implement a traditional software development cycle of releasing versions of these products. -
Co-founder & Creative Director, Put On the Dog, Inc.
Co-Managed digital design firm specializing in information architecture, UI prototyping, software design and motion graphics. Creative Director/UI designer for clients while managing project schedules and directing an evolving team of developers and designers. Recent clients include: %u2022Zumiez Boardshops
%u2022Microsoft TV
%u2022MSN
%u2022Windows Media for Devices
%u2022Microsoft Home
%u2022Windows Mobile
%u2022Microsoft Digital Media Division
%u2022Cingular
%u2022Digeo
%u2022Microsoft Visual Studio -
Product Design Lead - MSTV
Managed a team of 3 full time employees and maintained several external vendor relationships to provide graphics for shipping products and prototypes for future innovations
