EXPERIENCE

GamePro Media, IDG  |  Art Director | 11/2010 – 12/2011

  • Designed and provided creative direction for GamePro Monthly magazine, GamePro Quarterly magazine, GamePro.com, as well as a multitude of custom projects with partner companies and clients
  • Worked closely with the ESA to produce award-winning E3 online and print publications (E3 Show Daily, E3 Insider, E3 Expo)
  • Led a team of creatives and provided quality assets for sales, marketing, editorial departments
  • Drank a whole lot of soda, gave out a whole lot of high-fives.

 

PlayFirst Inc  |  Graphic & UI Designer | 09/2008 – 11/2010

  • Conducted website SWOT analysis, eCommerce research for user interface design decisions
  • Collaborated with Marketing to visually brand our award-winning casual game titles
  • Focused on developing online community features and social media
  • Drafted company core values as a member of the Organizational Development Committee

 

1UP Network  |  Production Artist to Sr. Designer | 08/2004 – 07/2008

  • Worked extensively with various teams to develop of new products: 1UP Cover Stories, Gametab Metrics, Gamevideos.com, MyCheats.com, The 1UP Show
  • Always improving and finding new ways to make current features friendlier and more effective
  • Communicated heavily with users; evaluated the effects after new implemented features

 

Curiosoft  |  Producer & Animator  |  05/2001 – 04/2004

  • With no game-making experience, two college peers and I completed Jr. Doctor & Jr. Vet in our free time; both titles were well-received indie PC games for children (ages 3-8).
  • Established style guide and color palette, helped write design documents

 

FREELANCE & CONTRIBUTION

User Interface · Illustration · Web Design · Photography · Wax Poetic

Electronic Gaming Monthly

Official PlayStation Magazine

Umloud!

Corte Madera Larkspur Mothers Club

The Metropolitan

Americurry

PAX (Penny Arcade Expo)

SXSW (South by Southwest Interactive)

Flagship Studios

Geekbox Podcast

G4TV

Bitmob Media

 

EDUCATION

University of California - Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | 2000-2004 | B.A. in Architecture, Honors

Danmarks Designskole | Copenhagen, Denmark | 2003-2004 | Furniture Design

Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | 1999-2000 | Pre-College Industrial Design

Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland | 1994-1998 | CTY - Number Theory, Logic, Applied Mathematics

Taipei American School | Taipei, Taiwan | 1989-2000

 

PROFICIENCIES

Versed in: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Mandarin, Competitive Scrabble

Familiar with: Flash, 3D Studio MAX, Dreamweaver, Premiere, ToonBoom, French

 

References upon request