W ILL IAM A. COLLINS, JR.

**** ******* *****, *** *****, California 92117

Cell: 858-***-**** w abhuzw@r.postjobfree.com

S UMMARY I am an accomplished creative designer, software engineer,

and audio and visual director. My career has thus far

a fforded me the opportuni ty to gain extensive experience in

t he multimedia production of high fidelity interactive and

engaging design for Fortune 500 companies including

A merican Honda, PepsiCo, Progressive Insurance, Comcast

Communications, Quaker, Tropicana, Fri to Lay, Hormel

Foods, Tyson Foods, Gatorade, the William Wrigley, jr.

Company, and Sony Electronics, Inc. I have great experience

i n being independently responsible for developing and

delivering portal-based educational material, thematic

s toryboarding, user interface design, and instructional

design. I am highly capable in the maintenance of sensitive

b randing and identi ty material for corporate enterprise as

well as the creation of original assets. In addition, I can

d irect and manage all facets of multimedia production,

i ncluding video and audio casting, directing, capturing,

shooting, editing and eventual delivery-specific

i mplementation of media material. I am comfortable

working closely with executive level clientele and ensuring

t hat their vision is respected and maintained throughout

t he production and life cycle of their products. I am

experienced in developing logo and branding identity, print

p roduction, conceptual art, sculpture and illustration. I am

a lso experienced as a software engineer writ ing object-

oriented code for multimedia and hardware products.

EXPERIENCE P r incipal, Willogical Design

October, 2009 - Present

Description of Duties

• Created Branding and Identity for Ridgeline Electric

and Ixchel BioMed.

• Developed TouchScreen application for Sony

E lectronics, Inc.

• Design and implemented XMPP chat application for

Sony dash™.

• Partially developed and edited other Sony dash™

apps (i.e. Navteq, email, and calendar apps).

• Developed BD-HDD demo for Sony Electronics, Inc.

Creative D i rector and M ultimedia P roducer,

L ea rning Evolution

October, 2004 - October, 2009

Description of Duties

• Directed and designed graphic layout, typography

and visual elements for e-Learning modules.

• Implemented cutting edge animated, engaging and

i nteractive learning modules, including extensive use

of modular, object-oriented code in the form of Action

Script 2 and 3.

• Directed and produced all audio and video segments

for projects.

• Acted as Studio Director, including maintenance and

operation of HD and Standard Definition video and

s till equipment, audio equipment, lighting, and

g reen screens.

• Acted as consultant and liaison with executive level

clientele.

• Casted and directed all talent, including actors, voice

actors, and models.

• Held responsibility for all photography, video and

audio pre- and post- production, including

s toryboarding and encoding in to web deliverable

formats.

• Communicated concepts and ideas in an accessible

manner to stakeholders and team members.

• Supervised and managed ten senior and junior level

designers.

• Collaborated with client in-house design teams and

Subject Mat ter Experts locally, domestically, and

i nternationally.

• Successfully localized educational material into

T urkish, Standard Chinese, Thai, Spanish, and

Portuguese.

• Developed original and repurposed extant

educational material into web, CD, and video

deliverable engaging and interactive media in a wide

r ange of subjects including, but not limi ted to,

p roprietary scientific protocol, proper laboratory

safety measures, electrical safety, speed to

competencies, employee orientations, and continuing

education level classes.

• Ensured products meet Instructional Design

parameters, i.e. targeted towards a specific age

g roup, education level, or other population metric.

For example, the majority of our projects required a

focus assumption of an eighth-grade education level.

• Projected scoping, budgeting, and eventual viability

of products.

Additional Skil ls, Knowledge and Abil ities

• Excellent communication skills.

• H igh degree of problem solving skills.

• Great with PC and Mac, and working with files

between.

• Excellent in aiding Subject Mat ter Experts and

I nstructional Designers in steering t raditional

teaching towards a web deliverable state.

• Expert at Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop,

I l lustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, After Effects,

A udition, Sound Booth, In Design and Acrobat.

• Proficient with non-linear editing systems for video.

• Proficient with audio and video technology including

casting, scouting, directing, lighting, shooting and

recording, editing, and encoding for delivery in both

s tandard and high definitions.

• Quick to learn new technologies, applications, and

workflows, and introducing them to legacy processes

w here appropriate.

• Location Scouting and direction for video and photo

shoots.

Graphic Designer, Calvin Woo & Associates, I nc.

January, 2004 - September, 2004

Description of Duties

• In teracted with executive clientele in order to assure

f idelity of project.

• Created comparative studies for City of San Diego

and contractors.

• Developed copy and prototypes for T he Dome

magazine for SDSU.

• Created and produced printed materials for clients.

• Spearheaded web direction for The Designnovation

I nstitu te.

• Designed branding collateral.

Additional Skil ls, Knowledge and Abil ities

• Print production.

• Professional presentation of materials to clientele in

formal review sessions.

• Location scouting.

M ultimedia Developer, Young Group P roductions

May, 2004 - September, 2004

Description of Duties

• Created engaging web delivered e-Learning for

A merican Honda.

• Implemented boilerplate Flash templates and XML

to deliver in teractive and t rackable questions in said

e-Learning.

• Assured quality control in final delivery to

supervisor.

Additional Skil ls, Knowledge and Abil ities

• Quick thinking to create efficient yet engaging

animations for moving parts of machinery.

• Ability to work remotely and still retain professional

results

• H igh attention to detail.

Software Engineer, Xsilogy

October, 2000 - October, 2001

Description of Duties

• Created software to emulate real-world

environments and data containment uni ts.

• Tested and edited software packages in Visual Basic

and Java.

Additional Skil ls, Knowledge and Abil ities

• Real-world problem solving with proprietary

hardware and software equipment.

• Able to listen effectively and deliver solutions to

supervisor in an efficient manner.

EDUCATION Bachelor Degree Fine Arts: Graphic Design, SDSU

COMPUTER

SKIL LS Operating Systems

• Excellent with Mac OSX and Windows (DOS to 7).

• L imited familiari ty with UN IX/Linux packages (i.e.

U buntu).

Software

• Expert Level with Adobe Creative Suite (up to CS4),

i ncluding PhotoShop, Flash, Dreamweaver,

I l lustrator, Soundbooth, After Effects, and InDesign.

• Working command of Final Cut Pro, Sound Track

P ro, and other third party editing software.

• Very good with video and audio encoding.

Programming

• Action Script 2 and 3.

• XML.

• Java.

• HTML and JavaScript, as well as a limi ted working

k nowledge of other formatting languages (i.e. CSS).

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