Design Manager

Michael Dolce - Interactive, User Experience, Visual Communications

Email: mailto:*******@***************.***

Phone: 941-***-****

Personal Website: http://www.wildolivebranch.com

Profile

As a hands-on Creative Director I am experienced in all phases of visual

design for print, web and interactive media. I have produced work for a

variety of industries and markets, including sports, resorts, spa and

fitness, advertising agencies, gaming, holistic products, green/energy

saving companies, luxury real estate, western retail outfitters, travel,

international project development, global aerospace and defense, worldwide

electronics manufacturing, and international security.

I have led the creation and deployment of new corporate identity campaigns

for start-up companies and Fortune 500 corporations, which included the

design and implementation of all supporting standards and guidelines. I

also have extensive experience establishing the visual languages for

company brands, extending into advertising, trade shows, internal and

external communications and interactive experiences. I've worked regularly

with executive leadership, and have experience successfully presenting

creative vision to clients. My broad, hands-on skill set has proven highly

valuable in the leadership and mentoring of multi-disciplinary teams.

Qualifications

. Experienced in both the creative and the business aspects of visual

communication

. Strategically and tactically focused

. Breadth of experience in web, print, interactive and social media

for integrated creative campaigns

. Rapid assimilation of new environments, challenges, technologies

and company cultures

. Mentoring and management of in-house and virtual creative teams

. Department budgeting and cost analysis/planning

. A variety of experience working with companies from start-ups to

international corporations

Technical Skills:

. Windows XP Professional and Mac OSX Leopard

. Adobe Flash Professional CS5 - Design and Heavy Actionscript 2.0

. Adobe Dreamweaver CS5

. iPhone User Experience Design and Web Application Development

. HTML5/CSS/AJAX/JQUERY

. Adobe After Effects CS3

. Adobe Premiere CS3

. Adobe Photoshop CS5

. Adobe Illustrator CS5

. Adobe InDesign CS5

. Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional

. Adobe Fireworks CS5

. Sorenson Squeeze 4.0

. Microsoft Office

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. XML/XHTML/CSS

. PHP/MySQL

. ASP.NET

. ColdFusion

Career

Chief Creative Officer, Company Name Confidential

Mid-Atlantic Region, USA

January 2008 - Present

Responsibilities

. Oversee all creative for new media interactive agency with clients

averaging $500 Million - $5 Billion in assets

. Develop new products and services to offer existing client base and

new markets

. Strategize, design and develop highly interactive Flash-based

experiences based on the extensive use of video as a highly

effective education-based marketing tool

. Hands-on build-out of integrated soft-sell marketing and sales

communications

. Creative direction, design and development of online social

communities for financial institutions

. Conceptualization and implementation of new business products and

solutions

. Management of virtual teams

. Involved in sales efforts of company to vertical markets and new

markets

Manager of Global Visual Communications, Jabil Circuit Inc.

St. Petersburg, Florida USA

2005 - 2007

Responsibilities

. Oversee all print, web and interactive creative for Fortune 500

corporation with over 100,000 employees in 21 countries

. Strategize and execute campaigns for internal and external

audiences worldwide

. Creative direction design and development of all externally-facing

websites for the corporation, as well as global corporate intranet

. Strategize and recommend new communications tools for executive

leadership, such as corporate blogging and immersive communications

experiences

. Strategic brainstorming with corporate officers for the company

Annual Report

. Regular interface with executive leadership and corporate officers.

Achievements

. Personally developed and directed the modernization of the 40-year-

old Jabil brand for worldwide adoption, including the new corporate

identity and the standards and guidelines to implement the identity

in all media

. Creative direction, design and development of the corporate website

and corporate intranet

. Creative direction, design and development of the corporate careers

microsite, released in four languages

. Creative direction, design and oversight of global implementation

of a new visual styling utilized in all marketing communications

efforts

. Creative direction and management of execution for world

headquarters lobby experience

. Creative direction, design and development of worldwide image

library/asset management system to centralize all media

. Directed full scope of video editing and digital conversion for

distribution via corporate websites

. Manage and direct internal staff

Manager of Communications Services, Goodrich Corporation

Charlotte, North Carolina USA

2001 - 2005

Responsibilities

. Gatekeeper for all corporate-level visual communications

. Strategize e-communications with Information Technology

. Ongoing development of new methods for extending corporate

messaging through visual identity and language

. Access and interface with executive leadership up to CEO

. Member of the Global Marketing Communications Council

Achievements

. Developed an internal creative services department to leverage

skill sets as a cost-saving initiative for corporate headquarters

and global business units comprising print, web and interactive

media

. Developed prototype web applications to facilitate enterprise image

library, departmental project management, and XML-base data sharing

between cross-media communications

. Developed and implemented an internal webcasting solution for the

enterprise

. Lead position on execution of an enterprise-wide corporate identity

change

. Development of corporate identity standards/signage/nomenclature

guidelines in print and web form

. Creative direction of new internet and intranet sites

Creative Director, Moneyzone.com/ImageThinkers

Charlotte, North Carolina USA

1999 - 2000

Responsibilities

. Conceptualize, develop and execute all print, web and interactive

creative for financial dot-com startup

. Establish visual brand presence and personality in alignment with C-

level goals and objectives

Achievements

. Creative direction, development of graphical user interface for

international financial website comprising over 3,000 pages and

almost 10,000 images

. Creative direction of print and digital media campaigns to promote

website

. Co-brand maintenance and development, sales presentation materials

. Creation, positioning and launch of a subsidiary interactive

agency, ImageThinkers, specializing in Flash interactive and

website design

Senior Art Director, Heitman Advertising & Design

Westminster, Colorado USA

1998 - 1999

Responsibilities

. Overseeing all creative produced by agency

. Extensive client contact involving presentations, strategic

planning, annual marketing direction and budget

. Corporate identity, brand development, marketing collateral, direct

mail, print advertising, business-to-business and business-to-

consumer

. Responsible for all web design and implementation, from concept

through development, deployment and client training

. Directly responsible for shift in agency's move into web design

. Shift in workflow went from 95% print/5% web to 50% print/50% web

by end of tenure

Art Director-Designer, The Creative Alliance

Lafayette, Colorado USA

1995 - 1998

Responsibilities

. Strategic planning and overall project management for a variety of

clients

. Extensive client contact for concept presentations and account

stewardship

. Art direction, graphic design and illustration for print

advertising, promotion, catalogs, identity packaging and corporate

brochures

. Research, development and implementation of web design as new

service for clients

. Art direction of photo shoots and management of freelance talent

Art Director, Eagle Direct

Denver Colorado USA

1989 - 1995

Responsibilities

. Art direction, graphic design and illustration for print

advertising, promotion, direct mail campaigns, annual reports and

corporate brochures

. Hardware and software maintenance of Macintosh network, training of

other personnel in current programs, advisement of account

executives and core clients on capabilities of Macintosh design &

production

. Coordination with other departments, such as pre-press, on most

efficient and effective methods of tying together digital and

traditional design and production methods

Education

Art Student's League at New York and Denver

1984 - 1990

Nassau Community College

1980 - 1982

Major: Illustration

W.C. Mepham H.S.

1977 - 1980

1980 Presidential Scholar

Personal Interests

. Painting

. Sculpture

. Creative Writing

. Japanese, Chinese Martial Arts

. Ancient Greek Language

. Mandarin

. Japanese and Chinese Calligraphy

References

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