Design Graphic Designer

GIOVANNI MONTOYA.

www.giomontoya.com/portfolio.html

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

KODAK, Rochester, NY (Feb 2010 - May 2010)

Interactive Designer

. Work with Human Factors and Industrial Design Dept to design and develop

interactive devices.

. Use tools such as Illustrator, Photoshop Flash and After Effects to

create wireframes and interactive presentations.

. Collaborate with Industrial Design team for concept and execution of

capture devices.

. Translate brainstorming sessions and sketches into comps and wire-frames

for interactive team to incorporate into interactive prototypes for

usability testing.

MERGEDMEDIA, Bad Hersfeld, Germany/Bonita Spring, FL (Nov 2008 - Apr 2009)

Interactive and Graphic Designer

. Videotaped short videos for interactive presentations.

. Designed and executed layout for interactive presentations.

. Worked in interdisciplinary group of designers from different

nationalities to create interactive products for kiosks.

. Worked extensively with Maya, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, Exporter and

Capture me for product demos.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL, Washington D.C. (Sept. 2007 - Dec. 2007)

Graphic Designer

. Design ground up DVD's and CD's layouts for NATGEO TV shows such as

Dangerous Encounters.

. Collected of images from NATGEO website in order to find better appeal

for NATGEO website banners.

. Ideated and designed Flash banners for NATGEO online store.

. Participated in brainstorming sessions with Motion graphic designers team

and marketing dept.

RONDON PRINTING, Miami, FL. (August 2005 to Dec. 2006)

Graphic Designer

. Responsible for design of collateral products like catalogues, brochures

and flyers for different companies in Miami area.

. Director of graphic design department. Managed accounts for hotels and

entertainment business.

CHARESSE CHESTER AND ASSOCIATES, Miami. FL (2004 - 2005)

Creative Director

. Managed/designed for different advertising campaigns for Orange Bowl

2005, celebrated in Miami, Federal Credit Union of Florida (Advertising

Campaign for the whole area of North Miami and vicinities).

. Designed concept and elaboration for the Charesse Chester collateral

products, such as logos, advertising campaign, brochure and website.

BERAJA MEDICAL INSTITUTE, Miami. FL (Jan to Aug. 2004)

Graphic Designer

. Designed cosmetic packages, including Collaterals, Web and Package

Design.

. Responsible for whole design concepts of package design, selection and

collection of images for final products and web design.

TECHLINK GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, Miami. FL (2001 - 2004)

Graphic Designer

. Designed from concept to final package design for clients including Dole,

X-Concepts, Roadmaster, Mariani, and Castrol.

. Used tools including Maya and Flash for visualization and short animation

of final products.

. Developed of web design for companies mentioned above.

DISPLAYCO LTD., Bogot , Colombia (Jun 1999 - Oct 1999)

Industrial and Graphic Designer

. Assistant designer to Creative manager.

. Worked within team of graphic and industrial designers for execution and

finalization of various projects.

APPLE COMPUTERS INC., Aventura, FL (Apr 2005 - Dec 2005)

Mac Specialist

. Recommended computer solutions for customers and small companies for

Miami Dade and Latin America.

. Provided professional training for first time MAC users.

. With ability to speaking three languages, helped non-English speakers

EDUCATION

Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA

Master in Arts (M.A.) Interactive Design and Game Development. 2010

Miami Dade College. Miami, FL

Web Design. 2000

Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, Bogota, Colombia

Bachelor in Industrial and Graphic Design. 1999

Istituto Europeo di Design, Milano, Italy

2D Applications and Design Theory Courses. 1994

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Photoshop, Rhinoceros, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Quark Xpress, Flash,

Fireworks, InDesign, AutoCAD, Maya, iWeb, iDVD, iPhoto

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Fluent in reading, writing, speaking Spanish and Italian.

PUBLICATIONS

PROYECTO DISE O Magazine. Bogota, Colombia. Design entry published 26th of

July 2002.

WWW.CWD9.COM. Issue published (Sept. 2001)

MOTOR MAGAZINE. (EL TIEMPO Newspaper. Bogota, Colombia). Design entry was

published on issue of May 2001.

HONORS

"Honorable Mention" received from Motor Trend Automotive Design Contest

2001. Design entry displayed in the California International Auto show

celebrated in Anaheim. (California International Auto show 2000)

"Honorable Mention" received from Motor Trend Automotive Design Contest

2000. Design entry displayed in the California International Auto show

celebrated in Anaheim. (California International Auto show 2001)

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