George OKane

Email: abpxw4@r.postjobfree.com

Address: ** ******* ****

City: Easton

State: MA

Zip: 02376

Country: USA

Phone: 508-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $80,000

Willing to Relocate

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George O'Kane 28 Hilltop Lane Easton, MA 02375 508-***-**** (H) 508-***-**** (C) abpxw4@r.postjobfree.com http://www.greenlimedesign.com

Interactive Art Director

Creative leader with a wealth of proven experience in developing, managing, and executing, innovative design programs, strengthening

brand identity, connecting with new businesses, increasing market exposure, and establishing market and industry leadership

Core qualifications include:

Strategic Campaign Development

International Event Design

Global Vendor Management

Corporate ID/Brand Management

Multimedia & Web Creation

Cross Functional Design Team

Management and Mentoring

New Product Market Launches Dynamic Product Demo/Video

Conception, Direction & Production

3D Modeling and Animation

Complete Print Knowledge

Summary of Achievements

Diverse Industry Expertise: Enabled strategic brand management for brands such as Microsoft, Ecogas, Reebok & General

Dynamics. Directed new image design for international companies, and category leaders. Designed market launches for consumer products, enterprise-level software and international energy resource distributors; Drove events branding for established and start-up industries

Corporate and Marketing Expertise: Developed and managed national and global marketing campaigns; Directed & designed

online and traditional marcom materials

Global Experience: New Product design and marketing campaigns throughout North & South America, Asia, Europe and Australia,

Design team and vendor management in multiple countries

Skills

Computer Applications: Adobe, Indesign, PhotoShop, After Effects, Illustrator, Premier, Final Cut Pro, Acrobat Pro, Director,

Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, QuickTime, Sorenson Squeeze, Corel Draw, 3D Studio Max, PowerPoint, MS Word, Excel, and more

COMPUTER CODE: HTML, CSS, Lingo, JavaScript, Actionscript, XML

LANGUAGE FLUENCY: Spanish

Professional Experience

Green Lime Design, - Easton, M 2009 - present

Interactive Art Director

Head creative and design functions. Foster and maintain alliances with clients, including Knovel, Sicortex, JumpTap, Liberty Mutual,

Advertising Week, Captivate, Microsoft, ATG, DataXu, Serrano Imports and All Local..

* Conceived website redesign and direction as well as user interface creation and direction, developed magazine ads. Created Demo

videos for Knovel and Captivate, and managed packaging, multimedia design, and icon/logo design. Collaborated with other design

firms to develop top-quality products and ensure customer satisfaction

* Conceptualized, directed, and designed exciting user interface designs for online applications for JumpTap, and All Local;

received accolades from company Board of Directors

* Directed and built numerous websites, Flash animations and applications for JumpTap, Knovel, Ad Week, ATG and Captivate

* Designed three100-page catalogs for Microsoft.

FAST, a Microsoft Subsidiary - Needham, MA 2006 - 2009

Art/Creative Director

Senior manager of company`s marketing design team; global responsibility for all branding

* Managed the look and feel of all web-based email campaigns

* Directed the design and event planning teams in evolving, controlling and the production of branding elements for the

FASTforward global search conventions and summits - the search industry`s leading annual event

* Leadership role in integrating FAST`s well known image with Microsoft`s global look in time for the acquisition of FAST

* Served as the innovating force behind the development of the industry icon branding library that is taking hold throughout

Enterprise Search and used as a basis for the new look of FAST

* Collaborated in the design/rebranding of the new dynamic and intuitive FAST web site

* Spearheaded new, interactive product demo & video series, through innovative design, direction and production

* Assembled and directed the design team in all aspects of brand usage and marketing materials development throughout

all important media

* Redesigned the -FAST University- brand through logo, icons, catalogues and CBT online training module (UI and animation)

TBI-1 Design (Creative Intelligence) - Easton, MA 2000 - 2006

Creative Art Director

Responsible for the graphic design, direction, animations, development and timely completion of multimedia marketing CD`s and

the successful creation and implementation of websites for client companies

* Instrumental in the collaboration of expanding client base ranging from companies such as H.C.Starck (subsidiary of Bayer) to

Wildcat Mountain and Great Glen (vacation ski resorts)

* Managed work flow, contractors and vendors

* Continually managed and directed winning design in the following categories: logo(CorpID), web design, web animation,

multimedia, textile, packaging, and all aspects of print and advertisement

* Responsible for the brand development for numerous new products and the control of their brand direction

* Collaborated with legal on issues of copyright & trademark around corporate identity & branding

* Designed and directed the creation of websites and the development of web animation for client accounts

T`S ME Industries, El Rodadero, Santa Marta, Colombia 1990 - 2000

Partner & Creative Art Director

Senior Director of company`s design team; responsibility for all company and client brand direction and product design

* Instrumental in expanding client base ranging from international music stars, casual sportswear lines, and five star resorts

* Managed design staff & vendors relationships

* Directed winning design in the following categories: logo(CorpID), multimedia, apparel, Packaging, P.O.P., print and advertising

* Responsible for the brand development, as well as fashion graphic direction and design for numerous sportswear lines and the

control of their brand direction through market launches via POP, Catalogues, etc.

* Directed the total redesign of the ECOGAS brand (an International South American Natural Gas network)

* Direction and design of the band identity and logo for Carlos Vives y la Provincia (An International Latin music star)

Reebok International, Stoughton, MA 1987 - 1990

Director of Graphic Design

Responsible for the graphic design and brand direction of Reebok apparel, footwear, P.O.P. and collateral. Instrumental in

establishing the look and feel of new products such as the very popular PUMP line.

* Hired design staff and managed the department work load, directed contractors and vendors

* Continually managed, directed and designed winning design in the following categories: Corp. Brand, apparel, Packaging,

P.O.P. and all aspects of print and advertisement

* Initiated the brand development, as well as fashion graphic direction and design, for most Reebok sportswear lines Controlled

brand direction for apparel lines through targeted go-to-market strategies such as POP, Catalogues, etc. Apparel lines included:

basketball, aerobics, and volleyball, casual, as well as special lines for contract athletes

* Coordinated with fashion designers, shoe designers, legal as well as product and corporate marketing teams Globally researched

market trends to establish graphics and style direction for product development

Education

Mass College of Art Boston MA,

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* Collaborated with legal on issues of copyright & trademark around corporate identity & branding

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