Christine Cox Illustrator, Video/Motion Producer and Graphics Designer

Christine Cox

Illustrator, Video/Motion Producer and Graphics Designer

Contact: **-***@*******.*** cell: 206-***-****

https://vimeo.com/75440338 Demo Reel

www.ccoxmedia.com Website

www.linkedin.com/in/christineecox LinkedIn

Summary:

For your consideration, I am an eager and enthused visual designer in

several mediums: video, online and print. My experiences includes

information design, illustration, video production, motion graphics,

animation, UX and Flash interaction, plus live on-site editing of special

events and interviews. Coming from a journalism background, I thrive on

informative, story-telling visuals. For sales, I have gained extensive

experience making reels for potential clients, and corporate conference

presentations.

. I have managed and produced original videos series based on user

engagement that drew high engagement and revenue.

. Created Flash interactives for MSNBC, Encarta and Discovery.com. Can

work in Action Script 3

. Produced from start to publish: designs, layouts and illustrations for

various newspapers, magazines and collateral material.

. Supported Sales departments and Executives with interactive demos and

sizzles reels for workshops and All Hands meetings.

. Created banner ads, advertorial pages and interactive online sale

mechanisms.

. Journalism has been my longtime foundation and I therefore, have

experience with tight deadlines and odd hours.

. Because of my experience, I believe I am able to offer good judgment in

complicated situations.

. Can storyboard and wire-frame mock-ups and layouts.

. Taught graphic design and illustration in several schools and

workshops.

Awards: (a completer list on request)

Telly: for MSN, group award: 'News on Main,'

James Beard: for MSN, designed 'Taste the Place'

Edward R. Murrow: for MSNBC: group award

Society of Newspaper Design: many over several years including Silver and

Bronze.

1990 Pulitzer Prize: group award for coverage of the Exxon Valdez Oil

Spill

Pictures of The Year (Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute): Magazine

Photo Editing

Sigma Delta Chi/Society of Professional Journalists

VIDEOs/Motion Design

Features, Informative (Instructional,) Sizzle Reels

http://www.ccoxmedia.com/#!video/c7hc

Skills:

Camtasia Studio, Adobe After Effects (certified,) Adobe Premiere, Final Cut

Pro (certified,) Cinema 4D, Flash with Action Script 3, Adobe Illustrator

and PhotoShop (have taught Photoshop at the School of Visual Concepts,

Seattle), Informational Graphics Graphic Design Copy Editing, Illustration,

Storytelling, Story-boarding, Content Strategy, Editorial Content

Development, Web Content Blogging

Experience:

Senior Content Publisher / Flash Interactive Designer. Microsoft Corp.,

4/2003 - February 2014

. Created motion graphics and original videos for various audience

demographics.

. Led a team of 12 vendors and freelancers to produce 16 weekly original

videos.

. 'Go-to' person for creating corporate sizzle reels and demos for

executives and sales.

. Delivered concept ideation with storyboards and sketches.

. Created "Executive and All Hands" videos and demo of upcoming features

for MSN.

. Helped to create the Flash Showcase publishing tool.

. Pitched videos for the MSN Homepage.

. Created Flash spots for partners and special features.

. Created in-house video ads to promote partners' content.

Contract Interactive Illustrator, Encarta, 6/2002 - 4/2003 (overlapped with

Discovery.)

. Oversaw illustration and Flash animations for the online

encyclopedia.

Contract Flash Designer, Discovery Networks, 4/2002 - 12/2002

. Supervised Flash animations and interactives, as well as, the design of

editorial and marketing content experiences.

Senior Information Designer: MSNBC, 1/2002.

. Interactive news journalist. Won a bonus for breaking news coverage of

911.

Other employers/clients included: Seattle Times, Seattle Weekly and Walter

Dorwin Teague

Education:

Video Symphony: Motion Graphic Synthesis certification, Burbank, CA

Final Cut and After Effects expert certifications, Motion Graphics graduate

program: 2007 - 2008

Art Center College of Design: Illustration/Concept Design, Pasadena, CA

California State - Northridge: Commercial Art/Production, Northridge, CA

School of Visual Concepts: Illustration/Design, Seattle, WA

Plus...attending ongoing intensive workshops and online tutorials and

lessons to keep current.

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