UX / Marketing Designer
Resume:
Ric Lee
**** ** ***** ***. ****: 816-***-**** cell:
Kansas City, MO 64152 **********@*****.***
INTERACTIVE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL
Experienced design professional who can collaborate with leadership and
marketing to solve print, web and multimedia design challenges, develop
innovative user experience and friendly interfaces. Expertise in print,
interactive web, interface and multimedia design using the latest creative
digital tools. Good leadership skills.
Portfolio Samples can be viewed online @
http://www.comp4.net/tristram/portfolio/index.html
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Web Design Print Media Multimedia Design
User Interaction Online Marketing Strategies Video & Photography
Design
Digital Graphics Web and Multimedia R&D Sound Editing
Tools
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
. Currently part of team rebuilding / rebranding the Nazdar and Nazdar
SourceOne websites.
. Worked as part of a team to concept, redesign and produce the new
americancentury.com web site. This was a 2 year project in which I
collaborated with multiple business channels, information design teams,
web IT, management and outside consultants to create a contemporary
user friendly web site which launched in the spring of 2008.
. Was brought in to develop a web video/multimedia proof-of-concept
prototype for upper management at American Century in 2000. This was
successful in showing that we could deliver investment portfolio rep
presentations online and produce our own videos internally saving tens
of thousands of dollars. I received an Innovation award for this
project. This lead us to create an A/V studio which still produces
much internal and external content.
EDUCATION
Columbus College of Art and Design OH
. BFA, major: Illustration and Advertising / minor: photography
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
I worked for Hallmark Cards, Inc 17 years (1983 through 2000) as a graphic
artist. After Hallmark I worked for American Century Investments for 7.75
years (2000 through 2008) as a Senior Interactive Designer in their e-
commerce user experience team. I freelanced from 2008 to 2010. In 2010 I
started working for Nazdar as a web designer and am currently employed
there.
I am currently a Web Designer for Nazdar Inks & Coatings.
Below is a brief chronology, starting with most recent positions.
2010-CURRENT Web Designer Nazdar Inks & Coatings KC, MO
Web Designer
. Manage / maintain 3 websites and 1 intranet site
. Produce eBlast email marketing campaigns for US and European
distribution (deploy with ReachMail)
. Develop marketing materials as part of the marketing team
. Manage Google AdWords and analytics
. Create some 3D renderings in Blender for trade show booth layout and
video
. Use and manage DotNetNuke CMS (content management system)
. In process of redesigning rebranded company website
2007-CURRENT Web Designer Nazdar Inks & Coatings KC, MO
Web Designer
. Graphic design for Vineyard Church creating billboard backdrop banners,
Also, design DVD covers and seasonal mailers.
. Design Christmas greeting cards, annually, for Word of Truth
publishing.
. General web design consulting
2005-2008 American Century Investments KC, MO
Senior Interactive Designer
. Worked as part of a team and with consultants for 2 years on a complete
redesign of the American Century website, including our three business
channel sites (Direct, Intermediary and Institutional). This was known
as our "One Company Online" initiative. Within the 2 years of work I
was involved with brainstorming, planning, look & feel concepting, card
sorting and execution of final page layout designs and graphic content.
. Once the site was operational I continued to be a part of the ongoing
maintenance and upkeep of design content and new landing pages using
the content management tool RedDot.
. Worked with the Corporate Brand department as part of an advisory board
to help develop new brand standard guidelines.
. Continued to work with Direct Marketing on online campaign projects.
. Currently a member of NAPP, the National Association of Photoshop
Professionals.
2004-2005 American Century Investments KC, MO
Interactive Designer
. Moved from the Institutional Business Group (IBG) to the Direct
Marketing eCommerce department in 2004 to give design support to the
Direct channel web site.
. Maintained and update web graphic content (photos, banners, Flash
banners and multimedia), designed new web page layouts and marketing
landing pages.
. Worked with Direct Marketing teams to develop online campaign design
content that would echo their offline direct mail campaigns.
. Responsible to design content for promotional landing pages, banners,
Flash banners, charts and investment calculators.
. Designed Flash based In Retirement calculator that tied into internal
server databases to help clients plan their investments for retirement.
. Was one of several designers on a team that designed the online
components of the Lance Armstrong LIVESTRONG campaign.
. Typically worked with outside vendors, consultants and ad agencies on
many of our major marketing campaigns. A few of these agencies were
Bernstein-Rein and twoWest.
2002-2004 American Century Investments KC, MO
Portfolio Content Specialist (web & multimedia design)
. Shifted from the Portfolio Advisory Group (PAG) to the Institutional
Business Group (IBG) to be lead designer on a redesign of the
Institutional channel web site. The project went for a little over a
year. I worked with a New York consultant firm CorpBrand.
. Once the site was built, I then maintained the design and graphic
content.
. Worked with Institutional Marketing on promotional materials, both on
and off line.
. Produced Flash based multimedia for trade shows and for internal
communications from upper management to the department.
. Used Omniture SiteCatalyst to track site usage data and create
statistical reports for Marketing.
2000-2002 American Century Investments KC, MO
Portfolio Content Specialist (multimedia design)
. Started at American Century Investments in 2000 after one of their
managers learned about me from someone inside Hallmark. Was sought out
for a special pet multimedia project for VP, Jim Stowers III, the owner
of American Century's son.
. This project was dubbed ACTV. It was a multimedia proof-of-concept
prototype to put video commentary from investment portfolio managers on
the web site. It was successful and I was nominated, by Jim Stowers
III, and received a company innovation award.
. This prototype then led to my involvement in the creation of an
Audio/Video studio which would continue to produce A/V content for
internal and external online needs.
. Started and headed up an internal multimedia user group, MMF
(multimedia forum) to foster the inter-departmental idea sharing,
communication and creativity. Occasionally I would bring in guest
speakers from Adobe/Macromedia, and the like, to share cutting edge
information on tools and technology to help us with our work.
1990-2000 Hallmark Cards, Inc. KC, MO
Web Content Artist
. My last few years with Hallmark was with Hallmark.com as a web content
artist, developing and preparing images and layouts for the
Hallmark.com web site. I also concepted ideas for site improvement and
redesign through prototypes using Flash, JavaScript, HTML and DHTML.
Artist III / Digital Design
. Hallmark card digital artist, creating greeting card product. I helped
to pioneer digital art production and work flow issues as member of
digital design pilot team called ADVANTAGE.
. Served the Hallmark creative digital community as resident
guru/expert/power user.
. Developed web sites, web graphics and consult on freelance basis.
. Beta tested Adobe, Metacreations and Macromedia design applications
whenever new versions are introduced to Hallmark. Give beta feedback
to Hallmark and respective software developers.
. Worked with Hallmark.com on animated greeting projects.
. Independently became involved with web design and multimedia (late
80's/early 90's).
. Consultant and Creative Director of "start-up" multimedia company,
Morning Star (1992 while still maintaining career at Hallmark).
. Initiated and conducted a 3-day Corel Painter workshop for Hallmark
artists.
. Independently contracted by Step 1 to create curriculum and teach web
graphic design classes (Freehand to Sprint and Photoshop to Hoechst
Marion Roussel, Inc.).
1985-1990 Hallmark Cards, Inc. KC, MO
Artist III / Early digital pioneer and explorations teams
. Moved to Greeting Card Design in 1985 to design card product.
. Became involved with computers independently and continued to research
their potential (via my home studio 1985-90).
. Worked on freelance basis for local independent filmmaker (Wade
Williams) to produce title multi-plane glass illustrations/effects for
Attack from Mars (formerly Midnight Movie
Massacre), also executed some story boards for effects shots (1984).
This film went straight to DVD. I am listed on IMDb.com for this work.
. Was asked to become involved with a pioneer team to get Hallmark into
digital art creation using PC based TARGA systems and custom software
(1986).
. Was promoted to TARGA computer lab manager and group supervisor (1987).
. Represented Hallmark at many major computer graphic conventions across
country.
. Moved into new digital front end group (Hallmark Blue Moon Studio) to
investigated and transitioned to the Mac platform with Photoshop,
Painter, Illustrator and other apps.
1983-1985 Hallmark Cards, Inc. KC,
MO
Artist I, II
. Hired by Hallmark into Specialty Design to design and illustrate party
product, stickers and sculpt miniatures.
1979-1983 (while in college) Columbus, OH
Center of Science and Industry (COSI)
Refurbished COSI exhibits during Spring/Summer semester. COSI gift
shop retail clerk during Fall/Winter semester
Ric Lee
7609 NW Rhode Ave. home: 816-***-****
Kansas City, MO 64152 **********@*****.***
SKILL ADDENDUM
Member of NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals)
Industries served/supported:
. Web
. Multimedia
. eCommerce (B2B & B2C)
. Marketing and Branding
. Dimentional Gift Products
. Audio/Video
Major areas of expertise:
. Design
. Illustration
. Web Graphics/Site Design
. Interface Design
. 3D Design & Animation
. Flash Application Design
. Flash Animation
. Mutimedia Design
. Wireframe and Information Flow
Primary digital graphic application experience:
. PC and Mac platforms
. Photoshop CC
. Illustrator CC
. Flash CC
. Painter
. Dreamweaver CC
. InDesign CC
. MS Visual Studio
. Blender 3D
. Adobe Audition
. Animation Master
. Adobe Acrobat
Secondary digital graphic application experience:
. InDesign CC
. Fireworks CC
. Adobe LightRoom
. Director 8
. Quark
. 3D Studio Max r3.1
. Bryce
. Poser
. Corel Draw
. Final Cut Pro
. Adobe Premiere Pro
. Omniture SiteCatalyst
. Reddot CMS
. DotNetNuke
Technologies
. HTML
. CSS
. ASP
. Some JavaScript / ActionScript
Portfolio Samples can be viewed online @
http://www.comp4.net/tristram/portfolio/index.html
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