Senior Web Designer/Art Director/User Experience Deisnger
Resume:
Elios Lino
*********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
Senior Interactive Designer/Art Director with over nine years of in-house and Interactive Agency experience. Seeking a rewarding and challenging position where I can offer skills in design, development, team management, creative thinking, problem solving and leadership.
06/997-PRESENT
ELIOS LINO | SCOTTSDALE, AZ | FREELANCE ART DIRECTOR/SENIOR DESIGNER
Creative art direction of design in all mediums including but not limited to: online media, graphic design, print, CD design, photography, e-learning, user interface design for software and rich internet applications. Working closely with clients on a day to day basis to keep the project under deadline and within the budget. I consider freelancing my favorite past time, here is where I can truly expand my creative mind.
03/2006-11/2008
iCROSSING\PROXICOM | SCOTTSDALE, AZ | SENIOR DESIGNER/ART DIRECTOR
Responsible for overseeing creative development of interactive interfaces from inception to completion, in collaboration with the creative team and offsite developers in order to understand the objectives, target, messages, and desired user experience outcome. Create visual designs that address business, brand, market, and user requirements, including the design and production of screen layouts, color palettes, typography and user interface elements. Creating design competitions on our own time within the design team in order to inspire and encourage designers in staying creative and competitive.
01/2005-03/2006
ZAG.COM | SANTA MONICA, CA | LEAD DESIGNER | CONTRACT
Creative art direction in the process of screen designs, with the intention of exploring other creative design possibilities. Conduct and manage projects, attending daily meetings and managing designers within the creative team. Creative thinking in creating design solutions, brainstorming process and working closely with the usability testing engineer in turning design problems into solutions. Inspire, coach and mentor the design team in order to achieve the utmost creativity. Working with car manufacturers, business analysts and outside vendors in order to facilitate the development of marketing messages and ensure they are appropriately reflected within the communications.
05/2003-01/2005
ITRESOURCES| BUENA PARK, CA | WEB DESIGNER | CONTRACT
Develop design strategies from concept to completion. Supervising designers to meet design style guide through out the process of the projects. Arranging day-to-day meetings in order to achieve maximum communication within the team and to benefit the many simultaneous projects at hand. Assure that the project meets the budget and scheduled deadlines.
11/2002-05/2003
ADD MARKETING | LOS ANGELES, CA | FLASH DESIGNER | CONTRACT
My role was producing interactive, usable and dynamic Flash interfaces through a unique combination of graphic design sensibilities and ActionScript programming. Hence, my work often required supervising work done by programmers, to ensure correct translation of design and usability concepts.
02/2002-11/2002
NEXTLEFT | SANTA MONICA, CA | DESIGNER | CONTRACT
I took charge and participated in all stages of web site design cycle: from concepts, functional prototypes, creative visioning and storyboarding to information architecture, template design, coding, to final assembly through image and Flash production.
05/2001-10/2001
HUERTA DESIGN/RARE MEDIUM | BURBANK, CA | DESIGN TECHNOLOGIST | CONTRACT
Concentrated mostly on Macromedia Flash in the development of interactive online solutions from their conceptualization stage to completion. I was heavily involved in the creative development and the design process by working hand-in-hand with designers and developers.
12/2000-05/2001
GR8RIDE.COM | ANAHEIM, CA | DESIGNER II | CONTRACT
Concepted, designed and implemented interactive design solutions while working closely with the creative director, project
manager and front end developers.
01/1998-12/2000
SYMMETRY COMPUTING | IRVINE, CA | USER INTERFACE DESIGNER
Working independently and as a team with software developers and programmers to design and develop web based applications and e-commerce solutions, such as shopping carts, B2B applications, extranets and intranets.
EDUCATION
Maya | 2006 - 2006 | Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
Joshua Davis Get Creative Workshop | 2005 - 2005 | Flash in The Can, Hollywood, CA
3dsmax | 2003 - 2003 | Dhima, Santa Monica, CA
Maya | 2001 - 2001 | Gnomon, Hollywood, CA
Certificate in New Media Design | 1998 - 2000 | Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA
B.F.A. in Graphic Design | 1993 - 1998 | Universidad Iberoamericana-Noroeste, Tijuana, B.C.
LANGUAGES
Speak, read and write Spanish.
SKILLS
Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, InDesign, Swift 3D, Swish, SWFX, ActionScript, JavaScript, XHTML, DHTML, XML, CSS, 508 Compliance, SEO, Premiere, Final Cut Pro, 3dsmax, Maya, QuarkXPress, Soundforge, Traktor, Reason, Rebirth, Cubase, Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowePoint, Entourage, Outlook.
CLIENTS
Toyota, Sony, Disney, Chevron, GE Financial Services, Harley-Davidson, Volvo, Nestle, Marlboro, CapitalOne, Jamba Juice, Mazda, Warner Music Group, Nike, Mitsubishi Motors, KIA Motors, Infiniti, Nissan, Kyocera, Lexus, Isuzu, Yamaha, DoubleTree, Volkswagen, Epson, Asics, Hyundai, Land Rover.
PORTFOLIO
www.elioslino.com
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