Résumé

Education

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA

B.A., Business Administration — Concentrations in Marketing and Advertising
(1993-1997)

OXFORD UNIVERSITY, Oxfordshire, England

Graduate curriculum in Creative Advertising and Management
(1996)

Professional Experience

Founding CEO and Designer

Newsvine.com (acquired by msnbc.com), Seattle, WA

8/05 to present

  • Founded online participatory news media company, featured in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Time Magazine, BusinessWeek, TechCrunch, and many other publications. Acquired 10/5/2007 by msnbc.com.
  • Provide user experience and design vision for company.
  • Manage staff of employees and oversee all company operations.

Art Director & Manager of Media Product Development

ESPN.com / Walt Disney Internet Group, Seattle, WA

2/01 to 6/05

  • Provided design and art direction for web properties, broadband applications, streaming media, and other high profile online initiatives within Disney and ESPN.
  • Managed multimedia, broadband, and other special applications within Disney sites such as ESPN.com, ABC.com, and Movies.com.
  • Authored CSS/XHTML coding and design standards for site redesigns.
  • Represented Disney and ESPN at design/technology conferences.
  • Designed, developed, and deployed Flash applications, event packages, live gamecasts, fantasy sports games, and other content on ESPN.
  • Taught Flash, XHTML, and CSS to ESPN, ABC News, and other network-affiliated employees.

Creative Director

Seasonticket.com, Seattle, WA

3/00 to 11/00

  • Provided creative strategy and art direction to a team of web designers and developers.
  • Designed and developed company’s identity elements and propagated them across all media.
  • Represented company at multimedia conferences and evangelized technology to potential partners.

Creative Director

Digital Sherpas, Seattle, WA

2/99 to 3/00

  • Provided creative strategy, art direction, and copywriting for a team of web designers and developers.
  • Start-to-finish concepting, design, and production of high-profile, award-winning web sites.
  • Sites designed include: New York Rangers, Seattle Mariners, Minnesota Wild, K2 Skis, K2 Snowboards, K2 Bikes, K2 Skates, State of Alaska, Bellevue Square, and The Space Needle.

Art Director

AAG/Costacos Sports, Inc., Seattle, WA

9/97 to 2/99

  • Designed and wrote copy for world’s top selling NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB posters.
  • Authored and created marketing materials and business-to-business presentations.
  • Designed, administered, and oversaw all aspects of corporate web site.

Software

  • Languages: XHTML, HTML5, ActionScript, JavaScript, CSS, PHP, English
  • Platforms: Macintosh, Windows
  • Adobe: Photoshop CS (expert), Illustrator CS (expert), Flash CS (expert)
  • Microsoft: Word (expert), Excel (advanced), PowerPoint (advanced)
  • Miscellaneous: TextMate, WordPress, Movable Type, Eclipse, Coda

Awards and Recognition

  • Webby Award — five time winner (best sports site, people’s choice best sports site)
  • Macromedia Site of the Day — for K2 Skis, K2 Snowboards, K2 Skates, and K2 Bikes
  • Envision Award — three time winner (best overall site, best streaming video site, and best sports site on the net)
  • Seattle Show Award — six-time winner (two golds, two silvers, two merits, and a Best of Show runner-up)
  • Seattle Online Network Award — Best Site to Kill Time On (Seasonticket.com)
  • CoolHomePages.com — Multiple works on display
  • Featured on the cover of the 2000 Macromedia Annual Report
  • Featured in Print Magazine
  • Member Emeritus of Seattle Show Board of Directors
  • Designed Safeco Field inaugural ticket and all commemorative tickets for the Mariners on a recurring basis
  • Designed world’s first virtual observation decks in Flash

Speaking Engagements

  • Online News Association (ONA) Conference Speaker
  • An Event Apart (AEA) Seattle Speaker
  • Webstock Speaker
  • Interactive Media Conference Speaker
  • Syndicate Conference Speaker
  • SXSW Conference Speaker
  • WebVisions Conference Speaker
  • DV/Web Video Expo expert panelist
  • Flash Forward expert panelist
  • Instructor of Advanced Web Design and Advanced Flash classes at the School of Visual Concepts
  • Creative Assets and ArtSource seminars
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