
Creative Director at GamingExcellence
Ottawa, Canada Area

Creative Director at GamingExcellence
Ottawa, Canada Area
Recently graduated from Interactive Multimedia and Design at Carleton University (class of '09).
Fresh from university I backpacked around Europe to see some of the world. I am now on the job hunt, looking to break into a full time position in the video game or multimedia industry. I am looking for a fun, fast-paced, and educated working environment to experience the professional development pipeline.
'IMD' has had me designing, programming, and marketing different multimedia projects to my peers for 4 years. I was most recently positioned at EMS SATCOM as a Marketing/Graphic Design Assistant. I helped market and position EMS SATCOM as the leader in Satellite Communications with imagery and verbiage within booth designs, podcast videos, flash ads, corporate documentation, quarterly newsletters, mini-sites, and an internal marketing database.
I enjoy social media (twitter: @warrendunlop), video games, hockey, guitar, digital music composition, snowboarding, and photography.
I am always on the look out for fresh, new, and exciting professional opportunities.
I am a well rounded digital graphic artist. I have professional experience with the following software.
Design: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Fireworks.
Web: Dreamweaver, Flash, FTP clients.
3D: Maya, MotionBuilder, ZBrush.
Video: Premiere, AfterEffects.
Audio: FL Studio, GarageBand, Cubase.
Office: Microsoft Office Suite.
Professional experience in XHTML, CSS, PHP, XML, AS2, and
JavaScript. Familiar with AS3, SQL, Java, C++, and C#.
(Graphic Design industry)
May 2009 — Present (8 months)
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
June 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
* Handles contest artwork and other promotional materials.
* Assists in web development and various graphic design projects.
* Develops advertising creatives for distribution across our network.
* As well as a capacity for concept development and game journalism.
(Public Company; ELMG; Defense & Space industry)
May 2008 — April 2009 (1 year )
Branding of EMS SATCOM and its product lines through booth designs, marketing collateral, postcards, email blasts, internet advertising, and internal documentation.
Skills:
Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Graphic & Web Designer, (X)HTML, XML
(Design industry)
January 2006 — December 2008 (3 years )
Freelance web design and development.
(Retail industry)
May 2007 — September 2007 (5 months)
StrategyGames.ca store: now with 5000+ products online and updated with descriptions, vital info (ISBN, DIMENSIONS, PC REQ's, etc.), and pictures.
BIT , Interactive Multimedia and Design , 2005 — 2009
BIT , Interactive Multimedia and Design , 2005 — 2009
video game design, graphic design, web 2.0, cross-media expoloration, audio composing
Gaming Excellence, IGDA
Finalist for Illustrator Competition - Studica Skills (submission: stellarreviews comic)