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May 2005 - Present Currently providing freelance services to a variety of clients on a contract basis. August 2004 - April 2005 This 6 month contract via Aquent UK has seen me work on a range of internal client projects including extensive interface design and flash animation and actionscripting. It was necessary to adhere to strict brand guidelines in terms of colour palette, visual style and balance, typography, and image usage. I provided these services through my company Idle Design Limited, which is now represented by this website. June - August 2004 Working on a range of campaigns including the Royal Lifeboats Service, Eurostar, Save The Children (Proximity) and Opel Europe (Modem Media). February 2003- May 2004 In February 2003 I left Dark Blue Sea to pursue my own business providing quality web design and interactive media services directly to private clients. During this period I established a number of successful business relationships based on innovative design and development services backed up open communication and responsiveness to customer needs. Key projects included:
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| Dark Blue Sea Pty. Ltd. is a dynamic Brisbane-based internet development company focused on delivering a range of unique online services to the global online marketplace. When I joined the company, then known as Toast.com, my position involved a variety of web and interactive media design projects, plus responsibility for team leadership and creative direction. This role soon evolved into that of Project Manager and by the time the company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in late 2002, I had successfully managed the design, development, testing, launch and commercial operation of several online products. Main responsibilities:
Key projects:
During the past couple of years I have also engaged in freelance web development and photography in parallel to my full-time employment. My clients include:
McDonnell-Phillips (www.mcdp.com.au) provide market research, strategic planning, organisational review and interactive media services to large corporations and government departments. As multimedia consultant with MDP, my responsibilities were to manage all interactive media and web development projects. My primary responsibilities were to:
Key projects included:
An integral part of the Bachelor of Multimedia degree is a 4-week industry placement to introduce students to the commercial world of multimedia. My duties at ICE MEDIA included:
I declined a job offer at the conclusion of the placement in order to continue working for McDonnell-Phillips in a more senior role.
In the final year of my Multimedia Degree, I was elected project manager/lead designer for a team of 6 students (Ubermedia) developing an intranet-based interactive induction programme for one of Australia’s largest law firms. Blake Dawson Waldron has over 1400 employees and required a cost-effective means of quickly training new staff in standard office procedures. Our DHTML/Shockwave based interactive induction programme was designed for delivery via the national intranet. As project manager/lead designer I was responsible for overall control of the project, creative direction, resource management and allocation, client liaison, documentation, team co-ordination, meeting deadlines and QA. The final product, including the innovative "corporate espionage" metaphor was demonstrated live and real-time on stage at the QCA before an audience of several hundred.
Victor Zalakos, former director of Firmware (multimedia software distributors) and the most recognised Macromedia Director expert in Australia, conducted this training session at Griffith University. I was invited to provide assistance in training the 20 participants in a variety of advanced skills including score animation, complex lingo coding and Shockwave.
In this freelance role, I provided illustration, graphic design, digital imaging and print-co-ordination services to Briggs Peterson and Buhr Architects for a number of successful project tender submissions. Strict deadlines and design standards had to be met in each case, and I was also asked to develop a new corporate identity for BPB including print materials, promotional brochure and flyers for marketing purposes. My first commercial website was hand-coded and progressed from initial prototype to finished product in less than 3 weeks. Extensive custom media creation included digital compositions, icons, headers, interface, a rendered 3D logo animation, interactive glossary and provision for future integration of QuickTime VR walkthroughs.
Briggs Peterson Buhr Architects required commercial-quality photographs of their latest projects for marketing purposes. I was commissioned to travel to a variety of local and regional sites and take appropriate external and internal shots for integration into print materials.
This Griffith University promotional CD-ROM was developed in a short timeframe (3 weeks) for use at the Brisbane Tertiary Studies Exposition. The aim was to produce a visually captivating and dynamic interactive application that would create interest amongst potential future students of the degree. The introduction consisted of a two minute, fast-paced MTV-style
video which I produced over 3 days in Director 5 synchronized to
an electronic soundtrack. This is followed by a series of high-tech
information sections about the course, including examples of student
work.
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