Christopher B. Wilson 120 High Street Terryville, CT 06786 phone: 860/584-9027 e-mail: chris@aithene.net portfolio: http://www.aithene.net/ ------------ ÒHis Director work is top-notch, and we all know how good his animation is. No one in our group saw your full talents; you constantly impress me. I hope you find a career worthy of your work ethic and ability.Ó - Brett Stewart, ChrisÕ former Art Director at Microcast.net ------------ Need some Creative? Look at CHRISTOPHER WILSON! New Media artist marries traditional art/animation skills with next-generation digital media software. 6+ years of experience in a variety of interactive venues using a multitude of design styles tailored to the needs of the individual client: Children's interactive edutainment games Corporate and small business website/intranet design Sales and promotional CD-Rom presentations Business Deliverables Ð PowerPoint and Word Templates, letterhead, business card, logos History of adding value to any design team through talent, communication, and teamwork Proven ability to lead a team of designers to create a unified look and feel throughout all phases of any given project Chris is currently searching for challenging work with a company that takes its media seriously. No hacks please. Always looking for opportunities that will allow him to further enhance his design skills and continue to develop new skill-sets. SKILLSETS: Computer Media: Photoshop - Freehand - Illustrator - Flash MX (Design & ActionScript) - Director - Premiere - After Effects - Sound Edit - PowerPoint Character Animation: Traditional Animation Web Page Design: Dreamweaver - Go Live - Image Ready - HTML - CSS Company Deliverables: Logos - Letterhead - Business Cards - Word Templates - PowerPoint Templates Color Rendering: Paints - Airbrush - Markers Draftsmanship: Storyboarding - Character and Prop design EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE: Microcast, Inc - Danbury, CT Ð March to December 2000 Set the design standards for the fully functional mini-websites used by the player of the worldÕs largest streaming media company (before it closed). Funnybone Interactive - Canton, CT - September 1997 to March 2000 Character Animation, Design, Backgrounds, and Interface Development for Children's Educational Software FREELANCE EXPERIENCE: For a comprehensive list of clients, see the portfolio section of http://www.aithene.net ESPN / ABC TV Ð Bristol, CT - http://www.espn.com ESPN/ABC TV likes to use high-end PowerPoint (is that an oxymoron?) presentations to help their sales teams sell their services and products. I have been called on several times to help create original, graphics rich presentations when their in-house graphics team is swamped. Activant Solutions - Livermore, CA - http://www.activant.com Formerly CCI Triad, Activant solutions hired a colleague and myself originally to proof-of-concept an internet based version of their highly successful auto-part cataloguing software, LaserCat. After we proved that it could be done, they moved much of the project in-house, but retained my services for application interface design. Elite Energy Solutions Ð Greenwich, CT Ð http://www.eliteenergysystems.com EESÕ print designer laid out their website for them, but didnÕt have the technical know-how to create the actual site. I took their original Photoshop files and created the website, and also crafted a Flash intro for them. MindSymphony.com Ð New Britain, CT Ð http://www.mindsymphony.com MindSymphony needed a website built from Dreamweaver templates that they could easily keep updated using Dreamweaver and Contribute. The site is constantly growing, and includes a Flash piece on the Home Page that streams MP3 music. FM 97.3 WZBG Ð Litchfield, CT Ð http://www.wzbg.com Probably my hardest design challenge to date, WZBG asked me to design a site based on an art style that felt like I was pulling my own teeth out with a pair of pliers in order to hit. In the end, they loved it. The site used various Flash pieces, as well as Dreamweaver templates so that they can maintain it using Contribute. StampTech Inc., - Southington, CT Ð http://www.stamp-tech.com StampTech needed an overhaul of their website, both cosmetically, and functionally. I hired an ASP programmer to assist me, and we recreated their entire website. They can now manage their inventory from a forms based admin application, and their inventory is served to visiting clients. The site is also built in Dreamweaver templates so that they can keep the site updated using Contribute. Effective Technology Solutions - Terryville, CT - http://www.e-tech-solutions.net PerformanceTracker.net - Terryville, CT - http://www.performancetracker.net I was originally hired by Effective Technology Solutions to work on Corporate ID pieces; logo, business cards, etc., but they liked my work so much that they hired me to come back and build their all Flash website. Later they approached me to build the brochure website for their flagship application, Performance Tracker. Remote DBA Plus Ð Avon, CT Ð http://www.remotedbaplus.com This site is an HTML/Flash hybrid I worked on as the Freelance Art Director at Frozenmedia. I created the overall page design and all of the graphics. I handed some of them off to my Flash technician and developed others myself. Riverview Thai Restaurant Ð Spokane, WA Ð http://www.riverviewthai.com Working to increase the presence of the #1 Thai food restaurant in the Spokane area, I have created their web site, and art for their marquis sign, billboard, advertisements, menu, letterhead, magazine advertisements and business cards. Coprindm Corporation Ð Hanson, MA - http://www.coprindm.com Based on work that I had done in conjunction with ISO and Enfish, I was hired to create CoprindmÕs corporate ID pieces, PowerPoint templates and illustrations, and various Website elements. Since then, I have also been hired to create prototypes of their application in Flash MX. Cheshire Technology Ð New York, NY Ð http://www.cheshiretechnology.com This site is HTML and Cascading Style Sheets. Cheshire has the skills in-house to publish, keep up, and edit their own website, but they wanted a professional look and feel to the graphics, so they hired me. I created several Dreamweaver templates, which they then populated with their own content. They have since mauled the fonts on the pages, and added advertising to the side menu. Oh, well, only so much you can control. Girlfriends Greeting Cards - Prospect, CT - http://www.girlfriends-greeting-cards.com Girlfriends Greeting Cards hired me to take their artwork and lay it out for printing as greeting cards. After that, they came to me and asked me to build their e-commerce enabled website. Since their start-up capital was extremely limited, I implemented PayPal as their solution, which integrated smoothly and professionally. NorthStar Planning Group Ð Newington, CT - http://www.northstarplanninggroup.com When Bob Laraia, one of the top 2.5% of financial planners in the country, decided to leave his former position at MW Financial to start his own firm, he approached me to create everything, from his logo and corporate identity pieces to magazine advertisements and brochures. Berkshire Hiking - Brookfield, CT Ð http://www.berkshirehiking.com With the tight budget of a startup, the owner of Berkshire Hiking, a site detailing the many outdoor wonders of New England, needed a quick, very inexpensive makeover for his site. He needed it to be versatile, and easy to implement without my involvement past the initial design. First Strategy Group, Inc. Ð Rocky Mount, NC Ð http://www.firststrategygroup.com When the CEO of ISO Health Care Group decided to leave the company he started many years ago and start on his new dreams, he dragged my colleagues and I kicking and screaming to work on the corporate identity pieces for his new ventures. Since then he has also ordered designs for his PowerPoint presentations, website elements, brand identity pieces for his product and services. Sci/Art Ð Hendersonville, NC Ð http://www.kaliszincolor.com World Class color expert, Katherine Kalisz needed a series of technical illustrations on the science and relationships of color and light for her book Understanding Your Color: A Guide to Personal Color Analysis. Based on the quality of the illustrations supplied, she chose to have me also do the book cover, redesign her website, and design her marketing materials. ISO Health Care Group Ð Westport, CT When the CEO of ISO needed high quality corporate presentations developed to help him sell a multi-million dollar concept to prospective investors, he turned to my associates and me for the job. Using a mix of Flash and HTML, he had four separate presentations at his fingertips that he could present seamlessly and alter the order of to suit his audience. TRAINING: Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art Successfully completed 2-year program oriented towards principles and application of Classic and 3-D animation South Puget Sound Community College Drafting and Auto-CAD oriented program, with highlights in Programming Logic and MS DOS Theocratic Ministry School Ongoing public speaking program focused on the teaching of bible principles and their application to everyday life. Army Basic Training Completed with honors the eight-week course focusing on self-discipline, creative thinking, communication, fitness, and teamwork. REFERENCES: Brett Stewart Art Director - Microcast, Inc - 203/592-0234 9 Booth Ave. Oakville, CT 06779 Bob Ostrom Art Director - Funnybone Interactive - 860/651-0693 32 Nimrod Rd. West Simsbury, CT 06092 Robert Probst Internet Apps Dev - eB2B - 973/515-0080 2004 Appleton Way Whippany, NJ 07981 Carl Wilson Owner - Riverview Thai Restaurant - 509/325-8370 621 West Mallon Suite 311 Spokane, WA 99201 Kathryn Kalisz Owner - Sci\ART - 860/877-3562 Rockwell Drive Bristol, CT 06810