Michael Scearce 4715 Balley Shannon Dr., Mableton, GA 30126 770-851-4715 imgfx@comcast.net • download ZIP DOC (11k) • download PDF (40k)

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Art Direction / Graphic Design / Interactive & Print

SKILL SUMMARY

• Branding, design and implementation, online and in print • Art Direction / Marketing creative for Small Businesses, B2B & 501c3 • Staff management for creative teams • Budgets for creative projects • Deadline driven project management • Internet web site design and production, including SEO and CMS • Design and implementation of email marketing • E-commerce • User Interface design and heuristic measurement • Marketing communications • Print design and production • Mass media: television, newsprint, outdoor and magazine creative and production

TARGET LOCATIONS

US-GA-Atlanta West

US-GA-Atlanta South

US-GA-Atlanta North

EXPERIENCE	1/2008 - current	Spirit Camp	Marietta, GA
	Marketing Director
	Rework brand for a Summer camp. Launch website with CMS, online registration, payment, and newsletter (email marketing) capabilities. Manage website and ads.

	5/2003 - current	Stirrups Clothing Company	Alpharetta, GA
	Art Director
	Graphic design for clothing and consumer products. Website design for wholesale customers. Established interactive online store using CMS. Design and execution for niche market clothing. Create, update, and execute all collateral. Create all corporate designs for imprint and screenprint

	9/2001 - 5/2002	Chatahoochee Tech	Marietta, GA
	Adjucnt Professor
	Graphic Design, Microsoft Office, Web Page

3/2000 - 9/2001

Connect-Care, L.L.C.

Alpharetta, GA 30004

Director of Graphic Communications

Company branding, including UI of core client server product and website, as well as CFML/ASP/SQL based web applications. Also directed and created graphic designs for tradeshows, collateral

2/2000 - 4/2000

Listman Homes Technologies

Alpharetta, GA

UI Graphic Design Specialist

Freelance project. Invented UI for wireless in home remote control. IP based device control. Touch screen UI for total home remote control.

11/1997 - 2/2000

Radiant Systems

Alpharetta, GA

Retail UI, Graphics & HTML Developer & Usability Manager

Managed Usability Lab. Scheduling, setup, teardown, and creation of usability tests for metrics. Metrics reporting, and presentations and implementation of usability findings for interactive, consumer targetted touch-screen devices. Special projects: UI design and graphic design of many proposed kiosk and point-of-purchase projects. Creation and launch of Sephora's in-store touch screen beauty kiosk (1998-present) worldwide, and JC Penney's in store Toy kiosk trial (Christmas 1998). Vendor, conent management, and image processing duties for Sephora.

12/1996 - 9/1997

Electronic Graphics and Design

Alpharetta, GA

Art Director

Developed UI and interaction design for one of the first interactive multimedia greetings services

3/1983 - 11/1996

The Weather Channel

Atlanta, GA

Various Positions

1991-96 Graphic Systems Coordinator – Interactive & New Media Design Lead 1988-90 Associate Art Director: Manager and hands on production for daily weather. 1982-87 Artist/Producer : Video still and animation production for daily weather.

EDUCATION

6/1980

Art Institute of Atlanta

US-Georgia-Atlanta

Associates Degree - advanced placement

6/1978

VA Beach Vo-Tech

US-VA-Virginia Beach

Commercial Art Certificate. 1050 hours.

SKILLS

Skill Name

Skill Level

Last Used

Experience

Adobe Suite CS2

Expert

Currently used

14 years

Dreamweaver

Intermediate

Currently used

5 years

HTML

Expert

Currently used

13 years

Drawing

Expert

Currently used

28 years

AWARDS

AMA Best Multimedia Marketing (Website)

SouthEast

Broadcast Designers Association

Silver, Video Still

VICA Commercial Art International

First Place Award

	VICA Commercial Art National	First Place Award	Full Scholarship
	Virginia Museum Fellowship	Scholarship

References available upon request