Andrew Duff

Andrew Duff

Interactive Design - Project Management - Visual Arts

Toronto, Canada Area

Current
  • Owner at Collective Gasp (Self-employed)
Past

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Education
  • Digital Media Studios
  • Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
  • Ontario College of Art and Design
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Industry
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Andrew Duff’s Experience

  • Owner

    Collective Gasp (Self-employed)

    (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Online Media industry)

    January 1997 — Present (12 years 11 months)

    Senior New Media Specialist providing interactive design and project management services to corporate and independent clients for over 10 years.
    • expertise in front-end design for interactive CD-ROM, kiosk, and web sites (full and micro sites), as well as banner ads
    • experience in all aspects of Director and PowerPoint presentations (concept, design, development, project management, and on-site for live events)

  • Web Designer (contract)

    Xenophile Media

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)

    January 2008 — March 2008 (3 months)

    Design and development of 5 in-game micro sites, part of the CBC xPod Alternate Reality Game.

    http://x-pod.tv/

  • Web Designer (contract)

    Xenophile Media

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)

    November 2007 — March 2008 (5 months)

    Design and development of 7 in-game micro sites, part of the BBC/CBBC M.I. High "Whack the Mole" Alternate Reality Game.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/mihigh/

  • Interactive Project Manager (contract)

    Frameworks Inc.

    (E-Learning industry)

    October 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 2 months)

    Managed development, from design to deployment, of a series of e-learning titles for major Canadian retailer. Responsible for asset management, resource scheduling, trouble-shooting during development cycles, in-house quality assurance, scheduling client reviews, attending client review cycles.

  • Web Designer (contract)

    Xenophile Media

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)

    2005 — 2006 (1 year )

    Micro site design and development
    • 2006 "Fallen / Ocular Effect" ARG (SXSW Web Award winner)
    • 2005-2006 "ReGenesis: Season 2" ARG (CNMA, International Emmy, and Gemini award winner)

  • Presentation Specialist (contract)

    AIM Trimark Investments Inc.

    (Public Company; Investment Management industry)

    2004 — 2005 (1 year )

    • PowerPoint Specialist contract
    • template design for large 4-speaker roadshow
    • development of all speaker presentations from script/speaker notes
    • returning contract to assist in re-design of roadshow & PowerPoint development

  • Presentation Specialist (contract)

    Arnold Worldwide

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    2002 — 2005 (3 years )

    • on-going contract as PowerPoint Presentation Specialist
    • designing PowerPoint templates in accordance with Creative Brief
    • further developing entire presentation to match script/existing collateral
    • created looping Royal Le Page presentation with audio and timed on-screen text
    • designed new template for Toronto Tourism presentation, and incorporated existing content with updated images
    • contract renewed the following year to refresh design template for Toronto Tourism, as well as design and develop looping intro using nested custom animations

  • Senior Designer (contract)

    Arnold Interactive

    (Online Media industry)

    2003 — 2004 (1 year )

    • on-going contract as freelance Senior Designer
    • front-end web design for corporate web sites, corporate micro sites, e-newsletters, and banner ads (animated & static)

  • Presentation Specialist (contract)

    Trilogy Integrated Investor Relations

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Events Services industry)

    1997 — 2003 (6 years )

    • on-going contract as freelance Presentation Specialist
    • design and development of corporate presentations in Director and PowerPoint
    • creating template designs based on script and storyboards
    • presentation of design options to Creative Director and client
    • full development of multimedia Sales/AGM presentations
    • working both independently and leading small team of designers
    • responsible for on-site set up and running presentation at live events

  • Multimedia Specialist (contract)

    VBDI

    (Online Media industry)

    2000 — 2000 (less than a year)

    • on-going contract to develop interactive CD-ROM title
    • full development in Macromedia Director

  • Multimedia Specialist (contract)

    Toronto Star SportsPick

    (Public Company; Online Media industry)

    1997 — 1997 (less than a year)

    • part of team developing prototype of online interactive kiosk
    • interface design based on storyboard and wireframe
    • full interactive development in Macromedia Director

  • Project Co-ordinator

    Hoffmann & Associates

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

    October 1995 — December 1996 (1 year 3 months)

Andrew Duff’s Education

  • Digital Media Studios

    Diploma , Digital Graphic Design and Multimedia , 1994 — 1995

  • Nova Scotia College of Art and Design

    Bachelor of Fine Arts , Fine Arts with minor in Art History , 1992 — 1993

  • Ontario College of Art and Design

    A.O.C.A. , Drawing and Painting in Ex. Arts , 1988 — 1992

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