Anthony D. Paul

Current

• Senior Designer + Lead Interactive Developer at Fathom Creative, Inc.

Past

• Multimedia Educator and Designer at The Ohio State University
• Deputy Secretary at The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
• President at Design Circle

• Marketing Strategist and Experience Designer at Nationwide Insurance
• Brand Strategist and Designer at Alaska Cab

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Education

• Escola Superior de Desenho Industrial
• The Ohio State University Department of Design
• The Ohio State University

• Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd

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Anthony D. Paul’s Summary

I work as a designer and an interactive media developer for a medium-sized design firm in Washington, D.C. I continually strive to expand the depth and breadth of my expertise in experience design by familiarizing myself with emerging technologies including programming languages, content management systems, and multimedia software. After all, the day a designer stops being an impassioned student is the day a designer ceases to be effective.

Anthony D. Paul’s Specialties:

Brand strategy (logo systems, color systems, standards guides, iconography), graphic systems (large documents, grids, visual languages), information graphics, front-end web design (XHTML, CSS, AJAX), back-end web development (MySQL, PHP), content management systems (phpBB, Joomla!, WordPress), and wayfinding (orientation psychology, signage systems, navigation behavior).

Acrobat, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark, DreamWeaver, Flash, iMovie, and QuickTime Pro.

Anthony D. Paul’s Experience

• Senior Designer + Lead Interactive Developer

  Fathom Creative, Inc.

  (Privately Held; Design industry)

  November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

  My work spans templates and system development for large print documents, proposals and interactive applications. Particularly in the web/interactive arena, I am embedded in the process from early engagement and estimating down to delivery and maintenance plans. On the side, I act as resident systems administrator for the DC office.

• Multimedia Educator and Designer

  The Ohio State University

  (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Design industry)

  January 2002 — August 2006 (4 years 8 months)

  During my time at OSU, I handled a large volume of freelance multimedia projects contracted through various departments and colleges. I also taught several design seminars ranging from Photoshop to Dreamweaver and database building with PHP/SQL.
  
  Clients included:
  College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Cliff Monahan
  College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Thomas E. Wittum
  College of Education, Dr. James L Moore III
  College of Education, Dr. Paul F. Granello (with Prentice Hall)
  College of Art, Benjamin David
  The Digital Union, Catherine M. Gynn and Victoria Getis

• Deputy Secretary

  The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Design industry)

  July 2004 — July 2006 (2 years 1 month)

  I worked as the liaison between the professional organization and the student body. During my time there, I helped organize and promote events, as well as develop and implement the chapter's website.

• President

  Design Circle

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Design industry)

  January 2003 — July 2006 (3 years 7 months)

  During my time with Design Circle, I helped drive the development of a website, secure various spaces for our officers and students to use on campus, standardize the brand and voice, institute and organize several annual events, better integrate the student body with the faculty, and overhaul the government system to accomplish goals of longevity and growth. To aide in these efforts, I helped partner with the local IDSA chapter and encouraged shared resources throughout the local design community.
  
  I served as a representative for my first six months under George Waite, then was elected co-president alongside Mindi Davis for a year, then acted as president for my final year while working with several other students to develop a more effective government system.

• Marketing Strategist and Experience Designer

  Nationwide Insurance

  (Public Company; Insurance industry)

  January 2006 — June 2006 (6 months)

  This project was taken on as a freelance project to replace other course requirements. I and a team of two other classmates worked closely with Nationwide insurance to help them position themselves as a market leader in a specific consumer sector which had not yet been adequately approached by an insurance agency.
  
  This 6-month project ran from initial market data gathering, through enriched persona devleopment, product mockups, and campaign proposals. We conducted a number of field interviews, user group sessions, and brainstorming meetings with representatives of Nationwide.

• Brand Strategist and Designer

  Alaska Cab

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

  September 2004 — January 2005 (5 months)

  For this client, I conducted a competitor and user analysis to build a brand for the taxi cab company. Print collateral was produced and the brand was extended to both internal and external applications such as building signage, vehicles, uniforms, promotional items, partnership programs, tourism brochures, and more.

Anthony D. Paul’s Education

• Escola Superior de Desenho Industrial

  Visual Communication 2006 — 2006

• The Ohio State University Department of Design

  Bachelor of Science in Design , Visual Communication , 2003 — 2006

• The Ohio State University

  Bachelor of Science in Design , Visual Communication , 2002 — 2006

  Bachelor's Degree - 6/2006
  234/195 Quarter Hours
  Degree: Bachelor of Science in Design (BSID)
  Major: Visual Communication
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Major GPA: 3.987 out of 4.0
  Cumulative GPA: 3.82 out of 4.0
  
  My undergraduate research was in Wayfinding and Orientation Psychology. Additional supplimentary coursework focused on Linguistics, Computer Sciences, and Interactive Design.
  
  During this time, I studied abroad twice, was an active politician in Design Circle (our student organization) and IDSA (the national design organization), and conducted constant freelance work as a designer and multimedia teacher.

  Activities and Societies:

  Design Circle, The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), Columbus Society for Communication Arts (CSCA), American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), Technology Enhanced Learning & Education (TELR)

• Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd

  Visual Communication 2005 — 2005

Additional Information

Anthony D. Paul’s Interests:

emerging web technology, usability, interface design, user experience, PHP, MySQL, AJAX, Joomla!, content management systems, WordPress, XHTML, CSS, Adobe Air, Adobe Flex, Cocoa, The Ohio State University, Buckeyes, MediaTemple, Gmail, Firefox, Adium, Twitter, Facebook, Livejournal, social media, viral media, psychology

Anthony D. Paul’s Groups:

Design Circle, American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), OSU Alumni Association (Baltimore Chapter), OSU Alumni Association (DC/Bethesda Chapter), DC PHP Developers Group

•    Content Management Professionals
•    Interaction Design Association
•    Art & Design
•    LinkedPHPers - The Largest PHP Group
•    Php developers
•    Joomla!
•    Web Content Mavens
•    Joomla! Professional Users Group
•    Mobilists (Innovators in mobile industry - 3900+ members)
•    JoomedIn
•    Mobile Content
•    CMS User Group
•    Columbus Society of Communicating Arts
•    Ohio State Design 40 Celebration
•    iPhone Developers - www.iPhoneintouch.com
•    Refresh DC
•    Joomla CMS
•    Design Research
•    The Ohio State University Industrial, Interior, & Visual Communications Design Alumni
•    The Ohio State University Alumni Club of Baltimore
•    Fathom Creative

Anthony D. Paul’s Honors:

Invited to speak as the alumni representative for the 2000–2010 decade in "Design 40 : Reflections through the decades," the 40-year anniversary celebration of The Department of Design, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (Autumn 2008)

Awarded Best in Show in the department’s Student Spring Thesis Exhibition, The Department of Design, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (Spring 2006)

Selected and showcased on Adobe.com for exceptional work using Adobe applications to develop a brand strategy for Alaska Cab. (Autumn 2005)

Recipient of the Sara Jane Pyne Memorial Scholarship for outstanding academic achievement, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. (2005–2006)

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