Billy Galyean

Current

ACD - Interactive at O2 Ideas

Past

Creative Director at Grafiteria
Freelance / Rich Media Flash design - Belo Interactive at Belo Interactive
Freelance/Sr. Interactive Designer at Tribal DDB

Creative Director at BooKoo Beverages, Inc
Freelance Form factor / UI designer at HP North America
Sr. Interactive Designer at Point Group
Executive Chef at Granada Theater
Interactive Graphics at AdCom Inc.
Designer / Animator at Barnes & Roberts
Sr. Interactive Designer at Bits on the Wire, Internet
Training Chef / Housing-Catering at University of North Texas
Chef / Richardson, TX at Whole Foods Market

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Education

University of North Texas
American Culinary Federation Educational Institute

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Industry

Graphic Design

Billy Galyean’s Summary

Life is full of wonderful things. Look closely and you'll see.. Question everything!

Learn... Teach yourself. Practice. Learn more.

I seek to always move in a forward direction, bumping up against the edge of my existence professionally. personally, we touch each others lives, so I'm trying to be more aware and appreciative of the little moments resulting from that. I want to love my work, to always bring a fresh set of creative tools to the table.

To produce a new breed of change maker - citizens who think as designers. These people would be, in the words of inventor and philosopher Buckminster Fuller, a "synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist, and evolutionary strategist."

Billy Galyean’s Specialties:

MAC OSX Server environment management / Bilingual (Spanish) / 3d modeling and scene setup with proficiency in Industry standard software suites / Fluent in both MAC OSX and Win network environments / Adobe CS2 Tool Suite / Prepress print Illustrator / InDesign

Billy Galyean’s Experience

Creative Director

Grafiteria

(Graphic Design industry)

February 2001 — September 2008 (7 years 8 months)
Freelance / Rich Media Flash design - Belo Interactive

Belo Interactive

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Internet industry)

April 2008 — April 2008 (1 month)

I am involved in the design and development of Rich Media advertising. Use of Flash and the entire CS3 suite, some action scripting and beta testing designs for broadcast online news channels.
Freelance/Sr. Interactive Designer

Tribal DDB

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Graphic Design industry)

February 2008 — April 2008 (3 months)

I worked in the capacity of a freelance interactive designer with an incredibly talented team of designers, UX specialists, copywriters, account managers, programmers and outside resources to develop creative solutions that meet our clients' strategic interactive needs on various projects.

At the moment Nokia's corporate website and a joint promotion is the main project I've been working on.
Creative Director

BooKoo Beverages, Inc

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

January 2007 — January 2008 (1 year 1 month)

Managed production of all in-house Point of Sale graphics / Concept and layout ads for both lifestyle and trade publications / Branded apparel design / Website front end UI design and back end scripting/coding / online promotions / renewal and continuance programs / Viral videos / New product package design / Worked closely with Ad Manager to coordinate new ad campaigns, media buys, brand management, write copy, script radio spots :: BooKoo Beverages / went public 7/2007 ::
Freelance Form factor / UI designer

HP North America

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

April 2006 — January 2007 (10 months)

Form factor design, creation of structure files, taking concepts from sketch to prototype. Interface design utilizing Illustrator, Flash, Photoshop, Lightwave, Z Brush, Acid Audio, Vegas among other industry standard software suites to create compelling, yet simple to user interface design.

"Studying human-user relationships with objects we interact with each day along with heuristics and a passion for design have made this one of my favorite endeavors!"
Sr. Interactive Designer

Point Group

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Graphic Design industry)

April 2006 — December 2006 (9 months)
Executive Chef

Granada Theater

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Entertainment industry)

April 2003 — September 2005 (2 years 6 months)

Initially brought in as a consultant, I staffed the kitchen - planned food and menu cost projections, assisted in purchasing and equipping the kitchen as well as stay on to manage operations.

This job was a unique opportunity to cook for world renowned musicians in an environment surrounded by some of the most energetic, positive and creative people I've had the good fortune to be with. A couple years later we realized this was a little more than just consulting and I wished to turn more energies to my freelance graphic design.
Interactive Graphics

AdCom Inc.

(Graphic Design industry)

2002 — 2004 (2 years )
Designer / Animator

Barnes & Roberts

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)

November 2001 — April 2002 (6 months)

Barnes and Roberts LLC, located in Downtown Dallas / Deep Ellum - is a multimedia design firm servicing trial and litigation . Duties included setting up and maintaining the MAC OS X Server / mail - SMTP and all web functioning; Performed duties as an in-house designer using Lightwave 3D, Photoshop, Illustrator and Trial Director to create informative multimedia presentations for use in patent infringement and intellectual copyright cases.
Sr. Interactive Designer

Bits on the Wire, Internet

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

March 2000 — June 2001 (1 year 4 months)

Served as the overseer of all things aesthetic. The late night pixel pusher subsisting on a steady diet of nicotine, caffeine and pure love for the art.. I was responsible for seeing all web projects from birth to launch and off into the great wide infosphere.

Supervised junior designers & minor project management while coding and pushing out great UI designs. All of this was a telecommuting job requiring a good deal of discipline to perform in a timely fashion.

It was my privilege to work under Steven Wynkoop, a respected leader in the area of converting B2B brick and mortar businesses to "click and mortar" while also publishing several books for Microsoft and Wrox Press on the topic of SQL database authoring of which he is an expert.

Life in Tucson was wonderful and my wife and I hated having to leave, but needed to head back to Texas to be close to family. Ahhh we miss "The Old Pueblo" though.. Someday will return!
Training Chef / Housing-Catering

University of North Texas

(Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Food & Beverages industry)

May 1994 — May 1996 (2 years 1 month)

I had the rare opportunity to work with a professional that I can only refer to as the quintessential Chef. Taylor understands good food from the holisitc approach and his knowledge is extensive.

Taylor is both an exceptional and creative culinarian while also being a great mentor and can jump into any situation and make magic. A true CHEF!
Chef / Richardson, TX

Whole Foods Market

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WFMI; Supermarkets industry)

April 1992 — May 1994 (2 years 2 months)

Supervised the kitchen developing new recipes, improving food handling, safety and food cost measures while fostering a positive creative environment and mentoring many young cooks.

I was based out of the Richardson store at Coit and Beltline. Coming from a classically trained background this afforded me the chance to work with new ingredients and new recipes I had not yet encountered.

I worked with our Food and Bev Director and Exec Chef. Steve Estabrook. Steve is a quintessential chef and it was from him that I learned so many great things and a beautiful attitude and approach to life and food.

Additional Information

Billy Galyean’s Interests:

3d modeling, reading (Ayn Rand, PK Dick, Tom Robbins), music, movies, culinary - the more ethnically diverse, the better. science, DIY electronics, industrial design, mathematics, linguistics, cryptography, steganography

Billy Galyean’s Groups:

National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), National Culinary Federation, Texas Chefs Association, Dallas Society of Visual Communications