Leonardo De La Rocha

Current

• Member at Art Institute of Colorado Alumni Board
• Member at Denver Botanic Gardens Technology Task Force
• Creative VP at Associated Content

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Education

• Art Institute of Colorado
• University of Colorado at Boulder

Recommended

11 people have recommended Leonardo

Connections

224 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Company
• My Design Portfolio

Leonardo De La Rocha’s Summary

Professional experience with requirements gathering, wireframes, storyboarding, creating stunning business decks, brand marketing, design direction of creative products in both online and print media, graphic design, web development, information architecture (LAMP), OpenID standards, interfacing with Facebook/Twitter APIs, and delivery of multimedia content.

Leonardo De La Rocha’s Specialties:

Creative leadership, project management, marketing strategies, implementing design/develompment frameworks, print & web design, branding, information architecture, user interface design, user experience, rapid prototypes and search engine optimization.

Leonardo De La Rocha’s Experience

• Member

  Art Institute of Colorado Alumni Board

  (Higher Education industry)

  May 2009 — Present (7 months)

• Member

  Denver Botanic Gardens Technology Task Force

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

• Creative VP

  Associated Content

  (Privately Held; Online Media industry)

  June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

  Oversee Associated Content's creative vision and all aspects of print and web design projects relating to the brand. This includes AC’s front-end website designs, (associatedcotnent.com, partner.associatedcontent.com, etc.) UI/UX designs, B2B decks, conference signage, marketing/PR materials, etc.
  
  As AC’s creative lead, I’ve helped developed relationships with many agencies representing tier 1 brands and have successfully managed my creative resources from concept to completion of the projects demonstrating strong leadership.

Additional Information

Leonardo De La Rocha’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Design Portfolio

Leonardo De La Rocha’s Groups:

• Colorado Software and Internet Association member
• Nielson Norman Group Usability Week – Interaction Design Conference (2006)
• NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) member
• Search Engine Strategies conference – Chicago (2006)
• CSIA IT Task Force committee member
• Design Management Institute

•    Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo
•    CSIA :: Colorado's Technology Association
•    Denver Botanic Gardens Tech Team
•    CSIA Apex Awards
•    User Experience
•    DMI Design Management Institute
•    Linked To Denver
•    The Art Institute of Colorado
•    Associated Content employees
•    NAPP - National Association of Photoshop Professionals
•    Associated Content
•    Rocky Mountain Open Source
•    Colorado User Experience Professionals
•    Graphic Design
•    Web Design / Interactive Media Design

Leonardo De La Rocha’s Honors:

• 2006 Apex Awards Nominee - Recognizing technology innovators in Colorado (Rookie of the Year)
• Young Business Leaders of Colorado award winner, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (2004)
• Best of Scripps Howard award winner - Multimedia Production (2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004)
• Site of the Day Awards, Macromedia. - GarageBand.com, ColoradoSki.com (2003, 2004)
• Colorado’s Best Website award winner - Associated Press. (2002, 2003) – RockyMountainNews.com
• Best of the Rocky award winner, Rocky Mountain News - Internet Producer of the Year (2001)