Professional Designer, Animator, Product Manager and Creative Consultant
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Director, Product and Design at The Industry Standard
- Past
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- Senior Web Designer at InfoWorld
- Senior Designer, Principal Consultant at Studio Interactive (division of PwC Consulting)
- Web Designer at Micrografx
- Character Artist at 7th Level
- Strategic Aircraft Maintenance Specialist (crew chief) at United States Air Force
- Education
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- Otis College of Art and Design
- Art Institute of Dallas
- Tarrant County College
- The University of Texas at Arlington
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Eric Hill’s Summary
Eric Hill’s Specialties:
Graphic Design, Web Design, Motion Graphics, 2D and 3D Animation, Technical Skills: Adobe Suite, Maya, Web Authoring apps.
Eric Hill’s Experience
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Director, Product and Design
The Industry Standard
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
December 2006 — Present (3 years )
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Senior Web Designer
InfoWorld
(Online Media industry)
September 2002 — December 2006 (4 years 4 months)
Responsible for front-end design responsibilities for infoworld.com, including site design, taxonomy, information architecture, and maintenance.
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Senior Designer, Principal Consultant
Studio Interactive (division of PwC Consulting)
(Partnership; Online Media industry)
July 1999 — June 2002 (3 years )
Responsible for driving all aspects of solution development including but not limited to: visual design, information architecture, nomenclature, navigational structure, product and service specifications. Ensured integrated User Experience solutions across all channels.
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Web Designer
Micrografx
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1998 — January 1999 (1 year 1 month)
Began professional Web design career designing and developing templates and content for one of the original online eCard Web services on the Internet, which was later sold to American Greetings for over $500,000. Major efforts were also directed towards composing graphical and informational designs for micrografx.com.
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Character Artist
7th Level
(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)
October 1998 — December 1998 (3 months)
Hand illustrated and digitally colored 2D character animations for characters such as Jenny Jones, Ask Jeeves, and others. Animations were featured in proprietary email messaging software.
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Strategic Aircraft Maintenance Specialist (crew chief)
United States Air Force
(Military industry)
1991 — 1993 (2 years )
Responsible for performing detailed inspections and maintenance on KC-135 tanker aircraft. Developed team skills while completing high-pressure missions during operation Desert Storm.
Eric Hill’s Education
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Otis College of Art and Design
BFA , Digital Media, Toy , 2006
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Art Institute of Dallas
Multimedia, 3d Animation 1995 — 1997
Earned GPA 4.0
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Tarrant County College
Liberal Arts 1993 — 1995
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The University of Texas at Arlington
Liberal Arts 1989 — 1990
Additional Information
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Eric Hill’s Groups:
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Otis College of Art and Design, Alumni News
Eric Hill’s Honors:
·2003 Ozzie Awards, Gold and Platinum Winner (Best of Category, Best of Show), infoworld.com
·Awarded Computer Arts' "Worth While Web" award for design of www.studiointeractive.com (no longer online), October 1999 issue
·Received National Defense Service Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal for Meritorious Service, Honorable Discharge
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