Bart Yeary

Current
  • Sr. Director of Product at FooMojo Inc.
Past
  • Contract designer/developer at 6º Games
  • Creative Director and Co-Founder at Identity Play Inc.
  • Sr. Art Director at Razorfish
Education
  • The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Connections
67 connections
Industry
Computer Games
Websites

Bart Yeary’s Experience

  • Sr. Director of Product

    FooMojo Inc.

    (Computer Games industry)

    October 2008Present (1 year 2 months)

    FooMojo's FooPets are the world’s most realistic virtual pets. As the Sr. Director of Product I manage the art and engineering teams in the development of FooPets.com and its extensions on SNS, iPhone and the Desktop.

  • Contract designer/developer

    6º Games

    (Computer Games industry)

    20082008 (less than a year)

  • Creative Director and Co-Founder

    Identity Play Inc.

    (Computer Games industry)

    March 2006May 2008 (2 years 3 months)

    Identity Play’s Faketown.com was a virtual world/social network hybrid with an emphasis on user generated content and frictionless accessibility. For a good overview of the site from a marketing perspective: http://www.clickz.com/3626499 and a review of the site’s depth of features: http://www.bbmmo.com/Faketown/
    • Created the concept and aesthetic for the teen focused virtual world.
    • Successfully raised $1 million in financing to establish the business and develop the site at Faketown.com.
    • Over 300,000 registrations with an average session length of 25 minutes per visit.
    • Created design documents, prototypes & style guides to assist the team in development.
    • Worked with third party vendors for advertising, games and event based content.

  • Sr. Art Director

    Razorfish

    (Public Company; Internet industry)

    20042006 (2 years )

    • Primarily focused on kid brands in the 8-12 year old demographic.
    • Designed and developed the current design on Postopia.com for Post Cereals.

  • Flash Designer

    Otherwise Incorporated

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

    20042004 (less than a year)

    At Otherwise Inc. I worked with a small team to develop rich media banners and online applications utilizing the Flash client.

  • Designer

    Transistor Studios

    (Computer Games industry)

    20022004 (2 years )

    Developed poptartmachine.com for Kelloggs as part of a online competition for user generated content. Poptartmachine.com was an online virtual factory where kids could "design" their own poptart and submit it into a judged competition. The site was also deployed in Puerto Rico where it was translated into Spanish.

  • Content Manager

    Diesel

    (Computer Games industry)

    20022003 (1 year )

    Hired by Diesel's Virtual Department to conceptualize and assist in the redesign of Protokid.com. Designed mini-games for the kids clothing website and hired 3rd party developers for production.

  • Senior Designer

    Fox Interactive Media

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NWS; Internet industry)

    20002001 (1 year )

    At Foxsports.com (now Fox Interactive Media) I was responsible for designing and developing graphics and UI for a variety of applications including featured sports events, site navigation, micro-sites and data-driven flash features.


Bart Yeary’s Education

  • The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

    BA , Art and Tech, Visual Communication , 19951999


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