Giovanni Ulloa

Current

VP | Design Director: Global Product Solutions at Bank of America

Past

Senior Web Designer at Wachovia
VP | Multimedia Designer at Bank of America
Senior Designer at OutPost Design

New Media Specialist at Mariner

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Education

Pratt Institute
UNC Charlotte

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Giovanni Ulloa’s Summary

VP - Design Director - Bank of America: Global Product Solutions

Senior Web Designer - Wachovia Corporation/ eCommerce Division
Charlotte, NC/ May 2007 - November 2008

VP | Multimedia Designer - Bank of America
Charlotte, NC/ April 2006 - February 2007

Senior Designer – OutPost Design
Charlotte, NC / Oct.2002 – April 2006

New Media Specialist - MARINER
Charlotte, NC / Nov.2000-October 2002

Creative Director, New Media Development - Cydecor, Inc.
Charlotte, NC / Dec.1998-Nov.2000
Complete initial client consultation, proposals, site architecture, project management, visual design development from prototype presentation to final HTML, site execution, QA and marketing. Maintain client websites and update graphics.

Instructor - University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC / Summer 1999 & 2000
Introduce students to basic Photoshop tools and techniques. Encourage experimental methods of combining original artwork with new media. Demonstrate various methods of art making ranging from inkjet output onto archival paper to traditional flatbed press printing with oil-based inks.

AutoCAD Editor - Aero-Dynamics Corp.,
Charlotte, NC / Aug.1989-May 1999
Compile 3D mapping data, create contour maps for use in land design, architecture, government transportation and building projects. Manage team of editors and oversee for quality control of soft copy and printed materials. Built digital mosaics using Silicon Graphics UNIX system.

Giovanni Ulloa’s Specialties:

Knowledgeable in HTML and JavaScript, CSS, development and optimization of web graphics. Adept in pre-design research, site architecture development, multi-browser/platform compliance and user-centered design. Experienced in creation of logos, icons, corporate identity, print media and page layout. Adept in traditional media including photography, printmaking, painting and drawing.
Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3, Acrobat , Fireworks CS3, Dreamweaver MX, Freehand MX, Quark.

Giovanni Ulloa’s Experience

VP | Design Director: Global Product Solutions

Bank of America

(Public Company; BAC; Banking industry)

November 2008 — Present (9 months)

Collaborate with technologists, writers, sales executives and business product/program manager to define plans for Bank of America online proposals and print production offerings. Lead design team and act as project manager. Functional responsibilities include streamlining RFP production workflow, defining and designing the online user experience for interactive proposals, working closely with Product Management in defining a world-class user experience for customers online and via printed media. Oversee multiple projects simultaneously from planning to launch. Manage and provide direction and vision to a team of interaction and graphic designers to deliver world-class consideration opportunities.
Senior Web Designer

Wachovia

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WB; Banking industry)

May 2007 — November 2008 (1 year 7 months)

Primarily responsible for design and development of wachoviachampionship.com as well as producing marketing graphics and interactive demos for wachovia.com.

Core Responsibilities: Web Design and Development, Wire Framing, Banner Design, HTML, CSS, Graphic Development, Flash, Content Updating, Brand Compliance and Research.
VP | Multimedia Designer

Bank of America

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

April 2006 — February 2007 (11 months)

Collaborate with communications team to produce effective client-facing and internal Flash-based
presentations, PowerPoint decks, Adobe PDF and MS Word-based marketing materials. Insure all
sales collateral meets strict Bank of America Brand standards. Produce Flash-based conference
presentations and animated Web brochures. Design, layout and manage production of various
types of printed materials. Help maintain intranet site and provide graphic and Web design support
for various lines of business within the bank.
Senior Designer

OutPost Design

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

October 2002 — April 2006 (3 years 7 months)

Design Web interfaces with HTML, CSS, JavaScript using a Macintosh OSX platform, build animated
banners, edit Macromedia Flash files, QA, site maintenance and custom e-mail marketing
development. Collaborate with programmers to create dynamically generated PHP and ASP Web
pages.
New Media Specialist

Mariner

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

November 2000 — October 2002 (2 years)

Perform requirements gathering, prototyping, user acceptance testing, internal graphic design,
interface design and implementation for desktop and windows-based applications. Organize system
testing, GUI Reviews, QA, site maintenance and custom e-mail development. Design and publish
print materials such as brochures and posters as needed.

Giovanni Ulloa’s Education

Pratt Institute

Masters , Painting and Digital Media , 1996 — 1998

Activities and Societies:

President, Pratt Artist League 1997
UNC Charlotte

Bachelors , Painting, Fine Arts , January 1993 — May 1996