Creative Director of Lift Studios
Vancouver, Canada Area
- Current
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- Manager & Creative Director at Lift Studios
- Instructor at Emily Carr Institute
- Instructor at Langara College
- Past
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- Speaker at Content Convergence and Integration
- Owner at HaigMedia Inc.
- Interactive Director at Industrial Brand Creative
- Producer at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Instructor at SFU Summer Workshops
- Interactive Designer at Sullivan Media
- Designer at Rammgraph
- Education
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- Concordia University
- Glebe Collegiate Institute
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Haig Armen’s Summary
In 1997 Haig formed Haigmedia, a company that was awarded the Interactive Site of the Year for the strategy, art direction and design of the Travel Cuts website. Additionally, Haigmedia was asked to produce and develop a new strategy to attract a younger audience for CBC Radio. The CBC project eventually developed into the now internationally recognized CBC Radio 3. Haig played a key role in the strategy, design and development of Home Delivery & Radio 3's online Magazine. Both projects have received numerous awards internationally, including a Prix Italia and two Webby Awards.
Haigmedia Inc., has taken on a wide variety of clients ranging from BMW to Chanel, and was asked to travel to Yellowknife, NWT to redesign the northern magazine, Up Here. In the last quarter of 2005, Haigmedia had the privilege to work on a innovative architectural project called Dockside Green. The company was contracted to design the brand, marketing materials and sales centre for the Victoria real estate development which has a platinum LEED certification.
Haig currently directs Lift Studios, a Canadian company that has won countless industry awards and continues to make a name for itself by providing forward-thinking solutions for its clients in the areas of branding and interactive design.
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Haig Armen’s Specialties:
Design, Web Strategy, Information Architecture & Usability. Integration of Flash, XML, Content Management Systems, Blogs, Podcasts and Video distribution.
Haig Armen’s Experience
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Manager & Creative Director
Lift Studios
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
Lift is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary design firm with expertise in communication & interactive design.
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Instructor
Emily Carr Institute
(Design industry)
2007 — Present (2 years)
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Instructor
Langara College
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2003 — Present (5 years 11 months)
Teaching for the Electronic Media Design program in the topics of History of Design and Interface Design.
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Speaker
Content Convergence and Integration
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2008 — March 2008 (1 month)
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Owner
HaigMedia Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)
July 1997 — December 2007 (10 years 6 months)
Corporate Identity, Print Design, Web Design & Development
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Interactive Director
Industrial Brand Creative
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)
November 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Overseeing all interactive projects.
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Producer
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Online Media industry)
July 2000 — February 2006 (5 years 8 months)
Producer for CBC Radio 3 working on internationally recognized projects like www.120seconds.com, www.justconcerts.com, www.newmusiccanada.com, CBC Radio 3 Magazine.
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Instructor
SFU Summer Workshops
(Design industry)
1997 — 2003 (6 years)
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Interactive Designer
Sullivan Media
(Design industry)
1998 — 2000 (2 years)
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Designer
Rammgraph
(Design industry)
1997 — 1998 (1 year)
Haig Armen’s Education
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Concordia University
BFA , Music Composition and Jazz Performance , 1992 — 1996
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Glebe Collegiate Institute
1987 — 1988
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Haig Armen’s Interests:
I've been writing music for film for over a decade, it is not really my career but I love to do it and find it rewarding.
Haig Armen’s Honors:
Haig Armen's design and interactive work has been recognized by Communication Arts Magazine, Applied Arts Magazine, and Art Director's Club, among others.
In 2001 Haig Armen was honoured with a Prix Italia award, the oldest and most prestigious International Radio, Television and Web competition, for his work on 120Seconds.com
In 2003 Haig Armen's work on CBC RADIO 3 won two prestigious Webby Awards as Site of the Year in the Radio and Broadband categories.
In 2004 Haig Armen was awarded an Innovation Award for his work on CBC Home Delivery web application.
Macromedia honoured Haig Armen's work on CBC RADIO 3 website by including it in their top "Inspiration Picks"
Macromedia honoured Haig Armen's work on CBC Home Delivery website by including it in their top "Inspiration Picks"
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