Matt Butler

Current

• Lead Interface Designer at Electronic Arts

Past

• Interactive Designer at Big Communications
• Senior Interactive Designer at Moncur Associates
• Web Designer at SiteObjects

• Designer at 3D New Media
• Design Intern at Daniel Brian & Associates

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Education

• Central Michigan University

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Games

Matt Butler’s Summary

I'm a capable problem-solver and strategic thinker, un-intimidated by complex creative and technical issues. 9+ years experience designing and developing interactive interfaces for a variety of media from games to web. I'm a passionate visual and motion designer who is also proficiently skilled in the scripting languages of the various tools... i/e Flash/Actionscript, XHTML/CSS, and more.

Matt Butler’s Specialties:

Interface design, Web design, Flash, Actionscript, XHTML, CSS

Matt Butler’s Experience

• Lead Interface Designer

  Electronic Arts

  (Public Company; ERTS; Computer Games industry)

  August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

  As Lead Interface Designer, I'm responsible for defining the art direction for the user interface and in-game presentation for XBox 360 and Playstation 3 games. I establish visual targets during early concept and discovery phases while working closely with game designers and producers to establish game-play features. I then lead a team of artists and engineers to implement UI solutions that achieve usability and game-play objectives. Additionally, I collaborate with art and brand directors to ensure the game's UI supports both franchise and corporate brand initiatives.
  
  Credits:
  Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09 (Associate Interface Designer)
  Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10 (Lead Interface Designer)
  *Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 11 (Lead Interface Designer)
  
  *In development

• Interactive Designer

  Big Communications

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Graphic Design industry)

  January 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 8 months)

  Unofficial lead web designer, responsible for day-to-day design and development, as well as strategizing and spearheading a variety of internal initiatives. I also served as a designer, animator, and actionscript developer for BIG's cornerstone Flash CD-ROM products, and was an instrumental part of the corporate re-branding in early 2007.

• Senior Interactive Designer

  Moncur Associates

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

  January 2003 — December 2005 (3 years )

  Responsible for the design and development of a variety of interactive media, mostly web sites and flash-based CD-ROMs. In addition to serving as a senior visual artist, animator, I was also a highly responsible front-end web and actionscript developer.

• Web Designer

  SiteObjects

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  May 2002 — January 2003 (9 months)

  Front-end web designer whose chief responsibility was creating templates for a proprietary cold-fusion based content management system.

• Designer

  3D New Media

  (Graphic Design industry)

  May 2000 — January 2001 (9 months)

  Though I was technically only an intern, I was given an atypical level of responsibility designing and developing web sites, creative pitches, and flash CD-ROMs directly for clients.

• Design Intern

  Daniel Brian & Associates

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year )

  My responsibilities included retrieving coffee for supervisors, running various errands, and an occasional graphic design project. Most significantly, my task was to learn from and become inspired by DB&A's talented creative staff.

Matt Butler’s Education

• Central Michigan University

  BA , Graphic Design , 1998 — 2002

Additional Information

Matt Butler’s Honors:

2nd Place, 2002 Macromedia Student Web Design Contest for mcbdesign.com (now http://mcbdesign.innersection.com)