James Billings

Current

• Online Production Artist at Swirl

Past

• Production Coordinator at Guerilla PR, Inc.
• Quality Assurance Analyst at Lucasarts Entertainment Co.
• Marketing Support at Triplex Direct Marketing Corporation

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Education

• University of California, Santa Cruz
• Marin Academy

Recommended

2 people have recommended James

Connections

70 connections

Industry

Broadcast Media

Websites

• My Website
• My Company
• My Portfolio

James Billings’s Experience

• Online Production Artist

  Swirl

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

• Production Coordinator

  Guerilla PR, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  August 2005 — August 2008 (3 years 1 month)

  Designed and coded landing pages for campaign outreach
  
  Developed promotional assets for campaigns
  *Developed online video players using ActionScript 3
  *Created ad banners and Flash widgets to Interactive
  Advertising Bureau standards
  *Designed layouts for flyers, posters, and outreach incentives, such as T-shirts and calendars
  
  Video production for clients
  *Produced original viral videos for internet syndication
  *Edited film trailers for streaming video sites and podcasts
  
  Created weekly reports to clients on campaign status and provided final campaign summaries and deliverables upon campaign completion
  
  Generated work orders for vendors and provided quality control of delivered work
  
  Oversaw payroll and accounting
  *Updated campaign budgets on a weekly basis
  *Submitted vendor invoices to CFO for payment
  
  Consolidated and categorized 20,000 contacts in company’s database
  
  Ensured effective back-up of files and databases

• Quality Assurance Analyst

  Lucasarts Entertainment Co.

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Games industry)

  August 2004 — February 2005 (7 months)

  Tested new builds for “Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided” and “Jump To Lightspeed”
  
  Provided feedback and suggestions to Sony Online Entertainment to further game development
  
  Provided setup and participated in the creation of B-Roll footage for marketing

• Marketing Support

  Triplex Direct Marketing Corporation

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2003 — August 2004 (1 year 8 months)

  Processed all arriving list orders, approving and assigning them to the appropriate mailings
  
  Contacted brokers daily with inventories and questions regarding the arrival and processing of expected lists
  
  Created Merge/Purge reports for clients and brokers to review the processing of their mailings

James Billings’s Education

• University of California, Santa Cruz

  BA , Film and Digital Media Production , 1996 — 2000

  Activities and Societies:

  Ninjitsu, Fencing, A/V Crew, and Swinging Slugs

• Marin Academy

  1992 — 1996

Additional Information

James Billings’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company
• My Portfolio

James Billings’s Groups:

•    LucasArts Network

James Billings’s Contact Settings

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