James Khazar

Current

• Independent Professional at Khazar Multimedia Consulting (Self-employed)

Past

• Guest Lecturer at UC Santa Cruz
• Developer Relations Manager, Macromedia Director at Macromedia
• Multimedia Art Director at Macromedia

• Instructional Media Group Multimedia Producer at Macromedia
• Multimedia Producer at Sybase
• Multimedia Producer at Oracle
• Media Department Art Director at MacroMind
• Art Director at SoftAd
• Multimedia Producer at Accent Software
• Senior Graphic Designer at Videodetics

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Education

• University of California, Santa Cruz

Connections

20 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Website

James Khazar’s Summary

Professional digital media artist, designer and developer with 25 years of industry ex per ience cur rently seeking to extend experience as an instructor in Digital Art and New Media, with the goal of becoming a full-time academic professional.

James Khazar’s Specialties:

• Expert in Adobe Flash, Adobe Director, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Dreamweaver, Cycling '74 MAX/MSP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ActionScript, and Lingo
• Proficient in Apple FinalCut, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Audition, Audacity, Sony SoundForge, Digidesign ProTools, Symbolic Sound Kyma, Cycling '74 Jitter, Autodesk 3ds Max, C++, Processing, PHP, CGI, in designing and fabricating electronics with Basic Stamp and Arduino CPUs

James Khazar’s Experience

• Independent Professional

  Khazar Multimedia Consulting (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Online Media industry)

  January 1977 — Present (32 years 7 months)

  Freelance producer of multimedia for the Web, Enhanced CD’s, CD ROMS, and marketing presentation. Clients included Apple Computer, Sybase, Nellcore, and Interscope Records.

• Guest Lecturer

  UC Santa Cruz

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  February 2008 — February 2008 (1 month)

• Developer Relations Manager, Macromedia Director

  Macromedia

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MACR; Computer Software industry)

  January 1999 — May 2001 (2 years 5 months)

  Liaison for developers into the product management, marketing and en gin­eering teams. Set up Developer Summits, special events, user conference sessions. Worked with developers and partners to resolve business-critical issues. Surveyed the community for insights into how to improve Director. Basically, did everything it takes to know and understand Director de vel­oper needs and take the lead in getting them implemented.

• Multimedia Art Director

  Macromedia

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MACR; Computer Software industry)

  January 1998 — December 1998 (1 year)

  Managed 4 full time staff and up to 4 contract staff. Art Directed and pro­duced ad banners, promotional CD ROM's, and executive and marketing presentations.

• Instructional Media Group Multimedia Producer

  Macromedia

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MACR; Computer Software industry)

  January 1996 — December 1997 (2 years)

  Managed 2 full time staff and up to 6 contract staff. Designed, im ple­mented and managed the implementation of the "Show Me" instructional movies that shipped with Director 6 and 7, Flash 3, Dreamweaver 1 and 2.

• Multimedia Producer

  Sybase

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; SY; Computer Software industry)

  January 1994 — December 1995 (2 years)

  Art Directed and produced international multimedia seminar series on Sybase products.

• Multimedia Producer

  Oracle

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ORCL; Computer Software industry)

  January 1992 — December 1994 (3 years)

  Art Directed and produced international multimedia seminar series on Oracle products.

• Media Department Art Director

  MacroMind

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 1991 — December 1991 (1 year)

  Managed 2 full time staff. Produced the in-box example and tutorial ma ter­ial for Director 3.0, MediaMaker, Three-D and ACTION!

• Art Director

  SoftAd

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

  January 1989 — December 1990 (2 years)

  SoftAd, one of the first companies to create interactive ads, was an inter­national leader in desktop computer-based interactive advertising. Art directed, storyboarded and implemented multimedia for multiple clients including Abbot Labs, American Airlines, DEC, IBM, MCI, Nissan, Saab, United Airlines, US West, and Waters Millipore.

• Multimedia Producer

  Accent Software

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 1984 — December 1988 (5 years)

  Accent Software was the first company to create computer-based animated graphics for marketing and sales applications on personal computers. Designed, storyboarded and implemented multimedia for multiple clients including Ashton-Tate, BMW, Borland, Chase Manhattan Bank, Compaq, Dow Jones Publishing, Epson, HP, Hitachi, National Car Rental, Ogilvy & Mather, Software Publishing, and Toshiba.

• Senior Graphic Designer

  Videodetics

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Odex; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

  January 1982 — December 1983 (2 years)

  Videodetics manufactured the Videodex, one of the first point-of-sale interactive videotape controllers. Designed and implemented interactive video graphics and user interface of the Videodex system.

James Khazar’s Education

• University of California, Santa Cruz

  2005 — 2007

Additional Information

James Khazar’s Websites:

• My Website

James Khazar’s Interests:

Teaching at the College or University level.

James Khazar’s Groups:

New Media Caucus (http://www.newmediacaucus.org/), SIGGRAPH
2001 Macromedia Flash Product Advisory Board

•    Macromedia Alumni
•    Adobe Director users

James Khazar’s Honors:

2002 International Electronic Multimedia Awards (EMMAS) awards judge
2001 Art Directors Club of New York 80th Annual Awards, New Media Division
1993 through 2000 New Media Magazine Invision Awards
1996 Gold Award, “Interscope Records: Primus, Tales from the Punchbowl”
New Media Magazine Invision Awards
1996 Gold Award, “Interscope Records: Primus, Tales from the Punchbowl.”
New Media Magazine Invision Awards
1996 K Through 12 Gold Award,
“Zelos Interactive Learning: Team SAT.”
Cinema in Industry Education Awards (CINDY)
1995 Summit Best of Show and Gold Award for Education
“Zelos Interactive Learning: Team SAT”
International Interactive Communications Society (IICS)

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