Jason Fincanon

Current

Senior Visual/Interaction Designer at Intuit

Past

Senior Interactive Developer at Branded News
Senior Flash Developer at The Marketing Arm
Flash and Flex Developer at Blockdot

Senior Flash Developer at Click Here
Multimedia Developer at Intelecon Services
Sr. Multimedia Developer at ElasticEdge

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Education

The Art Institute of Dallas

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

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Jason Fincanon’s Summary

I graduated from The Art Institute Of Dallas (major in Computer Animation) in 1998 and have been working with Flash since then. I've been in the advertising industry since 2003 and my book "Hands-On Guide To Creating Flash Advertising" was published in 2007. I am definitely more of a developer than a designer and the main software I work with are Flex, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, and the rest of the usual suspects that fall in that same range.

Jason Fincanon’s Specialties:

- Author of "Hands-On Guide to Creating Flash Advertising"
- Author for InsideRIA
- Blogger for DFW Adobe User Group
- Adobe Certified Expert - Flex 3 with AIR
- Certified Flash MX 2004 Developer
- Certified Flash MX Developer

Jason Fincanon’s Experience

Senior Visual/Interaction Designer

Intuit

(Public Company; INTU; Computer Software industry)

October 2009 — Present (2 months)
Senior Interactive Developer

Branded News

(Internet industry)

April 2009 — October 2009 (7 months)

• Working in Flex as part of a team developing an application for client use.

My responsibilities at Branded News include development and modification of various modules and components for a branded web based application.
Senior Flash Developer

The Marketing Arm

(Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)

December 2008 — April 2009 (5 months)

• Development in Flex and Flash to create online marketing and advertising for client products and promotions.
• Integration between Flex and an AMFPHP backend for contests, drawings and various other prize based promotions.

While developing for The Marketing Arm, I was been able to not only introduce them to Flex, but also show them how it can increase a developer's speed and productivity when used on the right projects. Some of the clients I worked for at The Marketing Arm include American Airlines, GameStop and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas.
Flash and Flex Developer

Blockdot

(Public Company; MEG; Online Media industry)

November 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 2 months)

• Work with a team of developers to produce websites and casual games for various clients directly or through their advertising agency.
• Determine which product (Flash or Flex) is best suited for a given project.
• Integration between ActionScript (2 and 3) and .NET web services for data ranging from simple high score tables to complete information about logged in users.

My primary focus while working at Blockdot was on the development of websites and game frames/shells. Utilizing either Flash or Flex, I have done the development of entire user experiences as well as pieces that simply provided a place for multiple games to live and communicate with a common interface and backend.
Senior Flash Developer

Click Here

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

November 2003 — November 2007 (4 years 1 month)

• Build websites with Flash and/or Flex for national and international clients.
• Program communication between ActionScript (2 and 3) and various other languages such as .NET, ASP, PHP and Ruby on Rails.
• Develop both standard and rich media banners.

During my time at Click Here I had the opportunity to work on many projects for some very large and well known clients such as Patrón, Hyundai, GameStop and Travelocity. While doing development on websites and banners in both Flash and Flex, I also used Adobe AIR to build internal tools used to increase developer productivity.
Multimedia Developer

Intelecon Services

(Internet industry)

March 2001 — November 2003 (2 years 9 months)

• Development of Flash websites for various clients both local and national.
• Creation and development of graphics, animations and interactivity for CDs and kiosks used in trade shows.

While working at Intelecon, I was able to start building more on my ActionScript knowledge while also providing animations and graphical work for our clients.
Sr. Multimedia Developer

ElasticEdge

(Computer Software industry)

November 2000 — January 2001 (3 months)

• Creation and development of graphics, animation and interactivity for sales demonstrations.
• Designed, produced and managed materials and graphics for sales collateral.