June Sumiyoshi

Current

• Sr. Designer at AOL

Past

• Lead Designer at Clubessential, LLC
• Designer (Consultant) at Freddie Mac
• Designer at Proxicom

• Senior Training & Development Specialist at L-3 Communications: Link Simulation & Training

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Education

• Savannah College of Art and Design

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Connections

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Industry

Graphic Design

Websites

• My Portfolio

June Sumiyoshi’s Summary

Graphic designer skilled in variety of media, including web, multimedia, and print. Special passion and interest in motion graphics and multimedia production for web, interactive CD and DVD motion interface production.

June Sumiyoshi’s Specialties:

- Visual design competitive analysis
- Design style guide compliance and QA
- Visual design concepting and prototyping
- Product demo production

June Sumiyoshi’s Experience

• Sr. Designer

  AOL

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Internet industry)

  August 2005 — Present (2 years 10 months)

  Working closely with art directors and AOL programming editor’s to fulfill graphic design requests. Collaborate on daily basis with the business owners, art directors and team of designers. Develop innovating design solutions to deliver enhancing visual user experience for the AOL programming channels including: Money & Finance, Small Business, Black Voices, Research & Learn, Horoscopes, and Books.

• Lead Designer

  Clubessential, LLC

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  March 2003 — July 2005 (2 years 5 months)

  Creative lead for all internal and external engagements. Work closely with account managers to fulfill all clients' web design requests. Design and create graphics and code HTML for private clubs within the parameters of company's web-based product. Collaborate with sales and marketing team to develop all digital and print advertisements as well as the product GUI development with the programmers to maximize design flexibility in existing and future enhancements. Train and supervise junior designers to work with account managers in fulfilling clients' web graphic design and production.

• Designer (Consultant)

  Freddie Mac

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; FRE; Financial Services industry)

  April 2002 — March 2003 (1 year)

  -Work with art director to design, update, and improve the corporate intranet. Helped enhance the information architecture and usability by designing easy to navigate graphic user interface masthead.
  -Developed multimedia presentations using Flash for various conferences displayed to attract visitors and promote the Freddie Mac brand.

• Designer

  Proxicom

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  April 2000 — February 2002 (1 year 11 months)

  Collaborate with Creative Producers, Art Directors, and other Designers to produce high-end, creative web solutions. Design graphics and animation that not only arouse interest, but reflect the branding strategy that the client has determined. Outline the information structure, create storyboards, and solve the user interface issues that challenge the web production project. Also assist in design of proposals and presentations. Extensive use of Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Powerpoint, and Word.
  Projects include: Primedia's Gr8Ride.com, Nike.com, Timberland.com, Toyota.com, Elisabeth.com

• Senior Training & Development Specialist

  L-3 Communications: Link Simulation & Training

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LLL; Defense & Space industry)

  February 1999 — March 2000 (1 year 2 months)

  Receive data for computer-based and web-based training packages in order to create visual graphics and animation for multimedia training and learning. Perform graphics designs and correct problems that would interfere with visual training capabilities. Extensive use of Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash.
  Projects include Telcordia's Radio Transmission Fundamentals Series CBT CD-ROM and GM Finance University Web-Based Training (WBT) interface design.

June Sumiyoshi’s Education

• Savannah College of Art and Design

  3.67, Computer Art, 1996 — 1998

  Graduated with honors with minor in Art History

Additional Information

June Sumiyoshi’s Websites:

• My Portfolio

June Sumiyoshi’s Interests:

new gadgets, hiking, people-watching, trend-watching

June Sumiyoshi’s Groups:

DC Web Women
SparkPeople - Motivation for Healthy Living

•    DC Web Women member
•    Proxicom Alumni member

June Sumiyoshi’s Honors:

- Advisory Board Member: Chubb Institute 2003-2005
- Proxicom Quintessential Award – Second Quarter 2001
- SIGGRAPH'98 Student Volunteer
- Savannah College of Art and Design Senior Show Departmental Award
- Dean's List, Fall '96, '97, Winter '97, '98, and Spring '98
- Merian Edna Effing Scholarship Award

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