Creative Professional
Greater Boston Area
- Current
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- Co-founder, Chief Creative Officer at Coworkers.com
- Creative Professional at J.Y. Design
- Past
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- Interactive Art Director at Extraprise
- Creative Professional at J.Y. Design (Sole Proprietorship)
- Senior Designer at Monitor Group
- Senior Designer at Frame Technology
- Education
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- Corcoran - College of Art + Design
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James Young’s Summary
I am a professional designer and artist living in the Boston area.
James Young’s Specialties:
- Website Design / Redesign
- UX, User Interface Design & Prototyping
- Logo / Corporate & Product Identity / Branding
- Product Identity / Branding
- Interactive Product Demonstrations ("Flash Demos")
- Collateral & Packaging
- Tradeshow Graphics
- Online Advertising (Banner Ads)
- Email Marketing
James Young’s Experience
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Co-founder, Chief Creative Officer
Coworkers.com
(Internet industry)
2007 — Present (2 years)
Coworkers.com provides online tools for the gathering, analyzing, and sharing of professional performance reviews, ratings, and feedback.
http://www.coworkers.com -
Creative Professional
J.Y. Design
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
November 2001 — Present (7 years 9 months)
Freelance designer working with companies worldwide.
Notable clients past & present:
Abaca Technology Corporation, Adobe Systems Incorporated, Aternity, Carbon Design Systems, CollabNet, Commonwealth Capital, Extraprise, Global Insight, InterSystems Corporation, ManageSoft, Millennial Media, Monitor Group, NFPA, Padanaram Yacht Company, Percussion Software, PROMETRIKA, LLC., Rational Software, StudentUniverse.com, TrakHealth, Unica Corporation
http://www.jydesign.com -
Interactive Art Director
Extraprise
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2000 — October 2001 (1 year 3 months)
Privately held CRM, marketing, and advertising services firm.
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Creative Professional
J.Y. Design (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 1997 — October 2001 (4 years 6 months)
(Please see above)
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Senior Designer
Monitor Group
(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)
June 1995 — April 1997 (1 year 11 months)
Privately owned global professional services firm (Decision Architects Group Company).
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Senior Designer
Frame Technology
(Public Company; FRAM; Computer Software industry)
August 1992 — May 1995 (2 years 10 months)
Enterprise-class authoring and publishing solution software company. Frame was acquired by Adobe.
http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker
James Young’s Education
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Corcoran - College of Art + Design
Bachelors , Fine Art , 1989 — 1992
http://www.corcoran.edu
- Activities and Societies:
- Dean’s Scholarship Grant, Outstanding Freshman - Faculty Choice Award, Anne Elson Memorial Prize for Academic Excellence
Additional Information
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James Young’s Interests:
Family, Painting, Kung Fu, Biking, Skateboarding, Music, Skiing, Beach, Coffee!
James Young’s Groups:
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On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs -
Inbound Marketers - For Marketing Professionals -
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Monitor Alumni -
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Cambridge Business Development Group -
Boston Creative Group -
Boston Marketing Group
James Young’s Honors:
New England Direct Marketing Awards (NEDMA) 2003 Awards for Excellence: First Place: Integrated Multimedia Campaigns, for Averion, Inc. Campaign
(Website Design under direction of Sylogy Partners)
MIMC Awards 2001 Finalist in Manufacturing Category: Emerson & Cuming Website (in collaboration with Extraprise)
Spring Internet World 2000 "Best of Show" Web Application Development Software Category: Percussion Software's Rhythmyx User Interface Design
NEWD Awards 2000 Finalist: MarketSoft eLeads Product Demo (Flash)
Society of Technical Communication Boston/NNE Chapter 1998 Award of Excellence for interactive information system: PharMerica Website
Society of Technical Communication Boston/NNE Chapter 1997 Award of Distinction for electronic documentation: Monitor Group Activity Based Costing Tutorial
James Young’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- reference requests
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