Mark Bult

Current

• Owner at Mark Bult Design (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Art Director at CNET Networks (Webshots.com, Consumating.com, and UrbanBaby.com)
• Redesigner at CNET Networks
• Senior Designer at CNET Networks, Webshots.com

• Design Guy at CNET Networks (Download.com)
• board member at acterra
• Board Member at Acterra
• Board Member at Bay Area Action
• Partner, Art Director at Flux51
• Principal, Art Director at Western Front Graphics

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Websites

• My Portfolio
• My Blog
• My Photoblog

Mark Bult’s Summary

I'm a design veteran specializing in web design, redesign, and user experience.

» 20 years as a design professional.
» 13 years concentrating on web design employing the principles of user-centered design, including some of the world's largest online properties.
» 20 years as an occasional freelance writer/journalist.
» 14 years experience with nonprofit entities, including these roles: volunteer, staff, committee chair, and board member.

Portfolio:
http://www.enews.org/portfolio/

Mark Bult’s Specialties:

» Design of compelling and beautiful user experiences.
» Web design / redesign of small, medium, and large sites (Download.com, Webshots.com).
» Complex modern web apps (a.k.a. "Web 2.0") and UIs.
» Brand and identity design (logos, stationery systems, style guidelines).
» Editorial design (online and print periodicals, catalogs, etc.).
» Print and collateral design (all sorts).
» Working with nonprofits.
» Green design — design that observes and employs the principles of sustainability.

Mark Bult’s Experience

• Owner

  Mark Bult Design (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Design industry)

  April 1988 — Present (20 years 6 months)

  Expertise in working with small, medium, and large companies and nonprofits. Identity/logo/branding, advertising campaigns, website design and redesign, etc.

• Art Director

  CNET Networks (Webshots.com, Consumating.com, and UrbanBaby.com)

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CNET; Online Media industry)

  October 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 4 months)

  Responsible for art direction at Webshots.com, Consumating.com, and UrbanBaby.com.

• Redesigner

  CNET Networks

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CNET; Online Media industry)

  2004 — 2007 (3 years)

  Redesigned Download.com, Webshots.com, and UrbanBaby.com.

• Senior Designer

  CNET Networks, Webshots.com

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CNET; Online Media industry)

  February 2006 — October 2006 (9 months)

  (re)designer

• Design Guy

  CNET Networks (Download.com)

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CNET; Online Media industry)

  October 2004 — February 2006 (1 year 5 months)

  Redesign of Download.com, the world's largest archive of downloadable software, games, and free MP3s. Specialized in web usability, usability interface design, editorial design, and product development.

• board member

  acterra

  (Online Media industry)

  2000 — 2004 (4 years)

• Board Member

  Acterra

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  2000 — 2004 (4 years)

• Board Member

  Bay Area Action

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  1997 — 2000 (3 years)

• Partner, Art Director

  Flux51

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)

  1998 — 2000 (2 years)

  Specialized in branding and websites for Silicon Valley's booming tech sector and the nonprofit niche.

• Principal, Art Director

  Western Front Graphics

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)

  1988 — 1998 (10 years)

  Specialized in design of logos and print collateral for companies in high tech, music industry, media, and nonprofit sector.
  
  Got feet wet in the early days of the Web and Netscape 0.2, designing some of the first online presences for nonprofits and businesses in Silicon Valley.

Additional Information

Mark Bult’s Websites:

• My Portfolio
• My Blog
• My Photoblog

Mark Bult’s Interests:

Web standards (http://www.webstandards.org), usability, typography, graphic designer's legal rights, branding and naming, photography, modern art, architecture, anti-censorship activism, politics, environmental advocacy, writing, mountain biking, hiking, and good New York-style pizza.

Mark Bult’s Groups:

Graphic Artists Guild
American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
The Designer's Accord
Design for Change

•    CNET Networks Alumni
•    Webshots Alumni
•    Web Standards Design + Development
•    GreenBiz.com -- Green Business Professionals
•    Acterra
•    Bay Area Action (BAA) Alumni

Mark Bult’s Honors:

Webby award for Download.com

Webby honor for Webshots.com

W3 award for Webshots.com's Spider-Man 3 photo contest (integrated branding design).

Featured on dozens of CSS and design galleries on the web.

Various design, photography, and journalism awards, and numerous published pieces (in books, newspapers, web galleries, etc.)

Mark Bult’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• reference requests
• getting back in touch