Design and Digital Media Professional
Greater Boston Area
- Current
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- Founder and Podcaster at Asymmetric Biz Cult (On The New Asymmetric Buisiness of Culture Creation)
- Matt Searles : The Man at MattSearles.com
- Past
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- Freelance Designer at Classwell Learning Group
- Interactive Designer at Digital Learning Interactive
- Sales Associate at EBX
- Computer Arts Learning Center Monitor at Massachusetts College of Art
- Education
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- Massachusetts College of Art
- Connections
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Matt Searles’s Summary
Matt Searles’s Specialties:
Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premier, Final Cut, Cubase, Digital Performer, Live, Reason, ActionScript, CSS, XHTML, DOM Scripting, Web Standards, Digital Graphics, Animation, Motion Graphics, Interactive Design, Video, Music Production, Sound Synthesis, Mix Engineer, Sequencing, Sampling, Branding, Business, Podcasting, Social Media
Matt Searles’s Experience
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Founder and Podcaster
Asymmetric Biz Cult (On The New Asymmetric Buisiness of Culture Creation)
(Online Media industry)
May 2006 — Present (2 years 5 months)
A podcast on reconfiguring and re-articulating Media Aesthetics and Business in light of changes in concepts of traditional media and business; Synthesizing emerging Social Media marketing and public relations with issues of culture creation and social, cross-cultural, and aesthetic matters for the modern creative entrepreneur.
Format development includes audio and video production and post-production, i.e. composing, editing, performing, and recording and mixing for the Web.
My role includes leading and facilitating the "Asymmetric Biz Cult"; Our collective Web Strategy and Presence includes: Blogging, Web Design, and outreach to the Social Media community.
SOFTWARE USED:
After Effects, Cubase, Digital Performer, Dreamweaver, Final Cut Pro, Fireworks, Flash, Hash: Animation Master, Illustrator, Live, Native Instruments Komplete, Painter, Peak, Photoshop, Premier, Reason, Storm and Wordpress. -
Matt Searles : The Man
MattSearles.com
(Online Media industry)
July 2000 — Present (8 years 3 months)
To 1) Design, Develop, Implement, and Excecute Business, Marketing, and Publicity Strategies; and 2) Develop, Design and Maintain a viable Web Strategy and e-Presence — both enhanced via Social Networking.
Achieving the above through my skills in Sound Production; Music Composition; Sound Synthesis; Audio Recording, Mixing, and Mastering; Video Production; Animation; and - visually - through Performance Art.
Product development includes CDs, Videos, DVDs, CD-ROMs, and Books, as well as the Business of Interactive Design, including Web Design, Blogging, and Podcasting. Sound engineering is an important and overarching technical aspect to everything that I do.
Moreover, the Studies of Psychology, Business, Philosophy, Marketing, Publicity, Management, various Arts and Cultures - incl World Religions and Mythology, History, Political and Social Science - incl Geopolitics and American Foreign Policy, and Technology are all paramount to my purpose. -
Freelance Designer
Classwell Learning Group
(E-Learning industry)
December 2000 — January 2001 (2 months)
As a freelance designer, I illustrated such varied interface elements as animations, buttons, and interactive game pieces. I also scanned and retouched images, using such programs as Illustrator, PhotoShop, and ImageReady. I was part of a team in which we built and designed a mock-up web site — online resources for educators K-12 — tailoring illustrations and designs for specific grades and age groups.
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Interactive Designer
Digital Learning Interactive
(E-Learning industry)
March 2000 — May 2000 (3 months)
Digital Learning Interactive was a Medford, MA-based educational dot.com. While there, I headed all areas of design for DLI's on-line text-book on comparative religion , including: animation, graphic design, graphic design, illustration, and interface design. I worked with Director, Fireworks, Illustrator, Photoshop, Sound Edit 16, Strata Studio and, especially, Flash. While at DLI, I also took classes in "Trouble Shooting Repair and Maintenence" for the Macintosh, as well as advanced classes in Director and Flash.
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Sales Associate
EBX
(Retail industry)
December 1998 — March 2000 (1 year 4 months)
Provided customer assistance; sold and provided knowledge of computer and console game products and technology; sales and store maintanance.
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Computer Arts Learning Center Monitor
Massachusetts College of Art
(Information Technology and Services industry)
May 1998 — August 1998 (4 months)
IT trouble-shooting; assisting students and faculty with solving computer-related problems; maintaining working knowledge of lab software, from digital video to desktop publishing to multi-media to 3D graphics.
Matt Searles’s Education
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Massachusetts College of Art
Studio Of Interrelated Media 1992 — 1998
Electronic Music, Video, Performance Art, Design, New Media
Additional Information
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Matt Searles’s Interests:
New Marketing, Politics, Depth Psychology, History, Foreign Policy, Business Management, Philosophy, African American Studies, Film Studies
Matt Searles’s Groups:
New England Podcasters, Boston Media Makers, Boston Flash Platform Users Group, Boston Adobe Users Group, social media group(s)
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