Lead Interactive Art Director, RTCRM
Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Current
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- Lead Interactive Art Director at RTC Relationship Marketing
- Editor at Spunk United Magazine
- Past
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- Art Director at The Upper Storey
- Owner - Director/Producer at Diphthong Interactive Design
- Art Director at The New Media Group
- Game Designer at Boxer Films
- Education
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- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Northern Virginia Community College
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Max Hancock’s Summary
I have a strong background in art and design management, web design, game design, and online application design. I have extensive experience with identity, typography, online branding, electronic music, photography, 3D graphics and illustration. I am a capable Flash developer, (actionScript 1.0 and 2.0).
Some clients I have worked with in the past are: AOL Time Warner, Asia-Inc Magazine, Bennington College, Canon, Citibank, CPB, Discovery Channel, Dome Capital, Hughes, Kellogg's, Lockheed, NASA, National Geographic, New York Public Library, National Urban League, Nokia, Motherhood, Ohmeda, PBS, Thruport Technologies, Walton Arts Center, Winstar, World Bank, AARP, Lincoln, and BMS.
Max Hancock’s Specialties:
Design of: Websites, Web Media, Games and Advanced Web Applications.
Produces: Technical Content, Electronic Music, Identity and Typography, Motion Graphics, Illustration and 3D Graphics.
Current Online Portfolios:
www.diphthong.com
www.diphthong.com/id/oldsite.html
www.diphthong.com/games/
Max Hancock’s Experience
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Lead Interactive Art Director
RTC Relationship Marketing
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)
My responsibilities include working with the creative director and writers to produce creative concepts for interactive Web sites and Web banners. Working primarily on the AARP account, I am responsible for managing the design and production of several large-scale microsites, working with a team of 5+ designers, art directors and programmers. My duties include the creation of creative planning (wire-frames), master-comp designs, sound design, video direction, writing, and programming.
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Editor
Spunk United Magazine
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
January 2001 — Present (8 years 7 months)
http://www.spunkunited.com/
SpUNk is an online magazine and community for Singapore designers. It publishes stories on art & design culture and other related articles. Each issue is developed over a years time in an attempt to collect meaningful articles pertaining to that year. -
Art Director
The Upper Storey
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
August 2005 — November 2005 (4 months)
My mission in this company was to help spearhead a new Internet division and manage a creative team in producing high quality websites and online advertising for major brands.
This company was undergoing a complicated business transition that failed, thus the reason for my short term employment with them. -
Owner - Director/Producer
Diphthong Interactive Design
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
September 1999 — August 2005 (6 years)
In the year 2000 I moved to Singapore from the USA and established Diphthong Interactive Design, and since then it has reached international recognition as one of the top multimedia companies. My responsibilities involved leading and managing the company. My task included generating new business and providing both technical and creative consulting. I established professional relationships with clients from a variety of industries, which required extensive research skills within each project undertaken. I was the active creative director and I managed in-house staff and individual freelancers in producing multimedia projects.
My responsibilities required strong insight– adapting to situations and creative problem solving. In this job, I gained valuable management and people skills. With my own artistic background, I learned what drives the creative spirit and I have learned to tap into and hone these same traits in the individuals who worked with me. -
Art Director
The New Media Group
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
1995 — 1999 (4 years)
As the art director of this multimedia company, I helped led a team of senior designers and provided direction in the production of websites, electronic presentations and CD-ROMS for branded clients and other up-start businesses. My role as art director included collaborating and communicating with clients and integrating a process from concept to completion with the goal of successfully meeting their needs within tight deadlines. I directed a team of designers in developing many graphic layouts. My skills required extensive multimedia and animation knowledge and I frequently developed storyboards for websites, title animation and presentations.
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Game Designer
Boxer Films
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)
January 1994 — January 1995 (1 year 1 month)
While finishing my studies at the University, I worked part-time with Boxer Films. I helped to conceptualize and produce online multiplayer games with a team of professional designers and programmers. My role was to work with the producers to generate imaginative ideas and concepts for mostly educational games.
Max Hancock’s Education
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Virginia Commonwealth University
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) , Electronic Media, Graphic Design, Video, Animation , January 1990 — August 1994
GPA 3.9
Deans List 1993
Fulbright Scholarship- Activities and Societies:
- • Richmond Arts Magazine
• Member of Electronic Media Artist Group (EMAG)
• The Art Space, Member
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Northern Virginia Community College
GPA 4.0 , Art Foundation, Acedemic, Art History, Psychology , 1989 — 1990
Additional Information
Max Hancock’s Websites:
Max Hancock’s Interests:
• Electronic Music, produces music as DJ Max Ebb. • Attending Design conferences and workshops.
Max Hancock’s Groups:
• AIGA
• The Type Director's Club
• New Media Society
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Wunderman - Interactive since 1958 -
RTC Relationship Marketing
Max Hancock’s Honors:
• 2008 W3 Gold Award Winner for AARP New Member Experience (aarpwelcome.org)
• Awarded Best in Show (Consumer Web Award) Addy, for MyHCOexpert.com
• 2007 Golden Dot Award, Best Animation or Web Game for Delay's Dollars.
• Awarded Pollie, Gold, 2007, for Delay's Dollars Web Game.
• Awarded Addy Awards, Gold, 2006 for FlipClip Application.
• Awarded How Magazine's Top Ten, 2006.
• Awarded Addy Awards, Silver, 2005 for Walton Arts Center Website.
• Macromedia’s Site of the Week - awarded to “Diphthong ID”, 2003
• Awarded Best Designs Award, 2003.
• New Media Invision Awards Festival, Gold, 1998.
• SIGCAT, Best Educational CD-ROM, 1996
• ACKME Gallery Media Art Show, 1994
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• Featured in Book: Rethink Redesign Reconstruct, By Mark Wesserman
Published by How Design, 2004
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• Featured in Book:“Redesigning Web sites: Retooling For The Changing Needs Of Business” —by Stefan Mumau, Rockport Publishers.
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