Creative Director
Greater New York City Area
- Past
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- Art Director at Mammoth Advertising
- Web Developer Consultant at Many Companies
- Co-Founder at Mostasa (New Media Design)
- Art Director at MGM
- Art Director at Dawn Patrol
- Education
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- Otis College of Art and Design
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Melvin Rivera’s Summary
I'm a professional designer and programmer for the web and iPhone. Over the span of 12 years I've worked for a list of clients that include Sony, Apple, MGM and Universal. I have played the role of creative director, senior designer, programmer, project manager and even founded a small boutique design company. I have a keen interest in technology and social media. I code neatly by hand css, actionscript, php, javascript and objective-c and have developed quite an expertise WordPress.
Melvin Rivera’s Specialties:
design & code, iphone, wordpress, web standards, css, javascript & php
Melvin Rivera’s Experience
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Art Director
Mammoth Advertising
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
October 2006 — June 2009 (2 years 9 months)
Designed online marketing campaigns for the entertainment industry. Involved in projects from concept to finish sometimes leading a team of developers but often completing all design and programming alone. Developed flash experiences, social web components, full websites, microsites, blogs, online banner campaigns and widgets.
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Web Developer Consultant
Many Companies
(Internet industry)
2003 — July 2007 (4 years )
Developed a variety of projects for the web that involved, Flash experiences, blogs, corporate websites, logo identity and CMS. Clients included Apple Computer, Warner Bros., MGM, Urban Youth Workers Institute, Mosaic and ABS.
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Co-Founder
Mostasa (New Media Design)
(Internet industry)
2000 — 2003 (3 years )
Founding member of a new media design company targeting the entertainment industry. Responsibilities included taking projects from concept to delivery, maintaining client relationships, project management, personnel management and marketing.
Clients include:
MGM, Warner Bros, FOX, Universal, Adobe, MTV, FusionOne, DoTV, Swell.com -
Art Director
MGM
(Public Company; MGM; Entertainment industry)
1997 — 2000 (3 years )
Started in the print department as an Art Director. Collaborated with a small team to design the promotional marketing material for films including James bond. Designed posters, banners, bus-side banners, billboards and newspaper ads. Designed and developed all promotional websites for MGM films.
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Art Director
Dawn Patrol
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
1995 — 1997 (2 years )
Designined promotional material for movies, posters, video
ket art, video promos, logos and annual reports.
Melvin Rivera’s Education
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Otis College of Art and Design
Graphic Design 1992 — 1995
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Melvin Rivera’s Interests:
web standards development, blogging platforms like wordpress, social media, open apis, mobile development
Melvin Rivera’s Honors:
• Speaker at WWDC 2007: Designing & Extending The Mac Os X Blog Experience covering how to customize WordPress themes.
• Served as a consultant for the Adobe Creative Suite Software.
• Speaker at Internet World Conference session in 2002.
• Featured at Designinteract.com - "Hollywood and the Internet".
• Featured at Adobe.com in detailed interview about Mostasa (2000).
• Featured at Apple.com in article about Mostasa (2000).
• Featured in web design book "Designing Websites for Every Audience".
• Featured in book "Inside The Publishing Revolution: The Adobe Story".
• Featured in How Magazine article "The Web At The Movies".
• Key Art Awards Winner "Bronze" for JamesBond.com.
• Won Silver and Bronze awards at the Florida Magazine Association.
• Interviewed at MGM for Univision's Control (1999).
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