Mat Giordano

Mat Giordano

Interactive Director and Multimedia Artist

Scranton, Pennsylvania Area

Current
  • Interactive Director at Entercom
  • Freelance Art Director at matgiordano.com
Past
  • Creative Director at HumanKind inc.
  • Senior Designer at Idea Interactive/Idea Integration
  • Designer / Freelance at Ibex Puppetry

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Education
  • Full Sail University
  • Full Sail University
  • Luzerne County Community College
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Industry
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Mat Giordano’s Summary

Hi.

My name is Mat and I'm über passionate about what I do.

I have broad experience in graphic and interactive design, branding and identity, video production, project management, using multiple content management systems (open source & proprietary), web metrics analysis and copy writing.

Mat Giordano’s Specialties:

Graphic/interactive design, typography & layout, project management, branding and identity, web/data metrics & analysis, contingency design, content management, copywriting, and making a really mean jambalaya.

Mat Giordano’s Experience

  • Interactive Director

    Entercom

    (Public Company; ETM; Broadcast Media industry)

    March 2009 — Present (9 months)

    Web design/development and content-project management / working closely with Director of Strategic Sales & Marketing to grow online advertising revenue through interactive campaigns which enable clients to talk directly to their customers through original content.

  • Freelance Art Director

    matgiordano.com

    (Online Media industry)

    December 2008 — Present (1 year )

    Preparing and delivering a diverse selection of original artwork in digital format to a wide array of clientele. I enjoy working directly with my clients to help determine their needs and preferences as well as their target market segment to get the most out of their products and services.

    Portfolio available upon request.

  • Creative Director

    HumanKind inc.

    (Online Media industry)

    August 2008 — November 2008 (4 months)

    Overseeing creative team in daily milestones, assuring brand compliance and fluidity meshes well with top notch design and interactivity above and beyond client expectations.

    In-depth team concept development allows for a diverse design team to tie off at different ends of visual and interactive workflows.

    Present client roster includes Related Architecture, NYC; Sprint; Subaru; Brinks Worldwide; match.com; Texas Instruments.

  • Senior Designer

    Idea Interactive/Idea Integration

    (Online Media industry)

    October 2007 — August 2008 (11 months)

    Senior-level Multimedia designer responsible for conceptualizing and executing rich media experiences and maintaining brand guidelines for an expanse of global clients and Fortune 500 companies including HP, Microsoft, Intel, and Sony.

  • Designer / Freelance

    Ibex Puppetry

    (Entertainment industry)

    June 2007 — October 2007 (5 months)

    Built identity for reoccuring puppet shows/puppet slams from Florida to Los Angeles, CA. Clients include Heather Henson (Executive Producer) and Jamie Donmoyer (Co-Producer, Puppeteer; Johnny and the Sprites).

  • Interactive Content Developer

    Full Sail Online - Full Sail University

    (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

    March 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 8 months)

    Project lead/manager on IT integrations including redesigns, interactive video, technical maps, Flash video integration. From documentation of these upgrades a style guide was developed to follow when producing mulitmedia content for site.

    Responsible for creation of interactive solutions, along with keeping the Propeller brand in tact and resorting to a specific color palette when creating visual content for the site.

    Long term goals for myself during the duration of my time working for Manny and Co. was to increase Propeller intranet traffic at least two fold. I was fortunate enough to accomplish this with such a cool team and push our my final month with the company's unique visitor count to 764,754, almost twice the highest projected numbers.

    Daily exposure to incredibly efficient product development and workflow processes allowed me to streamline and develop my own approach to creative projects in general.

  • Designer/Sub-Contractor

    Seventh Degree, Inc.

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

    January 2007 — January 2007 (1 month)

    *Reorganized/rebuilt stylesheet code for a one night turnaround based on a client's timetable.

    *Fixed up design comps to make the final two pieces work together fluidly.

  • Designer/Consultant

    FocusDetail.com

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

    January 2006 — February 2006 (2 months)

    Served as a designer and consultant for BlueFly affiliate FocusDetail.com, a listing page linking the end user to designer products on the web at a discount from places such as MoMa Store (NYC) and Overstock.com.

  • Intern Online Journalist and Production Assistant

    Full Sail Real World Education

    (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Online Media industry)

    September 2005 — February 2006 (6 months)

    Did pickup work around the team, from writing demographically-targeted articles to design work and minor programming with XML.

  • Consultant

    InBinghamton.com

    (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

    January 2006 — January 2006 (1 month)

    Served as a consultant to prepare InBinghamton.com for a timely launch.

Mat Giordano’s Education

  • Full Sail University

    Bachelor of Science , Digital Art & Design , 2005 — 2006

  • Full Sail University

    Associate of Science , Digital Media , 2005

    3.4/4.0 CUM GPA

    Attended SIGGRAPH 2005 in Los Angeles, California.

    Attended Mac Design Conference 2005 in Tampa, Florida.

  • Luzerne County Community College

    1999 — 2002

Additional Information

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Mat Giordano’s Interests:

New technology, interactive design, information architecture,print/web/motion advertising, writing, start-ups, professional networking, social media, metal, art & Burger King's Cheesy Tots.

Mat Giordano’s Groups:

Cambridge Who's Who Executives & Professionals Honors Registry (2007-present)
ACM Siggraph Member (2005-present), Flash Forward Austin 2006

  •    Sr level Internet Marketers Group, Internet Marketing Professionals Only.
  •    Communication Arts
  •    Web Standards Design + Development
  •    AIGA | the professional association for design
  •    INTERACTIVE & DIGITAL MEDIA GROUP
  •    Full Sail Linked
  •    Diabetes Hands Foundation
  •    Full Sail Careers
  •    The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences

Mat Giordano’s Honors:

Salutatorian - Bachelor of Science (2006)
Advanced Achievement Award - (2006)
Cambridge Who's Who Executives & Professionals Honors Registry - (2007)
Course Director's Award for Typography & Page Layout - (2006)
Course Director's Award for Portfolio Creation - (2006)
Certificate of Excellence - (2006)
Certificate of Excellence - (2005)
Course Director's Award for Digital Publishing - (2005)

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