
Artist, Designer, Small-time Entrepreneur
Greater New York City Area

Artist, Designer, Small-time Entrepreneur
Greater New York City Area
Liam has been developing a social operations platform in Beeing, a start up company, as its creative director and product designer.
Liam has logged in 15 years of creative, consulting and management experience in industrial design, interactive advertising, social media, and metaverse content development.
In 3D social networking media he has consulted and created branded metaverse environments for his clients in the entertainment and enterprise industries. Projects included: i.e. 300, Transformers, Iron Man, Die Hard, and for such corporate clients as Steelcase, SAP, SUN, Allstate.
As Sr. Art Director at Draftfcb {FCBi} he directed and created for Fortune 100 clients i.e. MetLife, Samsung, UBS Warburg. He consulted for the UN and a Vatican foundation.Previously he worked on product development projects for Kodak, Fisher Price, Plantronics as an industrial designer, and graphic designer on GE, IBM accounts.
He brings to his clients a broad educational background - Masters from Fordham U in Interdisciplinary International Studies focusing on Political Economics, and BFA in Industrial Design from RIT with minors in Psychology and Illustration.
Trained in human factors with an education in the humanities, Liam focuses on considering the human psychological and social experience to develop interactive products that are both technically efficient, as well as artistically effective, for the human person, while considering the investment vs. value to the client. Instilled in every project is the understanding that corporate brand and consistency of media message are key, which requires attention to detail and a willingness to reform creative energy toward the corporate agenda, yet not to override the needs of the consumer.
Interactive, Social Media Strategy, Blue Sky Concepting, Creative and Art Directing, Team Building, Project Management, User Experience, Interactive Design, Product Design, 2D/3D Virtual World, Process Mapping, System Mapping.
(Online Media industry)
November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)
A start up company - developed a social media application.
(Design industry)
December 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 1 month)
As Liam Kanno in Second Life, Wright led the V3 team in developing environments and events for enterprise and entertainment marketing firms. www.theV3group.com. Dedicated to creating a fully immersive virtual reality environment driven by user experience, branding needs, and functional requirements. Clients included The Picture Production Company (worked on 300, Die Hard 4, Iron Man and Transformers) as well as, Steelcase, SAP, SUN Microsystems and Allstate Insurance. Side projects included the International Technology Expo 2007, and the 911 Memorial.
(Internet industry)
January 2002 — December 2006 (5 years )
• Developed web based business solutions, process flow and corporate communications.
(Public Company; ipg; Marketing and Advertising industry)
July 2000 — January 2002 (1 year 7 months)
Masters , Humanities - Concentration: International Political Economics , 2004 — 2006
BFA , Industrial Design , 1994 — 1999