Senior Designer - Interactive
Greater Denver Area
- Current
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- Sr. Interactive Designer at Starz Entertainment
- Certified Freelancer/Instructor/Expert at Adobe
- Senior Designer/Manager of Interactive Department at Starz
- Senior Interactive Designer at Starz Encore Group
- Owner at Colossal Creative
- Past
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- Instructor at GT Alliance
- Interactive Designer at BVP Media (now Moxie Media Group)
- Interactive Designer at Company 39 (Parsons Brinkerhoff)
- Interactive Designer at Edge Interactive
- Motion Graphics Designer at Interactive Television Network
- Education
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- Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
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Paul Trani’s Summary
I've been drawing and designing since I was a kid. In school I was known as the "art guy", minus the melancholy attitude and artistic hair. Art school was a natural progression which of course lead to being in the digital design field professionally for the past 13 years.
I've worked for television networks and small to large design agencies and probably what I love to do most is create great projects and teach others how to do the same. Teaching is a passion of mine and I love sharing what I know and inspiring them. I want people to love what they do as much as I do. I don't think I've worked a day of my life because of this.
Paul Trani’s Specialties:
Online design/development (Flash, Photoshop etc.)
Motion design/animation (After Effects, Premiere Pro)
Paul Trani’s Experience
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Sr. Interactive Designer
Starz Entertainment
(Public Company; Online Media industry)
2002 — Present (7 years )
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Certified Freelancer/Instructor/Expert
Adobe
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2001 — Present (8 years 6 months)
I'm an Adobe Certified Expert, Adobe Certified Trainer and Adobe Freelancer. Needless to say I do a lot of work for Adobe. Mostly eSeminars and live events as well as developing some materials for them on occasion.
I'd be happy to set up training for your organization on any of the following:
Flash
Photoshop
Dreamweaver
Contribute
Premiere Pro
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Senior Designer/Manager of Interactive Department
Starz
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Entertainment industry)
June 2001 — Present (8 years 6 months)
Responsible for leading a team of talented designers/developers in charge of promoting Starz and starz product online. A very exciting and rewarding gig. Not only do I manage the team but I also work on the higher profile projects that requires my experience.
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Senior Interactive Designer
Starz Encore Group
(Online Media industry)
2001 — Present (8 years )
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Owner
Colossal Creative
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Online Media industry)
April 1995 — Present (14 years 8 months)
This is the name of my freelance business. Mostly creating online and DVD promotional experiences for small to large companies.
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Instructor
GT Alliance
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
June 2001 — June 2007 (6 years 1 month)
Was their main instructor, teaching the following programs as well as developing courseware for these programs:
Flash (all versions)
Dreamweaver
After Effects
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Interactive Designer
BVP Media (now Moxie Media Group)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
July 2000 — May 2001 (11 months)
The web designer of choice for this company. Doing online, CDROM and DVD work.
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Interactive Designer
Company 39 (Parsons Brinkerhoff)
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Civil Engineering industry)
August 1998 — May 2000 (1 year 10 months)
Web Designer working on websites and promotional experiences for major civil engineering projects. I probably averaged a site a month.
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Interactive Designer
Edge Interactive
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 1997 — May 1998 (1 year )
Web and Interactive Designer working on mostly CD ROM projects back when those were big time. Worked with a lot of telecom companies such as Lucent Technologies etc.
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Motion Graphics Designer
Interactive Television Network
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
June 1995 — June 1997 (2 years 1 month)
Was the creator of 90% of all on-air graphics and animation for this new interactive network. Games were played using a standard phone. Technology was new. Games were fun. Graphics were stellar!
Paul Trani’s Education
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Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
1992 — 1995
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Paul Trani’s Interests:
I love training and inspiring others to use their talents and skills to produce amazing projects.
Paul Trani’s Groups:
Rocky Mountain Adobe User Group - Regular Speaker
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Adobe Community Program Leaders
