Luis Ponce de Leon

Luis Ponce de Leon

interactive designer / visual artist / motion poet

Portland, Oregon Area

Current
  • Adjunct Faculty at Portland State University / Art Institute of Portland
  • Principal / Creative Director at PonceDesign
Past
  • Freelance Art Director at AlloyRed (Self-employed)
  • Freelance Art Director at Hot Pepper
  • Art Director at Agile Industries
  • Freelance Art Director at Razorfish
  • Art Director at Vidal Partnership
  • Broadcast Graphics Designer at Univision
Education
  • Portland State University
  • School of Visual Arts
  • Savannah College of Art and Design
  • American University
Connections
199 connections
Industry
Online Media
Websites

Luis Ponce de Leon’s Summary

Luis Ponce de Leon is an award-winner and published multimedia designer. He has over ten years of experience working for design firms such as Agile Industries, Razorfish, Manhattan Transfer, Modem Media, AlloyRed, and New Interactive. His TV, Interactive and Print work includes clients such as IBM, L'Oreal, Wired Magazine, Red Cross of America, Heineken and General Electric. Luis also teaches multimedia courses at Portland State University and the Art Institute of Portland.

MFA, Video, Savannah College of Art and Design, GA
BFA, Communications, American University, Washington DC

Sample URLs:
http://www.poncedesign.com
http://www.creativehotlist.com/l_poncedeleon

Luis Ponce de Leon’s Specialties:

Video + Web + Print + Photography + Fine Arts


Luis Ponce de Leon’s Experience

  • Adjunct Faculty

    Portland State University / Art Institute of Portland

    (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Education Management industry)

    April 2003Present (6 years 4 months)

    Teach classes on Montion Graphics, Video Editing and Image Manipulation.

  • Principal / Creative Director

    PonceDesign

    (Design industry)

    January 2000Present (9 years 7 months)

    PonceDesign creates innovative visual solutions always dedicated to the client's success.

  • Senior Interactive Advertising Designer

    Fisher Interactive Network (FIN)

    (Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)

    February 2008March 2009 (1 year 2 months)

    Develop and implement advertising solutions for all Fisher network sites.

  • Art Director

    One Economy

    (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

    January 2007February 2008 (1 year 2 months)

    One Economy is a multi-national nonprofit organization that helps low-income people connect to the 21st century economy by bringing wide-scale access to broadband, PCs, technology skills and educational content. One Economy works in more than 30 states and on 4 continents.

  • Art Director

    The New Group

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    May 2005January 2007 (1 year 9 months)

    Design and produce interactive campaigns for Dolby Systems, Intel and Quark Express.

  • Freelance Art Director

    AlloyRed (Self-employed)

    (Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    September 20032004 (1 year)

    Design and develop creative solutions for Symantec and Primavera

  • Freelance Art Director

    Hot Pepper

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    February 2002May 2002 (4 months)

    Design Motion Graphics for Wacom Technologies CD-Rom

  • Art Director

    Agile Industries

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    August 2000August 2001 (1 year 1 month)

    Design and develop creative solutions for Wired Magazine, Architectural Digest, New York Nicks and People PC

  • Freelance Art Director

    Razorfish

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

    January 2000August 2000 (8 months)

    Design and develop creative solutions for Razorfish.

  • Art Director

    Vidal Partnership

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    January 1999January 2000 (1 year 1 month)

    Design advertising for IBM, Heineken and L'Oreal

  • Broadcast Graphics Designer

    Univision

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

    May 1998January 1999 (9 months)

    Create screen graphics for the 6:00 PM and 11:00 PM newscast.


Luis Ponce de Leon’s Education

  • Portland State University

    Flash Action Scripting 20082008

    Activities and Societies:
    PSU Multimedia Professional Development Center
  • School of Visual Arts

    Continuing Education , Web Design , 20002001

    Continuing Education classes on Html, Flash and Director

  • Savannah College of Art and Design

    MFA , Video , 19941997

  • American University

    BFA , Communications , 19901994


Additional Information

Luis Ponce de Leon’s Websites:

Luis Ponce de Leon’s Groups:

  •    Interaction Design Association
  •    Inbound Marketers - For Marketing Professionals
  •    Online marketing
  •    Expertise for Hire
  •    Portland Connect
  •    American University Alumni
  •    Recruiting Professionals Network
  •    eMarketing Association Network
  •    SVA Computer Art - www.SVAcomputerART.com - School of Visual Arts
  •    The Recruitment Network
  •    Revedia Group - Internet Retailer, Interactive Media, Online Brand Marketing Professionals Only.
  •    Savannah College of Art and Design Alumni
  •    Online Marketing España (OME) Madrid
  •    Bicycle Transportation Alliance
  •    pdxMindShare - Portland's Career Community
  •    Localized Marketing Professionals
  •    Advertising Networks
  •    European Internet Professionals
  •    User Experience
  •    INTERACTIVE GROUP
  •    FWA
  •    Experiential Marketing
  •    Design Mind
  •    AIGA Portland
  •    Instructional Design Professional Group
  •    Instructional Design & E-Learning Professionals' Group
  •    Flash Coders
  •    Young Professionals of Portland
  •    Adobe Groups
  •    Adobe Flash Group
  •    PDX Technology Professionals - Portland Oregon
  •    Art&Design Lounge Club
  •    Flash Freelancers
  •    Instructional Designers and Curriculum Writers
  •    PDX Marketing Pros
  •    Refresh Portland
  •    Online Marketing Europe
  •    Liceo Francés de Madrid
  •    Technology-Using Professors
  •    Oregon Creative Industries
  •    Pro Meetings Club Barcelona
  •    Emailing Network
  •    WebVisions
  •    Portland Advertising Federation
  •    Web PDX
  •    Oldschool Flashaholics

Luis Ponce de Leon’s Honors:

Achievements:

Webby Award Honoree 2008
Education Category
http://ziproad.org/
http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current_honorees.php?season=12
Role: Art Director
Company: One Economy

Summit Creative Award 2006
Silver -- Interactive B2B
The QuarkXpress 7 Demo
Role: Art Direction
Agency: The New Group

American Design Awards
Semi Annual Winners 2006
Bronze -- Flash Animation
Dolby/Intel PCEE Demo
Role: Art Direction
Agency: The New Group
Launch Demo: http://www.poncededesign.com/dolby/

Personal interactive portfolio featured in the book Portfolios Online:
- Digital and Graphic Designers Websites by Kathleen Ziegler and Nick Greco, 2001.
Link to Book: http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/006620934X/ref=sib_dp_pt/102-1421185-3116908#reader-link

Wrote, directed, edited, and animated Animal Maze
- Selected for the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, 1998.


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