Art Director at Logo, MTV Networks
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Art Director at MTV Networks
- Freelance Designer (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Senior Designer at MTV Networks
- Designer at MTV Networks
- Designer & Video Editor at Kipany Productions
- Designer & Video Editor at Harmonix Music Systems
- Education
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- Rhode Island School of Design
- Connections
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- Industry
- Internet
- Websites
Ryan Shafer’s Summary
Art Direction, Desgn, CSS/Flash Development, Project/Resource Management, & UI/IA Design in a wide variety of interactive Online/Multiplatform projects. Interested in developing knowledge of UI/IA and Art Direction on web or software projects.
Ryan Shafer’s Specialties:
Platforms
Mac 9/X, Windows, basic *nix
Software
Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Cleaner, Flash, Dreamweaver, HTML/CSS/Actionscript, basic Maya, 3D Studio Max, Combustion, Pro Tools, Quark, Applescript/Applescript Studio
Equipment
Mini-DV, Beta SP, 16mm Bolex, 16mm Arriflex, 16mm Steenbeck, lighting, DAT, various microphones
Other
35mm SLR shoot/development/print, silkscreen printing
Ryan Shafer’s Experience
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Art Director
MTV Networks
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Internet industry)
June 2005 — Present (4 years 2 months)
Design
Art Director on all projects since site inception.
Lead Designer on multiplatform initiative: iTunes, Google Video, Amazon.com, & AOL.
Collaborated with Vice President & Design Director of On-Air Creative to develop digital brand.
Technology
Worked with Director of Technology & developers on mockup/wireframe construction methods
Actionscript developer on dynamic & xml driven flash elements
Proposed methodology or design modifications to solve technical/time issues
Management
Managed & art directed design staff, freelancers, interns, & vendors.
Worked with project managers to plan and schedule design work.
Product Development
worked with production to brainstorm, information architect, and develop new products.
Assisted in wireframing & prototyping online products.
Assisted in strategy development with producers, Online Ad Sales, Director of Technology, On-Air Design Director, & Vice Presidents of Creative, Online Production, & Multiplatform Development. -
Freelance Designer
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Design industry)
March 2000 — Present (9 years 5 months)
Freelance motion graphic, brand design, web design/development, video editing for various clients, such as MTV, Red Car - Crest, Cozy Music, Big Pink - USA Networks/Oil of Olay, Zapcast- VH1
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Senior Designer
MTV Networks
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Internet industry)
June 2005 — April 2007 (1 year 11 months)
Promoted to Art Director of Online, Multiplatform Group, Logo, MTV Networks.
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Designer
MTV Networks
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Internet industry)
December 2004 — May 2005 (6 months)
Design team member of MTV's digital music store, URGE, a competitor of Apple's iTunes Music Store.
Worked with art director to design icons, graphics, buttons, page/email layouts.
Designed/drew/painted over 50 tiling, illustrative genre headers.
Developed applescripts to process MTV and VH1's vast image libraries. (this sped up production dramatically) -
Designer & Video Editor
Kipany Productions
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
November 2001 — October 2004 (3 years)
Design, motion graphics , & editing for multiple commercials and non-broadcast videos.
Web design, animation, & maintenance for internal and external websites.
Print design & production for internal clients.
Location & studio based film and/or video productions with crews ranging from small to large.
Constant interaction with clients in meetings, reviews, off-line edits, film & video productions. -
Designer & Video Editor
Harmonix Music Systems
(Computer Games industry)
June 1999 — September 2000 (1 year 4 months)
Worked along side art director to design/animate looping texture maps for FREQUENCY, a Playstation2 music video game.
Designed/animated/edited a promotional video for FREQUENCY to be shown to investors and consumers to create interest in the game.
Ryan Shafer’s Education
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Rhode Island School of Design
BFA , Film, Animation, Video , 1996 — 2000
