
Creative Director at GamingExcellence
Ottawa, Canada Area

Creative Director at GamingExcellence
Ottawa, Canada Area
Recently graduated from Interactive Multimedia and Design at Carleton University (class of '09).
Fresh from university I've decided to go on a two month backpacking trip to see some of the world. I am looking to break into a full time position in the video game or multimedia industry come September 1st, 2009. I want to work in a fun, fast-paced, and educated working environment to experience the development pipeline in the real working world.
The IMD course has had me designing, programming, and marketing different multimedia projects to my peers for 4 years. I was recently positioned at EMS SATCOM as a Marketing/Graphic Design Assistant. I helped market and position EMS SATCOM as the leader in Satellite Communications with imagery and verbiage within booth designs, podcast videos, flash ads, corporate documentation, quarterly newsletters, mini-sites, and an internal marketing database.
I enjoy social media (twitter: @warrendunlop), video games, hockey, guitar, digital music composition, snowboarding, and photography.
I am always on the look out for fresh, new, and exciting professional opportunities.
Multimedia and Design Software
- Adobe CS4: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, Sound Booth, Premiere Pro, After Effects
- 3D: Maya, Motionbuilder, ZBrush, ViconIQ, 3DS Max
- Audio: FL Studio, Reason, GarageBand, Cubase
Scripting/Programming Languages
- Advanced: HTML, XHTML, PHP, CSS
- Moderate: XML, Javascript, Actionscript, MySQL
- Novice: C++, XNA/C#, Java, and OpenGL
Office Software
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Comfortable with both Windows and MAC systems
(Graphic Design industry)
May 2009 — Present (7 months)
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
June 2006 — Present (3 years 6 months)
* Handles contest artwork and other promotional materials.
* Assists in web development and various graphic design projects.
* Develops advertising creatives for distribution across our network.
* As well as a capacity for concept development and game journalism.
(Public Company; ELMG; Defense & Space industry)
May 2008 — April 2009 (1 year )
Branding of EMS SATCOM and its product lines through booth designs, marketing collateral, postcards, email blasts, internet advertising, and internal documentation.
Skills:
Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Graphic & Web Designer, (X)HTML, XML
(Design industry)
January 2006 — December 2008 (3 years )
Freelance web design and development.
(Retail industry)
May 2007 — September 2007 (5 months)
StrategyGames.ca store: now with 5000+ products online and updated with descriptions, vital info (ISBN, DIMENSIONS, PC REQ's, etc.), and pictures.
BIT , Interactive Multimedia and Design , 2005 — 2009
BIT , Interactive Multimedia and Design , 2005 — 2009
video game design, graphic design, web 2.0, cross-media expoloration, audio composing
Gaming Excellence, IGDA
Finalist for Illustrator Competition - Studica Skills (submission: stellarreviews comic)