THE RESUME

Creative Director with experience in branding, marketing and advertising for
print and web.

EXPERIENCE

ART DIRECTOR. blacQube. Atlanta, GA. (March 2009 - Present)
blacQube is an agency specializing in integrated marketing campaigns for premium brands. Responsibilities include concepting online design strategies for Mercedes-AMG and Cigarette Boat Racing, eCRM management and HTML/CSS coding. Working closely with Creative Directors and Project Managers to bring concepts to life while overseeing/ mentoring Junior Designers is a daily occurance.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR. episode49. Chattanooga, TN. (October 2008 - March 2009)
Developed a creative department by implementing design structures and processes for an established and highly successful .NET studio. Provided site structure mapping and wireframing along with creative concepting and design implementation.

SENIOR DESIGNER. Think Monster. Atlanta, GA. (May 2006 - October 2008)
Member of a highly creative team for an award winning 10-year-old, integrated marketing and design firm. Provided an essential role in concepting and designing online and offline marketing materials for a wide variety of clients. Duties included branding and identity design, web and print design, photography, package design, flash concepting, digital illustration, email campaigns and client consulting.

SENIOR DESIGNER. Three HD. Chattanooga, TN. (2004-2006)
Creative lead at an award-winning interactive firm. Formed design processes, project workflow and marketing plans. Provided branding, web and print design solutions that resulted in an increase in regional company awareness. Duties also included concepting and designing custom software applications used by many companies in the carpet industry.

DESIGNER. Copeland Design. Potomac, MD. (2003-2004)
Member of a creative marketing department in suburban Washington DC. Duties included concepting and designing marketing materials for national banks, property management companies and small businesses. Also was responsible for providing concepting and programming of all multimedia and web based projects.

DESIGN CONSULTANT. 440 Creative. Columbia, SC. (2002-2003)
Provided creative design strategy and direction. Responsibilities included branding and identity campaigns, web design, photography, digital illustration, print design, concepting and developing promotional materials.

INTERACTIVE DESIGNER. ImageWright. Chattanooga, TN. (2000-2002)
Interactive designer whose duties included creating brands, interactive web site design, Flash animation concepting, new business development research, leading client meetings and creating internal marketing materials.

INTERACTIVE DESIGNER. Thomas Nelson. Nashville, TN. (1999-2000)
In-house website designer for the Nelson Direct sales channel. Responsibilities included daily product updates to the nelsondirect.com website, online ad generation, website redesign strategies for increased sales, product catalog assistance and creation of marketing materials for sales reps.

RECOGNITION

SUMMIT AWARDS
2004, 2005, 2006 Silver and Bronze awards for various online campaigns.

CHATTANOOGA AD CLUB
2004, 2005, 2006 awards for several corporate websites.

SKILLS

CREATIVE.
Creative direction, creative process development, online brand development, identity design, project management, offline print material development, web design, presentation and communication materials strategy, usability research, virtual community research and experience architecture.

TECHNICAL.
Comprehensive knowledge of both Mac and Windows platforms, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe ImageReady, Adobe Acrobat Professional, HTML, Javascript, CSS, Dreamweaver and working knowledge of Macromedia Flash.

EDUCATION

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE School of Mass Communications, Emphasis in Digital Animation/ Imaging with minors in Studio Art and Spanish. Middle Tennessee State University. Murfreesboro, TN - 1999

AFFILIATIONS

AIGA The Professional Association for Design, Chattanooga and Atlanta Chapters (2004-Present)
Adobe Multiple seminars on Adobe PhotoShop
HOW Design/ PANTONE Communication with Color lead by Ellen Lupton (2003)
HOW Design Conference Attendee (2005, 2007)

REFERENCES

Available upon request. Contact me at mattcooleydesign@gmail.com