CHAZ DECKER 747 Ralph McGill Boulevard #1114. Atlanta, GA 30312 chaz@chazis.com www.chazis.com 404 414 3060 EXPERIENCE Art Director // Digitas [March 2010 Ð Present] - Author best practice documentation, competitive studies, creative briefs, wireframes, design comps, prototypes, and style guides - Research, concept, and execute cohesive multi-channel marketing initiatives - Provide creative leadership and training to a team of four designers and six copywriters locally and in remote offices - Present concepts and pitch new business internally and to clients, revising to reflect feedback while offering design rationale to garner audience support and enthusiasm - Act as the visual design lead advocating elegant, user-centric design practices - Manage multiple campaigns with competing deadlines simultaneously - Ensure deliverables are on-brand and align to strategic, business, and user goals - Foster collaboration and a positive, problem-solving culture to ensure clients receive superlative creative work exceeding expectations on time and on budget Sr. Interactive Designer // Philips Design [November 2007 - March 2010] - Author competitive studies, wireframes, design comps, prototypes, and style guides - Provide art direction to designers, ensuring usable, compelling visual design consistent with defined strategy, corporate branding and messaging - Establish design and style guides as the visual design lead responsible for the Philips Worldwide Online Store, 2008 Philips CES, 2007 and 2008 Philips interactive annual reports, and Norelco Shave Everywhere sites - Travel internationally to present design deliverables, prototypes, and provide on-site design, usability, and information architecture services - Advocate and ensure user-oriented design methodologies - Combine experience with technology, usability, and design to produce innovative interfaces and progressive visual experiences Art Director // Sagepath [December 2006 - November 2007] - Acted as the creative lead and designer for traditional and interactive marketing initiatives for several Fortune 500 companies including: The Coca-Cola Company; Future Brands/Jim Beam International; Home Depot; Newell Rubbermaid; NAPA Auto Parts; Sears; and United Parcel Service - Authored design briefs, wireframes, storyboards, and proof-of-concepts - Collaborated with clients from conceptualization and production through delivery - Assured the quality of outgoing deliverables - Met with clients to assess requirements and present deliverables - Attended marketing summits, conferences, and trade shows to promote new business and strengthen existing client-agency relationships - Directed lifestyle and product photo shoots - Collaborated with clients on-site, providing design, usability, and information architecture consulting services Sr. Web Designer // Spunlogic [May 2006 - November 2006] - Participated in and led design meetings informing the project and account managers of current design trends, technologies, and capabilities - Collaborated with Information Architects to produce wireframes and documentation - Designed large-scale websites, ecommerce solutions, landing pages, user interfaces, and email templates, for clients such as: Anheuser-Busch; TBS; Cartoon Network; Georgia Aquarium; City of Atlanta; Intercontinental Hotel Group; and Choicepoint - Mentored junior designers in refining their designs to be visually compelling while integrating established usability principals and current SEO practices - Developed the front-end of websites and web-based user interfaces using complex CSS, Java, PHP, DHTML, XML, and Flash Sr. Graphic Artist // InfoMentis [November 2005 - May 2006] - Combined executive stakeholders philosophies and strategies into a coherent brand - Established and maintained relationships with print and development vendors - Designed promotional materials such as t-shirts, mugs, greeting cards, etc. - Designed interactive and static business models to relay concepts and principals - Managed materials produced by instructional designers to ensure proper conveyance of the corporate brand - Designed sales collateral, corporate website, style guide, branding kits, email marketing campaigns, e-learning modules, and Powerpoint presentation templates Graphic Artist // KnowledgeStorm [May 2005 - November 2005] - Worked closely with Business Development, Products, Marketing, and Technology executives to establish business requirements for B2B interactive initiatives - Established and maintained relationships with print and development vendors - Conducted in-depth formal and informal design review sessions - Complete design and maintenance for the entire network of websites and website syndications with more than one million unique visitors each month - Conducted formal usability and functionality testing on the network of sites - Initiated AJAX methodologies in the design and development of web-based applications Web Designer II // Interland [July 2003 - April 2005] - Designed and developed nearly 200 B2C websites for small and medium-sized businesses - Combined extensive knowledge of web hosting, CSS, Java, ASP/.NET, HTML/DHTML, PHP, and Flash to design and develop unique web presences EDUCATION Bachelor of Science // Boston University [Class of 2003] - Computer Science degree with additional focus in German, Fine Arts, and Human Factors - 3.7 Graduating GPA AFFILIATIONS Professional Associations - American Marketing Association (AMA Atlanta) - Professional Association for Design (AIGA) - Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association (AIMA) - Business Marketing Association (BMA Boston) Volunteer - AID Atlanta - Shakespeare Tavern - VOX Teen Communications SKILLS Art direction; Articulating ideas and describing the creative process; Branding, positioning, and communication strategy; Client etiquette and communication; Collaborating while assuming personal responsibility; Design for mobile devices; Email marketing; Flexibility and adaptability; Globalization; Human-Interface design, Interactive design, Information architecture; Multinational corporate and boutique agency experience; Resource and time management; Search engine optimization; Usability advocation; Web development and hosting COMPUTER - Actionscript and XML - Adobe Dreamweaver - Adobe Fireworks - Adobe Flash - Adobe Illustrator - Adobe InDesign - Adobe Photoshop - Apple Keynote - CSS and HTML - Mac OS 9 & 10.x - Microsoft Access - Microsoft Excel - Microsoft Powerpoint - Microsoft Visio - Microsoft Windows - Microsoft Word - Quark - Quicktime Pro Portfolio available at http://www.chazis.com Additional samples and references are available upon request. CHAZ DECKER 747 Ralph McGill Boulevard #1114. Atlanta, GA 30312 chaz@chazis.com www.chazis.com 404 414 3060