| Technical: |
HTML, CSS, ActionScript, Lingo
Acrobat, AfterEffects, Photoshop, Illustrator, ImageReady
Director, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Freehand
FileMaker, Final Cut, Lotus Notes
Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Visio
AutoCAD, Architectural Desktop, VectorWorks, DesignWorkshop
Mac OS, Windows, Unix
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| Experience: |
2007 - Present
Instructor
The Art Institute of California, San Francisco , SF, CA
Instructor for Fundamentals and Intermediate Authoring courses.
2007 - Present
Instructor
Bay Area Video Coalition , SF, CA
Instructor for various graphic and web design courses.
1990 - Present
Project Manager, Digital Media Designer and Developer
Cathy George Design, NY, CO, and CA (formerly MamaMedia)
Provided services for clients including project management, storyboarding, branding, production, graphic design, motion design, and programming of interactive, interface, and animation projects. Clients include Apple, Arnowitz Productions, Chase Manhattan, Citicorp, Deloitte & Touche, GoTrafficInteractive, Honeywell, Ikonic Interactive, Jack Morton Productions, Medior Incorporated, NY Metropolitan Museum of Art, Parsons Brinkerhoff, Santler Marketing Group, SRI International, Witlin & Waigand Productions.
2005 - 2007
Course Director
Expression College for Digital Arts, Emeryville, CA
Course Director in the Motion Graphic Design program. Developed and/or improved curriculum, lectured, assisted, assessed students in Interactivity and Screen Design 1 & 2, Animation & Motion Theory, and Final Project courses. Instructor and Lab Instructor in the Core program.
2001 - 2004
Digital Media Instructor, Program Designer, and Department Chair
New Technology High
School, Napa, CA
Curriculum design for Digital Media courses, combined the NTHS learning outcomes with California State Standards for Visual Art, incorporated the Buck Institute's "project based learning" methods. Integrated the principles of design, industry standard digital media tools, art history, traditional drawing, critique, and web design throughout entire curriculum.
1999 - 2001
Project Manager, Digital Media Designer and Developer
MP3.com, San Diego, CA
Project management and art direction of multimedia team that developed hybrid online and offline CDROM advertising pieces. Performed all tasks throughout start-up phase to create the first title, which accounted for 64% of the company's revenue that year. Built a unique educational title used by legal and industry professionals which demonstrated intellectual property, copyright, online storage, capacities, usage, and licensing issues associated with MP3 music files, with database driven flash animation content.
1996 - 1998
Digital Media Instructor and Program Designer
Metro State College of Denver, Colorado Institute of Art, & Platt College, Denver, CO
Curriculum design and course instruction of: beginning and intermediate Graphic Design, Photoshop, and Painter; as well as beginning, intermediate, and advanced Director, Lingo, and Premiere. Designed and implemented demos and tutorials covering the principles of design, the fundamentals of web design, technique and use of digital media software; self-paced interactive exams, and assessment tools.
1994 - 1996
Digital Media Designer and Developer
MediaLab, Inc, Louisville, CO
Digital Media services and Computer Based Training product developer. Clients included The Denver Art Museum, The Denver Public Library, Founders Fund, TVA, The Gates Corporation, Hewlett-Packard. Produced custom interface with motion graphics for TVA's headquarters product showroom. Produced one-minute infomercials for Hewlett Packard for a global telecom conference, considered best by HP in terms of clarity of message and effectiveness of design. |
| Education: |
Sonoma
State University, Sonoma, CA: Green Building Design Certificate Program
Napa
Valley College, Napa, CA: AutoCAD, Architectural Desktop
FlashForward
Seminars, San Francisco, CA: ActionScript
New Technology Foundation, Napa, Ca: Curriculum Design, PBL
TreviMedia Seminar, Chicago, Il: ActionScript
TreviMedia Seminar,
San Diego, Ca: Advanced Lingo
Media Lab, Inc, Louisville, Co: Advanced Lingo
Computer Arts Institute, SF, Ca: Macromedia
Director
Art Students’
League, NY, NY: Painting
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY: BFA Studies in Art, Anthropology
Minor
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