christian sparrow
415.706.1816
[email protected] www.christiansparrow.com
San Francisco, CA | Boston, MA
INTERACTIVE ART DIRECTOR
UI | UX DESIGNER
Salve Regina University 1993-1997 | Newport, RI
Major:Bachelor of Science in Education
Minors:English,Art
Macquarie UniversityFall 1994-1995 | Sydney, Australia
English,AustralianHistoryandCulturalArt
Adobe "Site of the Day"
PixelAwardsrecipient
Kirupa.com"SiteoftheWeek"
DopeAwards.comrecipient
PINCBronzeAward
DirectedStudyAdvisor-
AcademyofArtUniversity,SF,CA
NewMediaDesignProgramJudge-
AcademyofArtUniversity,SF,CA
Member-
Information Architecture Institute
In-House Art Director, Interactive Designer and Front-End
DeveloperAmericanBoardofPodiatricSurgery,SanFrancisco,CA|2003-2006
LeddevelopmentofanewcreativeandmarketingstrategyforABPS
Re-brandedallcompanycommunicationsmaterialsandguidelines
Re-designedthecompanywebsitefromthegroundup
SuccessfullyimplementedanewAgilewebdevelopmentprocesswithteam
DesignedIA,UI,UX,anddevelopedfront-endfornumerousinteractiveprojects
Designedawardwinningnewslettersandotherprintmedia
Interactive Art
DirectorTeakDigital,SanFrancisco,CA|2007-2010
Initiated,thenleadTeak'sinteractiveteam,workingcloselywithpartners
and
directorstocultivatenewtalent,attractnewbusinessandgrowourcapabilities
IntroducedBasecamp,SVN,TickspotandAgiledevelopmenttotheinteractive
department'sworkflowstreamliningplanning,tracking,andproductiontimes
Workeddirectlywithclientsandpartneragencies,pitchingcreativeconcepts
anddigitalstrategyrecommendationsonawiderangeofinteractiveprojects
Concepts,design,andend-to-endexecutionsofwebsites,micro-sites,richmedia
banners,socialmediaapplications,YouTubechannelsandotherdigitalmedia
Artdirectedandmanagedcreativeandtechnicalteamsonnumerousprojects
Proudlydefeatedmanyagencyping-pongstarsonhometurfandtheirs
Interactive Designer, Front-End
Developer365Media,SanMateo,CA|2000-2002
Re-brandedcompanyidentity,marketingmaterialsandguidelines
Designedclientwebsitesanduserinterfacesfornumeroussoftwareproducts
Freelance Interactive Art Director, UI | IA | UX DesignerSan
Francisco, CA Boston, MA | Current
Web-Print
DesignerDeloitte&ToucheConsulting,SanFrancisco,CA|1999-2000
Designedvariouscorporatemediaincludingfinancialreports,advertisingmailers,
PowerPointandFlashpresentations
MaintainedandupdatedtheSanFranciscobranchofD&T'swebsite
ArtDirection
DigitalCreativeStrategy
Management&Leadership
UserInterfaceDesign
UserExperienceDesign
InformationArchitecture
Branding&IdentityDesign
RichMediaAdvertising
PrintDesign&Advertising
Illustration&Drawing
PhotoshopCS4
IllustratorCS4
FlashCS4
DreamweaverCS4
InDesignCS4
HTML,XML
CSS
Omnigraffle
TextMate,Coda
MicrosoftOffice
WordPressCMS
WebStandards
SocialMedia,SEO
Actionscript2&3
AfterEffectsCS4
Flex4
Cinema4D,FCPro
jQuery,Javascript
PHP,MySQL
SVN,FTP,cPanel
CAPABILITIES FLUENT WITH FAMILIAR WITH
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
RECOGNITION
NOTEWORTHY
