Benjamin J. Mace Freelance Interactive Designer
Benjamin J. Mace graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1997. His education focused on design fundamentals such as Typography, Color Theory, Design History and Process. He has worked with fortune 500 companies as well as small studios and his past career spans advertising, video game design, animation, information architecture and experience design. Benjamin is a published Flash author, an instructor and an avid contributor to the design community.
Resume
EXPERIENCE
you+we | Interactive Director & Founder | March.2007 - Present
Agencies & Studios - R/GA, Cheil, Ultra16, Rokkan, Tender Creative, Indelible, Bigger Design, Daniel Stromborg, Sisu, Roger Cline, Battle Media Lab, Driftlab, Source Marketing, JWT, Knowawall
Clients - Royal Caribbean, Bic, Sunsilk, Samsung, Reebok, Clinique, Bumble & bumble, Verizon, Charriol, Fox, ABC, Concord, MAC, George Richmond, The NBA, MoMA, The University of South Carolina, Channel 7 DC, Philips, Bliss, Peggy Sirota
AOL | Senior Interactive Designer / Art Director | June.2005 - March.2007
Clients: AOL Channels & Time Warner Properties, Autos, Travel, Shopping, Real Estate, Personals, InStyle Magazine
EA Sports Tiburon | Interface Designer | January.2004 - May.2005
Titles: Madden 2006, NASCAR Sim Racing 2005, NASCAR Chase For The Cup
O’Brien et al | Interactive Art Director | September.2002 - September.2003
Clients: Earworks Studios, The Chrysler Museum - William Morris Cinerary Urns,
SteelMaster, Miller Oil, Chesapeake General Hospital, Lake Taylor Hospital
January.1998 - December.2004 | Experience includes:
Firstborn Multimedia, Hypersite, Goodman CT, Altair Technolgies, AVX & AMTI
Details available upon request.
INSTRUCTION
Interactive Fun | July.2000 - July.2001
Subjects: Introduction to Flash, Flash Animation Techniques, Advanced ActionScript
NorthStar Training | January.2001 - August.2001
Subjects: Introduction to Flash, Flash Animation Techniques
Editorial & Professional Writing
PixelSurgeon.com | January.2006 - Present
Interviews: Chris James Hewitt & Mike Hansen
ActionScript.com | January.2004- Present
Tutorials: FBF, Optimization, Sound, Scopes, Shared Fonts
Macromedia Flash MX Express | Friends of Ed | June.2002
Contributing Author: Buttons & Bitmaps
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communication Arts
Virginia Commonwealth University, 1997
TOOLSETS
Adobe CS3 Suite (all),editors such as Textmate/Coda, Office & others
LANGUAGES
AS1 & AS2, XML, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, PHP
AWARDS
2008 Addy Gold & Judge’s Choice
Location
Virginia Beach, VA
Specialties
- Art Direction
- Interaction Design
- Motion Graphics
Experience
10+ yearsEducation
Virginia Commonwealth UniversityAwards
2007 Addy Awards
Affiliations
AIGA, Addys, Ultrashock, Friends of EdWebsite
http://www.bmace.com
