Art Director / Sr Designer

Josh Hodgson

Austin, TX

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Creative, inventive and reliable.
Education
- Multimedia
  
  Art Institute of Houston
  
  1998 - 2000
Experience
- Sr Designer
  
  USAA
  
  Austin, TX
  
  Jul 2017 - Present (4 years 10 months)
  
  Im currently a Sr Designer for USAA's Design Language team. I help build Sketch component assets for product and web design teams. I also design and manage the internal Design Language site including assets request and site feedback channels.
- Art Director / Sr. User Experience Designer
  
  AT&T
  
  Jan 2013 - Dec 2016 (3 years 11 months)
  
  Focused on Merchandising & Promotions, my duties include management, design and implementation of brand guidelines, customized campaigns and individual product launches in the digital space.
- Sr. Art Director
  
  Dedo Interactive
  
  Aug 2012 - Feb 2013 (6 months)
  
  Interactive Software Design (UI)
  Direct and Monitor Development Teams
  Interactive Animatics
  Web Design
  Motion Graphics
  Flash Development
  UX , Wire-framing
- Sr. Art Director
  
  Exopolis
  
  May 2011 - Jun 2012 (1 year 1 month)
  
  Interviewing all creative & development candidates.
  Work with outside resources on technical and creative projects.
  Communication with client at key milestones during projects.
  
  Develop pitch material
  Mentor and direct creative and development teams
  Lead creative on all projects
  Ideas & Conceptual Development
  Web & Interactive Design
  Video & Motion Graphics
  Logo & Brand Development
  Package Design
  Social Media Branding
  Flash Animation
  
  Client work includes: SunnyD, Microsoft, IKEA, Doritos
- Art Director
  
  Six Foot Studios
  
  Sep 2010 - May 2011 (8 months)
  
  Contact and manage various external vendors, talent (including 3D/post production teams), produce estimates & coordinate schedules for video projects
  
  Supervise video shoots
  Mentor creative/motion team
  Develop pitch material
  Ideas & Conceptual Development
  Web & Interactive Design
  Video & Motion Graphics
  Logo, Brand Development & Print
  Flash Animation
  
  Client work includes: HBO, AT&T, Disney
- Motion Designer
  
  Idea Integration
  
  Jun 2009 - Sep 2010 (1 year 3 months)
  
  Selected for IDEA's internal "Incubation Team" to help identify emerging trends and develop new products & services
  
  Communication with client at key milestones during projects.
  Mentoring creative/motion team
  Collaborate with writers, programmers & 3D animators
  Develop pitch material
  Ideas & Conceptual Development
  Web, Mobile & Interactive Design
  Video Editing & Motion Graphics
  Logo, Brand Development & Print
  Flash Programmering & Animation
  Email campaigns
  Storyboarding
  
  Client Work Includes: HP, Sony, Microsoft
- Art Director / Owner
  
  Stemulus Media / AXBG
  
  Nov 2004 - Nov 2009 (5 years)
  
  Working with several different advertising agencies in Houston and LA as well as my own clients.
  
  Art Direction, Web & Interactive Design, Flash Animation & Programming, Video & Motion Graphics, Project Management, Video Producer
  
  Client Work Includes: Pontiac, BP, Reliant, Schlumberger, The Museum of Natural Science, The Houston Zoo, and The Children s Museum.
- Sr Designer
  
  Sybil Media
  
  Jul 2001 - Nov 2004 (3 years 4 months)
  
  Internal Branding and Website Development. Mostly interactive design & development for The Museum of Natural Science.
  
  Other duties Include: Web Design, Flash Development, Video & Motion Graphics, Identity.
  
  Other clients include: Anadarko, Reliant Energy
- Flash Designer
  
  Idea Integration
  
  Aug 2000 - Apr 2001 (8 months)
  
  Web & Interactive Design, Flash Development
  
  Main client: Compaq
Awards

AT&T Connect (B2B Video)

2011 BMA Lantern Award / 6Ft Studios

HP - Ad Landing Page (Flash)

48th Annual ADDY® Awards: Gold Addy / IDEA

The World of Wood Group (Kiosk)

2010 Lantern Award: Wood Group / IDEA  SPECIAL AWARDS  Rookie of the Year: Wood Group / IDEA

AIR Houston 2009 (Website)

First Place Winner, Formula One / IDEA

The Houston Zoo (Website)

47th Annual ADDY® Awards: Citation of Excellence / Schipul

HP BladeSystem (Video Presentation)

46th Annual ADDY® Awards: Silver Addy / Aniden

Kaos Sports (Website)

2005 Cre@te Magazine Feature / Stemulus Media

Compaq - CPCG Design Center (Flash)

2002 Business Marketing Association: Lantern Award / IDEA

 2002 Business Marketing Association: Best of Texas Award / IDEA 2002 HAAF: ADDY® AWARD / IDEA

Compaq - MP2800 Projector (Flash)

2002 HAAF: Citation of Excellence / IDEA
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