a little about
What I Do
I HOPE YOU ENJOY MY WORK!
My Portfolio
Socail Videos / HTML Display / Product Demo Vids
Adobe Product Demos
Social Videos / HTML Display
Gerber
Video Socials / HTML Display
OpenBank
30+ Years of Experience
My Resume
Savannah College of Art & Design
1990-1994BFA Illustration
Minor Art History
Minor Graphic Design
Features
SkillS
ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
ADOBE DREAMWEAVER
FIGMA
ADOBE AUDITION
GOOGLE WEB DESIGNER
ADOBE PREMIERE
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
ADOBE XD
ADOBE INDESIGN
FLASHTALKING
GOOGLE STUDIO
Sr. Motion Designer / Animation Lead
Merkle/Dentsu (2011 - Present)As a Motion Designer I work with Creative Directors to create original and highly engaging social and display animation and video content for our clients. I'm responsible for ideation, creative development, and execution of the animation and/or video content. I create content within the rules and etiquette of social and display platforms and always willing to learn and explore new platforms.
- Collaborated with Creative Directors to conceptualize, code and produce compelling motion graphics and animations.
- Video, Animation and Audio editing using Adobe Creative Suite, AfterEffects, HTML 5, CSS, and Javascript.
- Work with project managers and others to hit critical deadlines and initiatives.
- Collaborated with Creative Directors to build storyboard based on creative and development best practices, and developed creation of animatics and style-frames for preproduction process.
- Explore new platforms for Dynamic Content Optimization for display and video to determine development implementation and requirements
- Dynamic video production via SundaySky platform, doing both manual from scratch production and template production
- Dynamic display using Google Studio
- Managed off-shore and on-shore resources from a project management perspective
- Email, landing page, microsite, full site development
UI/UX Designer & Developer
eBridge Technologies (1999 - 2006)
Front-End Developer / UX
- Design & User Interface - internal & external web applications
- Customer Experience - internal & external web applications
- Page Engineering - internal & external web applications & sites
- Branded designs for intranet sites and/or application front-ends, include such companies as Westvaco/Mead, GE, and ExpoPak (formerly International Paper).
Marketing
- All in house marketing material: brochures, lunch & learns, interactive CD's
- Creation of multi-media presentations for application CD demos for distribution and live presentation
- Coordinated tradeshow events: booth rental, graphics, handouts
UI/UX Designer & Developer
GIS/BGC (2006 - 2016)
IT deparment
- Design & User Interface - internal & external web applications spanning 2 companies and multiple project lines, all with unique workflows
- Project management
- Customer Experience - internal & external web applications
- Page Engineering - internal & external web applications & sites
- CSS - W3C Compliant - cross browser / cross platform
- Mobile Responsiveness - phone & tablet
Marketing Department
- Usability Testing – Omniture Test & Target
- Trends
- Conversion
- Web Analytics
- Promotional Campaigns
- Email Campaigns/Blasts
Creative Director
O'Neal Communications (1995-1998)
- Design and production of PR/Marketing material (brochures, catalogs, websites, etc.)
- Account management
- Corporate identities: logo design, signage, corporate packaging
- Coordinated photoshoots for products and/or services
- Oversaw press runs / press checks
- Coordinated trade show events; booth rentals, graphics, handouts & giveaways
Inbetweener/Cleanup Artist
Dungeon Ink & Paint (1994-1996)Traditional animation studio. I took the animator's rough, blue line drawings and did fine line detailed versions, which were then scanned into the computer and colorized. Along with doing clean up art, I would assist the animator with background and scene design. While I was there, we worked on King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride ... My IMBD and the studio's Full Game Credits
What Clients Say
Testimonial
Subway
Dave
Art Director
The Power of Mr. Hayes: the client totally nixed our social layouts, saying they looked "not exciting and flat" until we showed them your animations, and totally changed their mind. There are still changes, but they wanted to go a totally different direction before they saw the animation.
Chase
John
Creative DirectorClient just said your animation "looks AMAZING. I'm OBSESSED with it … I dont think I could be happier
Subway
Dave
Art DirectorThe client said your Downgrading Households video looked GREAT. All caps. I have been on the account for 3.5 years. I have never gotten a GREAT.
Burger King
Madison
Account ManagerThe client loved your winter globe animation so much they want to use it in all their channels and media.
Gerber
Jo
Art DirectorNot only do you deliver amazing animations, but you take it to the next level and always WOW the client! That one little suggestion you add, makes a BIG difference. Awesome work, as always.
