Kevin Travers - 231 West Pownal Road, North Yarmouth, Maine, USA - kevintravers@gmail.com

Qualifications

Diverse experience developing immersive online experiences.

Hands-on experience with all aspects of website development from design and coding to project and team management, interface design, motion graphics, animation, video editing, and information architecture.

Proven experience managing diverse creative staff, contributing to demanding teams and seeing complex projects from conception to completion. Involved with various aspects of live web coverage for NBC Olympics, Quokka.com, Americas Cup, Around Alone, Final Four, Everest2000, CART, Motogp and more.

Strong computer skills with experience with a wide variety of software including Photoshop, Flash, Final Cut Pro, Illustrator, Maya, Poser, SketchUp and many more. Ability to learn and adapt to new technologies and methodologies quickly.

Skilled in design, illustration, animation, information architecture, image editing, photography and video production and more.

Ability to organize and produce under tight deadlines, qualify and evaluate the needs of clients, and maintain a professional and creative environment simultaneously.

Experience Summary

May 2001 to present
Multimedia Designer - Bowdoin College - Brunswick, Maine
Educational Research and Development - Information Technology

1998-2001
Senior Design Manager - Quokka Sports - San Francisco, California

1997-1998
Site Manager / Designer - David Siegel's Highfive.com, Verso Editions - San Francisco, California

1995-1997
Production Manager / Web Master - Guy Gannett Communications / New Media Development Group - Portland, Maine

1995 - 1996
Art Director - Generated Image - Portland, Maine

1994 - 1995
Production Manager / Senior Designer - Guy Gannett Communications, Inc., dba The Coastal Journal - Bath, Maine

1993 - 1994
Graphic Artist / Art Department Manager - Swimskin / Guidi Graphics - Portland, Maine

Experience Detail

May 2001 - present
Multimedia Designer - Educational Research and Development - Bowdoin College
Design, implementation and management of various web and technology related projects. Hands on design and development ranging from html, xml, flash development, digital video and photography and more. Customer relations with a large variety of on campus clients, assisting in developing new projects and utilizing new mediums and technologies.

1998 - 2001
Senior Design Manager - Special Projects - Quokka Sports San Francisco, California
Supervise the efforts of various teams of designers and developers on high-level projects for external and internal clients, including Intel, NBC, Qwest, Computer Associates, Mountain Dew, Excite@Home, and more. Convey Quokka's design style and lead the creative direction of projects from conception to completion. Manage the development and career paths of the design staff. Responsible for keeping up with trends in web design both and new media. Maintain significant knowledge and understanding of emerging technologies and trends to develop products for the future of digital sports entertainment.

Previous positions at Quokka Sports:
Design Manger / Broadband - design, develop and lead creative teams for all broadband projects.
Project Manager / http://www.nbcolympics.com - managed video for live web coverage for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Project Manager / http://www.quokka.com - designed and developed multiple versions of Quokka.com, including flash and html development, and creation of design and production staff and methodologies.
Lead Designer / http://www.aroundalone.com - lead creative aspects for live coverage of nine-month long sailing race.

1997 - 1998
Site Manager / Designer - Verso Editions, High Five - highfive.com San Francisco, California
High Five is David Siegel's popular weekly online magazine and award site. I was responsible for design and coding on the site, writing and coordination of staff writers, organization of all online material from editorial and advertising to job listings and the online bookstore, all associated newsletters, mailings and sub-sites (http://www.secretsites.com - http://www.killersites.com).

Also managed very busy mailing lists for the High Five, the Babble Design List and the Website Producer's List, controlled by Majordomo mailing list software. Constantly researched new media technology and traditional design mediums. Conducted interviews with top industry professionals including ...

Hot Wired development staff - http://www.hotwired.com
Auria Harvey - http://www.entropy8zuper.org
52MM - http://www.52mm.com
Todd Purgason - Juxt Interactive - http://www.juxtinteractive.com
Jeffery Zeldman - http://www.zeldman.com and many more.

Managed and maintained online advertising campaigns from Wired, High Five promotion efforts and new traffic building ventures. Answered in-depth questions from readers about advanced html and website development, evaluated website submissions and choose winners, evaluated cover illustration submissions, and evangelized the website and Siegel's continuing publications.

1995 - 1997
Production Manager / Webmaster - Guy Gannett Communications, New Media Development Group Portland, Maine
Managed production department of busy website development firm. Designed and maintained websites internally and for clients. Assigned jobs, attended client meetings, and developed custom production solutions and procedures. Estimating, budgeting, writing proposals, research new technologies. Troubleshooting of Macintosh workstations, servers and networks. Information archiving, project analysis, quality assurance, and all-around keeper of harmony among chaos.

1995 - 1996
Art Director - Generated Image Portland, Maine
Designed all in-house projects and incoming work from existing and new clientele. Trafficked and organized all work for the digital imaging department, communicating with administration, customer service and clientele simultaneously. Delegated responsibilities among staff. Evaluated and revised current effort to offer web site development, updated existing staff, software, equipment and marketing and promotional efforts. Performed daily tasks required of a high-tech service bureau including scanning, digital output, large format printing, file transfer, electronic pre-press and all aspects of troubleshooting.

1994 - 1995
Production Manager / Senior Designer - Guy Gannett Communications, Inc dba The Coastal Journal Bath, Maine
Supervised production of two weekly publications. Organized and produced all design, layout and promotional materials and controlled quality of all printed materials. Re-designed and re-organized both publications, brought them from traditional paste-up to full computer pagination, moved to new service bureau and re-evaluated and updated production staff and all computer systems. Supervised network of Macintosh and Windows systems and troubleshooting of all hardware, software and production problems.

1993 - 1994
Graphic Artist / Art Department Manager - Swimskin / Guidi Graphics Portland, Maine
Managed and organized art department of busy print shop, supervising printing staff, maintaining customer accounts and creating all house designs, team logos, catalogs and promotional materials.

1991 - 1993
Assistant Manager - Production - University of Southern Maine / Educational Media Services
Portland, Maine
Supervised and trained other student workers while engaged in producing presentational materials. Utilized photography and illustration skills and worked with a wide variety of Macintosh software. Produced slides, transparencies, signs, poster presentations, brochures, pamphlets and booklets for educational purposes. Also utilized skills in customer service and communication and graphic consulting with educational staff, especially in utilizing advancing technologies within higher education.

Education

COLLEGE:
1989 - 1994 - University of Southern Maine - Portland, Maine
B.A. in Art / Minor in English with a concentration in graphic design, multimedia, illustration and photography.

PROFESSIONIAL TRAINING:
March, 2007 - Google SketchUp Training (4 courses) - Google, Inc. - South Portland, Maine
Mastering 3D Using SketchUp, Essential Skills 1 and 2
Mastering 3D Using SketchUp, Advanced Skills
Mastering 3D Using SketchUp, Advanced Landscape

July, 2005 - Final Cut Pro 5 - (4 days) instructor Larry Jordan - Brunswick, Maine

September, 2004 - Introduction to Maya (4 days) - Future Media Concepts - Cambridge, Mass.

October, 2002 - Introduction to Avid Media Composer (3 days) - Future Media Concepts - Cambridge, Mass.

CONFERENCES:
Spring 2006 - Edutainment 2006 - Zhejiang University, China - Hangzhou, China
Presented at first Edutainment 2006 in support of paper, 700 Years Later: Using Multimedia to Bring the Stories of Medieval Asian Scrolls to Today's Students, published in Technologies for E-Learning and Digital Entertainment.Co-authored with Tina Finneran.

Fall 2002 - Flash Forward / Summer 2000 Flash Forward - San Francisco, California
Annual conference on Adobe Flash including some of the leading Flash developers in the industry.

OTHER:
Winter 1993 - Comic Book Illustration and Animation - Maine College of Art - Portland, Maine

References

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