hello
My name is Joe Morris, a Senior Art Director, at Digitas Boston. At work I sit with the Creative Technology, or as it used to be called Powerhouse. It's a department where we're asked to work across capabilities and across brands. In a given day we might concept for one brand, and wireframe, design, present for another. What I've learned sitting in with some of the brightest minds in the company. Not only have I garnered best practices in site design and build, but I've learned quite a bit about everyday culture, programming capabilities, and marketing trends.
At Digitas I have had the good fortune to collaborate with some of the industry's best talent building best-in-class interactive experiences for General Motors, GMC, Saturn, AT&T, Holiday Inn Express, Tide, and Downy. For other shops, I've designed interactive and print solutions for Harvard University, Orange Communications, J. Jill, and Nortel Networks.
résumé
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summary
Interactive art director and brand maven with proven abilities to ideate, create and produce exceptional and award-winning design solutions
skills
• Ability to sketch, comp, and storyboard successful interactive approaches
• CS4 suite mastery including Flash, Action Script, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and InDesign
• Ability to speak to merits of each of coding languages
• Deep understanding of Social Media
• Strong presentation skills
urls
• StaySmartAmerica.com
• GMC.com/2007sierra
• DressToTheSevens.com
• jjill.com
• libretto-inc.com
• Made-for-each-other.com
awards
Holiday Inn Express, StaySmartAmerica.com
• 2008 Festival of Media Creativity Award Winner
• 2008 Adrian Best in Show Winner for Web Marketing
• 2008 Adrian Best in Show Winner for Public Relations
• 2008 MITX Finalist Travel category
Tide, DressToTheSevens.com
• 2008 MITX Finalist Consumer category
Orange Communications, Wildfire.com
• 2002 Horizon Interactive Gold Medal Winner, B2B category
• 2001 MITX Finalist High-Tech category
ThuleRacks.com
• 2001 MITX Winner Commerce category
Student Portfolio Competition
• 1995 Winner June White International Award and Scholarship for Student Artists
experience
Digitas
Boston, MA // February 2004–Present // Senior Art Director
• Delivered expert art direction on huge corporate accounts including: GM, Saturn, Virgin Health, AT&T, Tide, Bounce and Downy
• Successfully collaborated with Marketing and Planning to win new business with Virgin Health Care, GM and Saturn
• Won regional and national recognition with Tide’s Total Care launch and Holiday Inn’s, Stay Smart America campaign
• Directed a video shoot with Tim Gunn for P&G expertise and photo shoots with GMC trucks
J. Jill Group, Inc.
Quincy, MA//| February 2003–February 2004 // Art Director
• For the popular woman’s apparel retailer, art directed and managed a design department of three designers
• Collaborated with Information Architects and designed the current J. Jill online experience
• Built online template systems to drive purchase intent and awareness of new merchandise and sales promotions
• Drove the need and development of an online wardrobe section on jjill.com where viewers could mix and match seasonal outfits
Joem Design
Boston, MA // August 2001–February 2003 // Freelance Art Director
• Acted as a one man shop building print, logo and interactive designs for large business and small shops
• Designed and programmed a number of service-oriented web sites for companies like Dickinson Associates, Libretto, and Small Business Aide
• Designed an interactive demo and print collateral for Wildfire Communications’ traveling 2001 trade show exhibit
• Designed, developed, and maintained a quarterly e-news letters for Davox, a computer software company
BigBad, Inc.
Boston, MA // June 2000–August 2001 // Lead Designer
• Lead designer for a mid-sized studio providing interactive solutions to B2B and educational institutions including Harvard University, and MIT
• For Harvard University, effectively lead brainstorm with client to analyze, document, and conceptualize a usability model right for their needs
• Collaborated in a strong team dynamic to build HarvardBusinessSchool.com and ThuleCarRacks.com
• Was consider the go-to guy for all things print-related
education
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, GA // June 1995–May 1998
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design // Magna Cum Laude
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