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
At the global interactive agency, Digitas, delivered expert art direction for General Motors, GMC, Saturn, Virgin Health, AT&T, Tide and Downy online
and print projects
• Successfully collaborated with Marketing and Planning to win new business pitches for Virgin Health Care, General Motors and Saturn
• Demonstrated expert leadership and delivered rich experience designs for Tide’s Total Care launch, GMC’s 2007 Sierra launch and the successful Holiday Inn Public Relation’s sitelet, Stay Smart America
• Directed video shoots of P&G experts and fashion icon, Tim Gunn
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 responsible for quality in-store and online communicatons
• 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
Independently contracted print, graphic, logo and interactive experience design for large and small businesses
• Designed and programmed a number of service-oriented web sites for companies like Dickinson Associates, Libretto, and Small Business Aide
• For Wildfire Communications, a division of Orange Communicatons, designed interactive and print collateral used in their 2001 trade shows
• 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, MIT and Thule Car Racks
• For Harvard University, worked closely with client and interactive team to analyze, document, and conceptualize usability model to showcase all the school’s uniquely different planning and real estate divisions
• Collaborated in web design and Flash animations for ThuleCarRacks.com, HarvardBusinessSchool.com and WildfireCommunications.com
• Go-to print expert for company promotional pieces
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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