Michael Miller    124 West 74th Street, New York, NY 10023
email: mike.miller@mmdsgn.com . . . phone: 646.829.9509

WORK EXPERIENCE
  • 1995 - present / Freelance - Running my own design studio (Mac & PC platforms)

    Available for freelance, part-time, contractual per-project jobs, and will consider full-time positions as well. Specializing in website design, IA (information architecture), UI (user interface design), banner ads, multimedia, print design and music production.

  • WEBSITE DESIGN Creative: Conception and design of UI's and navigational devices, integrated creatively into dynamic web sites with an emphasis on a strong design aesthetic. Skills in both front-end interface development and deeper-level information architecture. Design of mock-ups and templates for client, as well as banner ads and other branded elements. Software skills include Photoshop, Illustrator, ImageReady, and more.

    Production: Advanced skills include Flash, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, FTP/server side, consulting, and more. Designed or collaborated on design and construction of several major Web sites, from corporate and entertainment firms to start-up companies. This includes banner ad development and resizing.

    Client List: New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), MasterCard, CondeNet, DHL, American Express, Time Warner, Consumer Reports, Heineken, Daily Racing Form, Brodeur Worldwide, and various major advertising agencies, among others.

    INTERACTIVE
    MULTIMEDIA
    Design and creation of CD-ROM's, kiosks and other presentation demos that include animation, digital sound and video. Took on lead designer/developer role on various New York Stock Exchange projects, created promotional attraction loop for Toshiba at tradeshow, creating a multiple-leveled user interface for users to view and manage data. Collaborated on development of CD-ROM promotional for New York Online, as well as worked on demos for major music-archive CD-ROM's and interactive music videos. Created logo animation for broadcast commercial, "Skids".

    DESKTOP PUBLISHING/
    PRINT DESIGN
    Graphic design and layout for magazines, brochures, CD jackets, etc., including pre-press and press supervising/overseeing. Client's have included Food Arts Magazine (MShanken Publications) and Conde Nast.

    DIGITAL SOUND &
    MUSIC PRODUCTION
    Full 24-bit digital recording, mixing and editing capabilities in-house, with up to 64 tracks. Professional studio engineering and production experience. Bumper music/jingle composing and producing and voice-over production. Clients have included Nickelodeon, NYSE, and more.

  • 1990 - 1995 / Neographic, Multimedia & Internet Site Developer, NY

    Primary In-House Designer/Developer. Interactive multimedia design/development including CD-ROM's, demos, presentations and kiosks. Graphic design and coordination of various projects, including overseeing of pre-press and press stages: brochures, magazines, etc..

  • 1988 - 1990 / Fox/Lorber Associates, Film & Video Distribution Company, NY

    Graphic Designer & Assistant of Marketing/Press. Design, mechanicals and preparation of various promotional materials. Work appeared in Variety and other entertainment trade magazines.

  • 1984 - 1987 / I.M. Pei & Partners, Architect Firm, NY

    Assistant. General office duties under manager: maintaining blue-prints, coordinating memos/bulletins to fields within projects, data entry.


  • SOFTWARE/
    COMPUTER SKILLS

    Graphic Design/Website Development:

  • Adobe Photoshop & Image Ready
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Macromedia Flash (including ActionScript)
  • Macromedia Director
  • QuarkXPress
  • HTML (BBEdit, Taco, other)
  • CSS Stylesheets
  • JavaScript
  • Fetch, other FTP software
  • Digital Music Production/Other:

  • CuBase-virtual studio recording
  • sonicWORX-audio mastering
  • Pro Tools (intermediate)
  • BIAS Peak
  • SoundEdit
  • MP3 formatting
  • Microsoft Word
  • Visio

  • OTHER SKILLS Musician -- Singer/Songwriter, Performer (piano/keyboards, drums) and Producer/Engineer