Michael Miller    124 West 74th Street, New York, NY 10023
email: mike.miller@mmdsgn.com . . . phone: 917.405.7823

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, multimedia, print design and music production.)

    • WEBSITE DESIGN Creative: Conception and design of UI's (user interfaces) and navigational devices, integrated creatively into dynamic web sites with an emphasis on a strong design aesthetic. Design of mock-ups and templates for clients. Skills include Photoshop, Illustrator, 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.

    Client List: New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), MasterCard, CondeNet, Lucent Technologies, Brodeur Worldwide, Daily Racing Form and Brood Street, 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)
  • CSS Stylesheets
  • Fetch, other FTP software
  • JavaScript
  • GifBuilder
    		• Digital Music Production/Other:

  • CuBase-virtual studio recording
  • sonicWORX-audio mastering
  • Pro Tools (intermediate)
  • BIAS Peak
  • SoundEdit
  • MP3 formatting
  • Microsoft Word
  • Visio 2002

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