brian madden portfolio
DESCRIPTION
Multimedia Designer: Graphic Design + Web Development + Video Production + AnimationTRANSCRIPT
GRAPHIC DESIGN | USER INTERFACE DESIGN | WEB DEVELOPMENT | VIDEO PRODUCTION
BRIAN MADDEN BRIAN MADDEN
Tel: 0857693492
PORTFOLIO
BRIANMADDEN
I have established myself as multitalented designer, with the ability
conceptualise and produce effective engaging content to client specification under
tight deadlines.
In my role as a freelance designer I have a proven track record in developing
projects from inception through to final delivery. For several of my clients and within
my degree course, my collaborative, communication and project management skills
are instrumental to the success of each project.
Team PlayerCreativity Meets Deadlines Detail Orientated Results Driven
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Highly proficient in areas of E Learning, graphic design and animation
• Very Strong interface design skills with keen eye for detail
• Formal training and experience in Animation
• Expert knowledge of web design and development
• Experience in Video Production through commercial projects
PROGRAMS
Adobe Flash Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Captivate
Adobe Dreamweaver Adobe Premiere
HigHly Creative & Detail OrientateD Designer
BRIAN MADDEN MULTIMEDIA DESIGNER
Tel: 0857693492 E: [email protected]
+ GRAPHIC DESIGN
+ WEB DEVELOPMENT
+ USER INTERFACE DESIGN
+ VIDEO PRODUCTION
+ ANIMATION
+ E LEARNING
LET’S CONNECT: Linkedin
Created Video testimonials for a number of key clients including Dominos Pizza, NTES and BlueBird Care
Project Manager and Lead UI Designer for Asset Management System
Providing Web Development and Design Tuition to students
Creating high quality graphics and animation for E Learning Applications
Filming, editing and production of Chair Yoga DVD available on Amazon.co.uk.
2012 IDF Marketing 6 Month
2013 ZooPhonics Awarded: Distinction
Final Year
Project
2012 ELAB Awarded: Distinction
3rd Year
Project
2009-12 LIT Learning Support Centre
2011 Alison E Learning Freelance
2011 Edel Rohnfeld - Chair Yoga Freelance
• Working closely with key clients.• Producing content to highly professional standard. • Effective time management to meet deadlines.
• Designing User interface and System Architecture. • Developing project strategy which ensured project
met all milestones and was successfully completed on time and to exact brief specifications.
• Assigning tasks and ensuring work was completed on time and to a professional standard.
• Development of Time management and Risk Assessment Strategies.
• Devising online marketing campaign and distribution strategy.
• The success of this campaign led to Singing Dragon Press purchasing DVD distribution rights.
2009-13 Multimedia Programming & Design BA Honours Degree - First Class Honours Limerick Institute of Technology
1999-2002 Animation Diploma - Distinction Dun Laoghaire Institute of Technology, Art & Design
EXPERIENCE ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
Development of E Learning Flash application aimed at improving children’s reading skills through phonics.
• Conceptual design and animation.• Actionscript programming of Flash game. • Layout Design and coding of supporting website.
2010 Howth Coast Guard Freelance
Creating water safety Mascot and brochure about Water Safety
Graphic DesiGn 05
Final year Project 13
ELAB PROJECT 16
E LEARNING 17
User Interface DesIgn 21
ILLUSTRATION 23
PORTFOLIO
Here is a sample of graphic design work including promotional projects and commissons. 01 | Business card and logo design
02 | Commission poster for Vintage Clothing Boutique
03 | Water safety Mascot for Howth CoastGuard
04 | Top Trump style promotional card
05 | Commission Logo for Coffee shop
06 | Commission from Limerick Institute of Technology for Multimedia showcase
Programs:
Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop
01 | Graphic Design
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Zoophonics is an interactive E Learningapplication aimed at improving children’svocabulary and reading skills through synthetic phonics based learning. The application was created as part of my Final Year Project in Multimedia Programming & Design at LIT.
JAVA, XML and Web technologies are employed to communicate with a richly illustrated Adobe Flash game and dynamically create word based puzzles within the game. The game itself is constructed using Object Orientated ActionScript 3.0
Program:
Adobe Illustrator Adobe FlashAdobe PhotoshopAdobe Dreamweaver Netbeans IDE
Languages:
Actionscript 3.0JavaHTML 5 & CSS3SQL
Zoophonics
02 | Final Year Project
VIEW DEMO HERE >
The premise of the game is that one of the animals has stolen all the words and hidden the words throughout the seven levels of the Zoo. The player must solve a series of pho-nics based puzzles on each level that allows them to unlock the next level on the map and progress through the game.
Each level takes place in a different part of the Zoo where a different animal guides the player through the puzzles for that level. Each level uses a mixture of audio and visual clues to assist the player in solving the puzzles.
Zoophonics Flash Game
Zoophonics features an online supporting website created using HTML 5 & CSS3, that allows administrators to login to their accounts and select a range of words loaded from the database and create an XML file which loads the words into the Zoophonics Flash game embedded in the site.
The site also includes a login section whereusers can access and edit their own profiles, create customised avatars select a list of words from the puzzle table to dynamically load into the Zoophonics game.
The functionality for the site was created using JAVA and Model View Architecture in order to add, update and retrieve data from a database. The Adobe Flash game is embed-ded in the website and is only accessible once a user has logged in to their user profile.
01 | Zoophonics Homepage
02 | Dropdown Login
03 | Puzzle Table
04 | Gallery Page
Zoophonics Website
The ELAB Project was a 3rd Year college assignment, that involved the creation of an online booking system that allowed students to create user accounts and login in to request equipment online. Lectures could access admin accounts and either approve or cancel a student’s request.
The lecturers divided the class into three different de-velopment teams each with five students per team. I was appointed the role of Project Manager for my team . As Project Manager I was responsible for assigning tasks to each team member, planning the development strategy and creating a development timeframe , liaising with our lecturer who acted in the role of client and project supervisor, ensuring that all work was delivered on time and to the highest possible standard .
As well as my role of Project Manager I was also lead designer on the project and was responsible for creating the user interface for the Admin and Student accounts. as well as playing a key role in the development stage of the project.
03 | ELAB Project
In 2011 I completed a 6 month contract with Alison, an E learning company based in Galway. I was responsible for creating highly detailed vector graphics for an elearning application commissioned by one of Alison’s largest clients.
The role required the ability to create a large volume of graphics on a daily basis as quickly and efficiently as possible while meeting the exact specifciations outlined in the brief.
Programs:
Adobe Illustrator Cs6Adobe Flash Cs6
Alison E learning
04 | E Learning
I recently completed an animation graphicstest for an E Learning Company
VIEW ANIMATION HERE >
Programs:
Adobe Illustrator Cs6Adobe Flash Cs6
E LEARNING ANIMATION
In 2010 I developed an E Learning application designed at educating young teenagers about knife crime. The application contained educational animations, and an actionscript coded quiz.
Programs:
Adobe Illustrator Cs6Adobe Flash Cs6Adobe Captivate
Program:
Adobe Photoshop
01 | Redesign of Portfolio Website
02 | Retro Inspired verison of Website
05 | User interface Design
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A series of illustrations created with the aim of exploring and experimenting a variety of techniques such as photo manipulation, digital painting, and vector illustration. 01 | LCD Soundystem
02 | Lykke Li
03 | In Limbo
06 | Illustration
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