Thomas Nielsen | 151 Harvard Street, Newton, MA 02460 | 617



Thomas Nielsen | 151 Harvard Street, Newton, MA 02460 | 617.641.9968 | aquabug@

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CREATIVE DIRECTOR, Public Interactive, Boston, MA 9/99-11/00

▪ Responsible for creating and maintaining a consistent corporate brand through corporate identity, messaging, and communications.

▪ Responsible for the entire look/feel, architecture, and user experience of the company's entire network of products including all affiliate content and branded sites, the corporate site, and client sites.

▪ Assume an integral role in developing the concepts, direction, and execution of all company projects and initiatives.

▪ Manage Graphic Department which includes an Art Director, two Senior Designers, a Designer, an HTML Developer, and a full-time Intern.

▪ Management responsibilities include providing art direction to the Graphic Department while fostering individual growth and development, motivating and educating the staff on design fundamentals and current trends, assigning projects, review schedules, and work, conducting weekly staff meetings and annual performance reviews, and making hiring and promotion decisions.

▪ Consult with CEO and Vice-President, Technical Director, Managing Producers, and Sales Department on a daily basis.

▪ Consult with and make presentations to various clients including Station Managers, Program Directors, Executive Producers, Corporate Partners, on-air talent, and vendors.

Public Interactive provides in-depth, comprehensive interactive web content and services for the public broadcasting industry.

ART DIRECTOR, Answerthink, Boston, MA 3/98-9/99

▪ Prepare preliminary concepts with Creative Director and project team.

▪ Responsible for the creative vision of a project.

▪ Responsible for the day-to-day creation of graphics for client projects. Report directly to the Creative Director and Director of Creative Services.

▪ Lead team of designers and oversee the design direction of web sites, interactive and multi-media projects within required budgets and deadlines.

Projects include web sites, CD-ROMs, and interface design.

Clients include Nortel Networks, EMC, Lucent Technologies, Lotus, John Hancock, and Hartford Life.

FREELANCE ART DIRECTOR/GRAPHIC DESIGNER, Boston, MA 3/96-3/98

▪ Design and oversee the production of various graphic and 3-D animation design for broadcast and cable television. Design and oversee the production of web sites, and interactive and multi-media projects within required budgets and deadlines.

Projects include complete local, network, and cable programming packages, logo design, animated show opens, CD-ROMs, interface design, and web sites.

Clients include LoConte Goldman Design, Hatmaker, Pisces Productions, Big Bad Design, Think New Ideas.

DESIGNER, LoConte Goldman Design, Boston, MA 9/94-3/96

▪ Design and oversee the production of various graphic animations incorporating live action, Quantel Paintbox elements, and 3-D animation for broadcast and cable television.

Projects include local, network, and cable programming packages, logo design, and animated show opens.

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DESIGN DIRECTOR, New England Cable News, Boston, MA 2/94-9/94

▪ Responsible for the overall on-air graphic look of the station. Provide creative concept and art direction for various graphic animations including program opens, and promotional and news animations. Interact daily with station managers, producers, directors, account executives, and technicians.

▪ Provide art direction and oversee the work flow of staff designers and freelance artists.

DESIGNER, WCVB-TV, Boston, MA 5/90-5/93

DESIGNER, WSBK-TV, Boston, MA 1/89-5/90

▪ Provide creative concept and direction for various on-air and print graphics including show opens, station IDs, programming promotions, program and over-the-shoulder graphics, sales presentations, and posters. Daily interaction with producers, directors, account executives, and technicians as well as outside vendors including production houses, service bureaus, printers, photographers, and freelance artists.

JUNIOR DESIGNER, Laughlin/Winkler Design, Boston, MA 8/87-11/88

▪ Provide and assist in art direction for identity systems, architectural project profiles, announcements, invitations, and booklets.

▪ Responsible for client presentations, producing final art, and overseeing projects to completion.

EDUCATION May 1986

The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA

Diploma, Graphic Design

ACHIEVEMENTS

Multiple MIMC Awards and Nominations

Multiple Broadcast Designers Association Awards and Shows

Communication Arts Annual

Creative Club of Boston Show

Published: Computer Graphics: The Best of Computer Art and Design

Published: Letterhead & Logo Design: 2

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