Nikola Tamindzic, Art Director 175 Stanton street, apt 4 // New York, NY 10002 cargocollective.com/nikola // [email protected] // 917-981-9371

Profile Skills I’m a highly accomplished and motivated Art Director & Interactive Designer with twelve years Graphic design, Flash, HTML/CSS, of experience in design, development, team management, and client communication. photography, sound design, strong understanding of database-driven I specialize in beauty & fashion, luxury lifestyle, and social media projects. solutions; excellent creative and conceptual abilities, project-level management experience, ability to learn Professional Experience quickly, high level of craftsmanship. Art Director ▪ Primary tools: Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator. New York // 2004-current ▪ Additional software tools: 3D Studio Working as a freelance Art Director with a number of New York-based advertising and Max, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, interactive agencies, including JWT, Tribal DDB, Atmosphere/BBDO, Continuity InDesign, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, McGarryBowen, MRM/McCann-Erickson, FCBi, RMG Connect, Ogilvy, and others. Acrobat, PowerPoint, QuickTime, etc.

Client list: Maybelline, Kohl's, Diamond Trading Company, Avaya, AOL and AOL Mobile, Angara Diamonds, and many more. Quotes “Efficient team leader as well as team Art Director player; approaches web design from a Razorfish, // 2003-2004 holistic standpoint, and engages all assignments with a serious commitment Provided concept development and design direction for several large-scale projects at to design par excellence; strong Razorfish; presented, communicated and justified creative decisions in client presentations. attention to detail, and a keen eye for Experience with usability concerns and branding. integrated media development; functions best under high- pressure Client list: U.S. Cellular, Ennis Knupp, SPSS, Infiniti, Spencer Stuart. situations, thrives in deadline- oriented environments.” Interactive Designer ▪ Carlos Manalo, Creative Director Buzzbait, Chicago // 2001-2002 Buzzbait, Chicago

Designed and produced interactive, usable and dynamic Flash interfaces, and worked with “A rare breed – showing both clear developers to ensure correct translation of design and usability concepts. understanding of design (color, layout) Client list: Frankel, United Airlines, Asterisk, Anexsys, AT&T, Learning Curve, Raging and understanding of new media and its Thunder IMAX. potential, in particular UI design, which is very hard to come by. Nikola is one of the top Flash developers I have come Lead Designer across in a long time, and I see him as Xceed, Chicago // 2000-2001 being very passionate in his work.” Formulated and executed the intended vision and voice of the project; directed and created ▪ Fernando Carpenter, Creative Director appropriate visual content, and made recommendations on relevant technologies appropriate Totalmass, to the delivery of the solution. “You must be some kind of genius.” Client list: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Caterpillar, Casual Corner, Investprivate.com, ▪ Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief British Telecom, Hilton Hotels. Wired magazine, San Francisco

Graphic Designer Formal Education , Yugoslavia // 1998-2000 ▪ Academy of Fine Art Concepting, design and execution of web, print and CD-ROM projects for B92 New Media School of Performing Arts, 1996-99 department, winners of two MTV Free Your Mind awards. ▪ Belgrade University Client list: , Tuxedomoon, Primer.org, Jukebox B92. Organizational Science, 1991-92