Eduardo Otero Jr. Graphic Designer [email protected] eduardooterojr.daportfolio.com

Summary

I am an accomplished artist with over fifteen years of experience to offer. My most rewarding experience was designing User Interfaces (UI) and Heads-Up-Displays (HUD) for the video game industry. I, worked closely with Designers, Programmers, and the Art Director to prototype and implement in-game HUD elements including front end menus and screens. I designed 2D concepts, 3D models and textures for all UI, HUD and game elements. I am a Graphic designer by trade but an Artist at my core. As an artist with your organization, I would bring experience and fresh new ideas with innovative concepts. Furthermore, I work well with others and I'm well experienced in working in a team oriented environment. I appreciate your time and energy. Thank you.

Experience

Contract Designer/Layout Specialist October 2018 - Present (1 year, 3 months) Work in the Creative Visual Design team (CVD), which assist internal staff to assess their creative needs, gather information/materials, and deliver clearly articulated print and digital designs. Work collaboratively with other designers to ensure a consistent, integrated brand perception and user-experience. Collaborate with multiple teams (Sales, PM & Faculty members) in order to create simple, easy-to-use materials.

Contract Graphic Designer February 2018 - October 2018 (8 months) Concept, create, final deliverables and customer service. I've created custom screen shows, logos, print, photo-retouching and web ready images.

Graphic Designer at Cornerstone Mortgage Group October 2015 – February 2018 (2 years, 5 months) Support CEO, President, VP of Production and Loan Officers/Brokers with the creation of professional marketing pieces, forms, presentations, social media and special projects; which include Marketing collateral such as promotional displays, marketing brochures, magazines, newspapers, journals, corporate reports and or on-line publications.

Contract Graphic Designer September 2012 – October 2015 (3 years, 2 months) Concept, create, final deliverables and customer service. I've created custom screen shows, logos, print, photo-retouching and web ready images.

UI Artist/Graphic Designer at High Impact Games, LLC May 2007 - August 2012 (5 years, 4 months) Work closely with Designers, Programmers, and Art Director to prototype and implement in- game HUD elements including front end menu screens, iconography, textures, backgrounds, maps and fonts.

Multimedia Developer II at Learning Evolution, LLC October 2004 - May 2007 (2 years 8 months) I developed e-courses using a mix of current technology; concentration on using Adobe Flash to develop interactive courses for Fortune 500 companies. Eduardo Otero Jr. Graphic Designer [email protected] eduardooterojr.daportfolio.com

Skills & Expertise

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Flash, & Adobe Acrobat Graphic Design Illustration Localization (Spanish language) User Interface Artist Heads-Up-Display Artist (HUD) Autodesk Maya Autodesk Scaleform Microsoft Office

Education

PLATT College Diploma, 3D Design and Animation, 2003 - 2006

San Diego State University-California State University B.A., Graphic Design Activities and Societies: Student Member of A.I.G.A.

Languages

English (Bilingual proficiency) Spanish (Bilingual proficiency)

Published Works

PARETO Principals, 2003 (Illustration) Secret Agent , 2008 (PSP) and : The Lost Frontier, 2009 (PSP, PlayStation 2) DreamWorks Super Star Kartz, 2011 (PlayStation 3, , , & Nintendo 3DS) Disney Princess: My Fairytale Adventure, 2012 (Wii, Nintendo 3DS, PC, & MAC) Eduardo Otero Jr. Graphic Designer [email protected] eduardooterojr.daportfolio.com

Recommendations for Eduardo "My own degree is in Graphic Design. Eduardo Otero is the best Graphic Designer I have ever worked with. Great skills in Typography." — Jean Mathieson-Guest, Financial Controller, Inkling Games, Inc., worked with Eduardo as a Contract Graphic Designer

"Eddie is a huge asset to any team who wants great UI Design and a great reliable team member who actually cares very deeply about the quality of his work and the projects he works on. I have worked with Eddie on a couple of projects and am hoping to work with him again soon as he is a cool dude who generates great work! He has never let me down. Do I recommend him? HELL YES!" — Tobin Russell, worked directly with Eduardo at High Impact Games, LLC

"Eddie is a real asset to the High Impact Team. He is an immensely skilled artist with the technical know how to get things done. His Adobe Illustrator and Flash skills are impressive, not to mention his hand drawn skills. Eddie is excellent at self-management, completing his work with little to no oversight. It is a real pleasure to have him on the HIG team." — David Goodrich, worked directly with Eduardo at High Impact Games, LLC

"Eddie is a very talented graphic artist and a hard worker. Any art works he creates are well thought-out, practical and visually amazing. I’ve had an opportunity to work with him as his supervisor for three years and I can always count on him to finish assigned tasks beautifully on time. He has excellent judgment, communicates well with others and is always willing to put extra efforts to create art works of higher quality. I am looking forward to working with him again in future if another opportunity arises. I am confident that any studio he works, he will devote himself to creating great works and contribute to the success of the organization." — Atsuko Kubota, managed Eduardo at High Impact Games, LLC

"Working with Eduardo was a pleasure. He is very organized and proactive in anticipating project needs, cares about the product, is very open to feedback and direction while putting his own stamp of ideas on it all and giving his own very relevant feedback. On top of that a great guy! This is the kind of collaborative dynamic that for some reason seems often hard to find in this industry that I wish to see more often. I would definitively work with him again if given the chance and I am sure he would be a great asset wherever he goes." — Ricardo Hernandez, worked directly with Eduardo at High Impact Games, LLC

"Eduardo, or 'Eddie' as I like to call him, is a very dependable and hugely talented artist, graphic designer and draftsman. He approaches everything he does with incredible passion and efficiency. He is easily one of the most methodical and well organized people I've worked with. A real self-starter who always takes things in his stride even when things heat up. He is also quite the expert with Flash which proved to be fantastic for HUD and menu motion graphic design. He came up with some brilliant creative solutions for our project's menus and added surprising touches of polish to make them shine. He always pushes his work that little bit further to make it go from 'good' to 'great'." — Lloyd Murphy, managed Eduardo at High Impact Games, LLC

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