William Austin WORK EXPERIENCE Designer IV @Gannett Senior Designer 1/2018 – present • Produced UI/UX for journalism in emerging technologies 240-793-1000 • Collaborated with journalists to craft stories for Augmented Reality [email protected] • Designed 3D/2D assets for interactive stories
• Created modular design templates to create interactives with quick www.waustin.me www.linkedin.com/in/willhaustin turnarounds to meet the fast pace needs of journalism eLearning/Online Game Developer @VETS Inc. ABOUT ME 12/2016 – 10/2017 An expert designer with a Bachelor of • Developed Interactive presentations to facilitate ISD’s coursework to Fine Arts degree and over ten years of increase learner participation and improve knowledge retention experience, Will Austin has worked on • Designed graphics for instructor guides, participant coursework, test various unique projects on multiple materials within the Veterans Acquisition Academy curriculum to platforms for both government and condense the need of document heavy education commercial clients. He has experience • Utilized focus group data to create user personas and improve collaborating with large and small coursework materials teams, as well as managing feedback and direction to both in-house and Graphic Artist @Broadsword Online Games outsource coworkers. He also collaborated in focus group studies and 7/2014 – 12/2016 collected data for user personas to • Designed and create Illustrations and 3D product assets improve product development. This has • Drove improvements to user interface design and experience given opportunities to lead and expand • Maintained design and visual consistency for mobile products product performance, develop efficient • Designed marketing campaigns and community email advertising to creative pipelines for ease of improve user engagement and retention implementation, and promote end-user • Crafted and revamped product websites to have improved user design improvements. experience and engagement Will's skill range includes Illustration, Products developed: animation, 3D graphics, and design Ultima Online mockups for interactive media UO.com experiences and presentations. These have been pivotal for his work on successful user interface/experience Graphic Artist @ Mythic Entertainment - Electronic Arts designs, and marketing materials. 7/2007 - 7/2014
• Designed pipelines for product assets and UI/UX
• Maintained design and visual consistency of user interface elements SKILLS • Kept visual style consistency through management of external • Adobe Creative Suite artist’s (China and India) 3D asset creation • 3D Studio Max • Designed 3D environments and crafted 3D product assets • Sketch • Unity Products developed: • HTML / CSS Dungeon Keeper Mobile • Mobile development Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes • UX/UI Design Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning • Animation • Marketing • Outsource management EDUCATION • Layout The Art Institute of Washington • Lighting • XR 8/2003 – 7/2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts – Media Art & Animation