David Phillips

ITP, New York University

Degree: MPS, Interactive Telecommunications (Attending)

Santa Clara University

Degree: BA, Theatre & Dance

Office skills

Owned and operated a small business, worked successfully in a very large corporate setting. Negotiated contracts and deliverables. Supervised staff and contract members. Maintained records control, filing, back office functions, office and records management, praised as an excellent team player. Designed work flow and operations. Managed event organization and coordination between multiple departments, interacted successfully with multiple levels of management and multidisciplinary teams. Communicated directly and efficiently, well trained and very experienced in presentations.

Computer skills

Keynote, Adobe CS5, Final Cut Pro, Coda, Textmate

Coding skills

HTML5, CSS, JS, PHP, MySQL, jQuery, Wordpress, Git, Sinatra
Learning:DataMapper, Rails, Java, Android, Mobile Processing

Apple

• Coordinated and supported an international design team
• Maintained style guides for impending MobileMe products
• Brainstorm, illustration, and wireframing interactive products
• Pitched and presented upcoming projects directly to Apple executives

Cisco

• Worked with cutting edge real time video conferencing technology
• The only first year grad student in a team of second year students
• Established the foundation for connectivity with Central St. Martin's in London.
• Shooting and editing tutorial videos
• Lead visual designer on ITPTP.com, a site to understand the TP unit
• Organized a series of Spring workshops with Graduate Acting Program, and NYU ITS.
• Experiments with spontaneous social interaction.
• Experiments with sounds and music to understand the limitations of Telepresence.
• Organized student and faculty involvement with Telepresence

Warner Bros.

• Provided assistance to Television Budget Estimating and Financial Administration
• Routed millions of dollars in checks on a weekly basis
• Provided successful coverage of phones, copying duties, and office necessities
• Organized back office functions, negotiated within corporate structure for higher effectiveness
• Interacted with multiple corporate levels

Arkany Design

• Supervised teams of up to six designers to handle various projects in multiple time zones
• Designed websites, formulated graphic designs, worked with varying media
• Developed clients ranging from small Non-profits to mid sized corporations
• Directed workflow, Oversaw project development, assigned projects to lower level employees
• Negotiated Deliverables, Managed Communication, Billing and Collections
• Acted as the primary liaison for clientele, aided in Design and concept
• Actively listened to enabled formulation of ideas from vague to concrete and achievable
• Managed and expanded trouble shooting and debugging
• Communicated, interpreted and verified changing expectations resulting in concrete solutions
• Commissioned and outsourced designs when necessary
• Successful delivery of innovative designs and results
• Used knowledge of Web 2.0 standards and usability