RICHARD EDWARD HICKS Creative Direction / graphic design / internet-web / multimedia 962 Mathews St / Atlanta, GA 30310 visibleman@dragonradio.net / www.visibleman.net / phone: 678 643 5736
EXPERIENCE 2002 - 2005	VISIBLEMAN Graphic Design and programming for print, web, multimedia art As VISIBLEMAN Consulting, I work with event designers, ad agencies, corporate design departments, etc. to produce award-winning graphics, interface designs and projected video art for events. I have created work for many corporate, agency and individual clients both large and small such as: AT&T, CitiBank, World Trade Center/Atlanta, Chick-fil-A, BankSouth, Emory University and more. Skills include HTML, Flash progrmaming, design and art direction.
EXPERIENCE 05/02 - 07/02	Corporate Applications Training Consultants, Inc American Foundation for the Blind - Training website development Responsibilities include image creation and editing using Photoshop, art direction, graphics, interface and page layout, design and HTML development. This assignment involves working with IT professionals to develop a web-based training application primarily for those who are involved with, or themselves are visually impaired, and to solve usability issues concerning the visually impaired.
05/01 - 01/02	CitiBank / Salomon, Smith, Barney Worldwide Securities Services Marketing division Web site and collateral print design. Responsibilities include graphic design, updating of market watch and website information for WWSS. Interface design, print design, image editing and conversion using Adobe Photoshop, Flash and Illustrator, and layout for in-house marketing group.
07/98 - 12/00	AT&T Web Factory Graphic and Interface design, web authoring and content development. Director and Flash authoring, Photoshop image editing and web development for a group of about 170 people. Responsibilities included overseeing design of specific projects and coordinating efforts with programmers, audio/visual and project management experts.
09/95 - 06/98	AT&T's Interactive Products and Services (IPS) Web development, multimedia authoring, CD-ROM development and graphic design. Responsibilities included interface design for interactive CD-ROM training applications, authoring using Macromedia Director, Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel Draw and working with programmers and instructional designers to assemble web sites and to meet the client's specifications. Projects include: The EHS-Awareness CD-ROM, The EHS-Hazardous Materials CD-ROM, EHS internal and external web sites, FASTAR interactive presentation, SMOP CD-ROM, IPS website, ITS-Process and ITS Process Services websites.
03/90 - 09/95	Golan/Harris Public Relations Creative direction, design and production of print and web projects for clients of Golan/Harris public relations. Production of print media using Photoshop, Illustrator and Quard XPress.
09/85 - 03/90	BYTEbrain Design, Inc. Illustration, comp art and Photoshop design for agencies and in-house corporation art departments.
SKILLS	HTML, understanding of related technologies, illustration, design, art direction and creative oversight of interactive projects. Excellent people skills and ability to concept, storyboard projects, and work with development teams. Extensive experience with Macintosh, Windows95, 98, Windows NT platforms
SOFTWARE	Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Freehand8, 3D Studio MAX, Macromedia Director (including Lingo), gif animation, Homesite and Dreamweaver, many more.
SKILLSET	Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Freehand Flash HTML/DHTML Java Script Director authoring Creative Direction Concept and Storyboarding
EDUCATION	Georgia State University; BVA with emphasis in Graphic Design, Illustration with a minor in art history. Georgia Tech; continuing education classes in "Object Oriented Analysis and Design", and Advanced Web Design. NYU; Continuing education- Advanced Flash w/ActionScript New Horizions; Intermediate and Advanced Web Design. Atlanta Art Institute; Studio3D MAX training.