Jonathan Schwarz
3835 Aztec Trail :: Wylie, TX 75098 :: (940) 231-1287
Qualifications
Ten years of experience in design, strong communication, team, and leadership skills with experience successfully managing people and projects. Organized, proactive individual with excellent problem solving skills. Highly motivated with the ability to produce quality results without close supervision.
Software Skills
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- InDesign
- After Effects
- Inkscape
- Premier
- Corel Draw
- Tortoise SVN
- Alien Brain
- Familiar with several 3D modeling software packages.
Education
Southern Methodist University – SMU Guildhall Graduate Level Digital Design program in 2005
Academy of Art College & Art Institute of California: Fine art, traditional animation, cinematography, game design, computer animation, and editing
Defense Information School – Multi-Media Illustration (Graphic Design)
John F Kennedy Special Warfare School – Psychological Operations (Marketing)
Skill Set
| Digital Graphic DesignDesign DocumentationExperience Training Others
Project Organization & Management |
User Interface Design
Writing Designing For Target Demographics Creative Solutions Problem Solving |
Experience
WeaselPants Productions, LLC
Self Employed Game Company 2012-Present
Design and layout of printed promotional material, web site layout, graphic design creation, icon design, package design customer service, manage sub-contractors.
GeekArtist Web Solutions, LLC
Self Employed Graphic Design 2010-Present
Create Logos, convert images to vector graphics, design and layout of printed promotional material, web site layout, web graphics creation, customer service, manage sub-contractors.
Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment
World Builder: 2008-2010
Video game design, create and maintain documentation, troubleshoot, assist section lead with managerial duties, as most senior designer in World Building department.
High Voltage Software
Game Designer: 2006-2008
Game design, rapid prototyping, source material research, UI design, create and maintain documentation, design AI behavior, create video mockups of UI systems, testing, troubleshooting.
Worked on multiple published titles.
US Army: Psychological Operations
Psychological Operations Specialist/Multimedia Illustrator: 1996-2002
Graphic design, created material for information operations, trained new soldiers in graphic design, work with a multi-national team for design, face-to-face communications and message dissemination.