Krishna Ramnath director | designer | developer 535 Dean Street Apt. 223 Brooklyn, NY 11217 (631) 332-8024 krishna@kRamnath.com Career Objective ================ Career Objective I am looking to head up an interactive motion/development team made up of animators [Flash, After Effects, Cinema 4D etc.], developers [actionscript, javascript, HTML 5 etc.] and video editors [Final Cut, AVID, Premiere Pro etc.] who would handle an array of interactive web, mobile, tablet and social applications in the digital advertising space. Profile ======= I am a highly creative, versatile director, designer and developer with 16 years of interactive development and television production experience and a diverse technical and creative skill set. My colleagues and clients value my professionalism and attention to detail. They have described my intuition and creative input as "invaluableÓ and my solutions as "spot on.Ó View examples of my work at: http://www.kRamnath.com Experience ========== EURO RSCG, NEW YORK, NY ======================= CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIST 12/10-present - Lead developer/point of contact for Flash development on all Euro RSCG Tonic projects; clients: GSK and Merck/Schering-Plough; brands: Claritin, Advair, VESIcare, Staxyn, Selzentry - Sr. Flash developer/video editor on projects for Charles Schwab, Heineken, Jaguar, Clearasil FREELANCE SR. FLASH DEVELOPER 9/10-11/10 - Developed rich media Flash banner campaigns for Charles Schwab, Heineken, IBM, GlaxoSmithKline AGENCYRX, CDM GROUP, NEW YORK, NY ================================= FREELANCE SR. FLASH DEVELOPER 11/10-12/10 - Developed Flash microsites for GlaxoSmithKline iMUNDO/MUNDOCOM, NEW YORK, NY ============================= TECHNICAL & CREATIVE LEAD, DIGITAL 9/08-6/10 - Met with client creative and technical contacts to discuss capabilities and outline project objectives - Delegated work and coordinated a team of Flash developers, and motion graphic designers/animators - Developed Flash animation and backend functionality for website, banner campaign and Tablet PC projects for Publicis group of agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi, Saatchi Healthcare and Leo Burnett SAATCHI & SAATCHI, NEW YORK, NY =============================== LEAD INTERACTIVE DEVELOPER/DESIGNER 9/08-6/10 - Developed Flash animation and backend functionality for website, banner and viral video campaigns for JC Penney, Ameritrade, I Love NY - Delegated work and coordinated a team of freelance Flash developers - Communicated effectively and proactively with client creative and development teams MRM WORLDWIDE, NEW YORK, NY =========================== SENIOR WEB DEVELOPER 4/07-9/08 - Senior Flash Developer and Technical Lead, Intel.com - Developed Flash animation and backend functionality for high-profile Internet projects for Intel, MasterCard, Bertolli - Designed microsite architecture; delegated work and coordinated a team of Flash developers and designers - Communicated effectively and proactively with the creative team - Accurately estimated time on projects and produced final assets for delivery DIRCKS ASSOCIATES, SAINT JAMES, NY ================================== SENIOR MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPER 4/04-4/07 - Developed, programmed and created animation for interactive CD-ROMs, Flash demos, website landing pages, emails, banner advertisementsand viral marketing campaigns for clients including AOL, Monster, Vonage, and PayPal K DESIGN, HAUPPAUGE, NY ======================= PRINCIPAL/CREATIVE DIRECTOR 4/99-4/04 - Produced, art directed, developed and designed animation, motion graphics, and interactive software for various television, corporate, and educational clients including Computer Associates, Jalbert Film International, US Ski Team, Rx Maxwell, J & B Software - Successfully grew and maintained client roster based on successful client relationships, client referrals and word-of-mouth - Managed full-time and freelance staff COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL, ISLANDIA, NY =============================================== FREELANCE MULTIMEDIA PRODUCER 7/98-4/99 - Produced, edited and created graphics for in-house corporate videos CBC MEDIA, INC., PORT WASHINGTON, NY ==================================== SENIOR EDITOR/DIRECTOR OF POST PRODUCTION SERVICES 1/95-7/98 - Edited broadcast & cable television commercials, award-winning educational and corporate videos - Designed and created graphics for commercials, television programs, websites and corporate videos for P.C. Richard & Son, Avis, Computer Associates, Citicorp, Direct TV - Associate produced, technical directed and edited 30-minute magazine-style education show pilot - Edited weekly music video countdown show CBS NEWS, NEW YORK, NY ====================== TECHNICAL SUPPORT 9/92-12/92 NBC SPORTS, NEW YORK, NY ======================== ASSISTANT STATISTICIAN, INTERN 9/92-12/92 CLIENT/COLLEAGUE COMMENTS ======================== FYI...Steven Spielberg reviewed the CD himself (thought everything looked great) and played the game. He was very happy... Tri Trinh | AOL These look great and were completed in record time!...Thanks! Heather Donahoe | Account Supervisor | Euro RSCG Worldwide The updated animation looks great. This is spot on. Simple and elegant. Matthew Atkatz | Creative Director, Interactive | Saatchi & Saatchi Jalbert Productions has worked with Krishna for several years. His intuition and creative input specific to our graphic packages and treatments has been invaluable. It has allowed us to keep pace with high-end network (CBS-ABC-NBC) sports shows. A pleasure to work with. Joe Jay Jalbert | President | Jalbert Productions International I'm in love. It's perfect!!!...thank you SO much...This has been an amazing effort, and I'm so so proud of this work!!! Angela Doran | Creative Director | Optimistico The restaurant is extremely busy, high profile execs fill the room. You should be proud of yourself, your emails are generating enormous responses...You have helped Fresco track our product line. You have done so skillfully and you have helped us tremendously. Dennis M Ryan | FRESCO by Scotto Restaurant We sent the cover to the publicist and she loved it: 'fresh and friendly' was her verdict! Awesome work. I knew you'd find the perfect solution! Gina Mandel, M.S., R.N. I Weight Health Inc. Krishna has always been someone the multimedia group at Computer Associates has been able to rely on to produce high end graphics for our video and multimedia needs. He is able to create quality designs with little input from us and does so under tight deadlines with professionalism and, more importantly, cheerfulness. Dennis Murray | Manager, Multi Media Services | Computer Associates The combination of Krishna's creativity and attention to detail helped us create a revolutionary interactive patient education software product. R. Andrew Packard, MD | Chairman and Founder | Rx MaxWell, Inc. Skills ====== - Creative direction and project management - Interactive multimedia development: AS3 object-oriented scripting, HTML, CSS, Php, JavaScript - Motion graphic design: Flash, After Effects - Video editing and post-production: AVID, Final Cut Tools ===== Adobe Flash, Shockwave/Director; AS3 object-oriented class-based scripting; JavaScript; Php; HTML; CSS; XML; Avid Media Composer, Xpress; Apple Final Cut; Adobe After Effects, Premiere; Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Fireworks; Quark Xpress; Maya; 3D Studio Max; Blender; Poser; Scitex StrataSphere; Media 100; Ampex, GVG, SONY Switchers/Editors Education ========= Fall 1994 NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY Began graduate program in Art Direction for Film and TV 1991-1994 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY B.S. Communication Arts with concentration in TV Production Summer 1993 Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY NYU Animation Workshop