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C A M E R O N   T H O M A S
Asheville, North Carolina
cam@camthomas.com

PROFICIENCY/
  • Confident in Project Management and Team Leadership
  • Well skilled in Education and Graphic Design for the web, print and/or video
  • Thorough knowledge of:
    • HTML, CSS/XHTML, PHP, CFML, Flash/ActionScript and Common Sense
  • Experienced in digital video production: Final Cut Pro and After Effects

PROFESSIONAL + ACADEMIC/

CREATIVEROOT [website] Asheville, North Carolina - May 2000 to present
Web Design and Consultancy Group
Founder / Creative Director / Web Designer
  • Responsible for the direction, design and development of all creative services
  • Primary tasks include:
    • creative direction, color theory, page layout, user flow, interface design, image compression, development of navigational structures, design balance and functionality, usability, accessibility, QA testing as well as the development of HTML, CSS, PHP, CFML and JavaScript
  • Daily use of PhotoShop, ImageReady, Illustrator, DreamWeaver and Flash
  • Accountable for business development and client retention
  • Manage client interaction and production
  • Research and implementation of business plans on behalf of clients

LEAPWARE, llc [website] | Asheville, North Carolina - January 2008 to present
Experiential Gear Vendor
Partner / Marketing Director
  • Define and maintain corporate identity
  • Design and maintain company web presence
  • Art Direct company catalog

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA | Gainesville, Florida
School of Art + Art History - August 2003 to May 2007
GTA & Adjunct Assistant Professor
  • Instruct college courses to freshmen through senior level students
  • Courses include:
    • GRA 2111: Visual Dynamics - an introduction to graphic design
    • DIG 2930: WIFT: Workshop in Fundamental Technology - instruction in design software and technology (photoshop, illustrator, imovie/final cut pro, flash and dreamweaver)
    • GRA 3194: Technology & Process - advanced web design (dreamweaver, html, css/xhtml and flash)
    • GRA 4930: MINT Design Studio - a student run design studio serving real world clients
  • Vox Graphis (graphic design student organization) faculty sponsor
  • Ligature (graphic design symposium) faculty advisor

JOEPIX | Orlando, Florida - October 2000 to June 2001
The Leader in Event-Based Digital Photo Marketing
Lead Web Designer
  • Responsible for the art direction, design and development of all client websites
  • Primary tasks included:
    • art direction, creative direction, color theory, page layout, user flow, interface design, image compression, development of navigational structures, design balance and functionality, usability, accessibility, QA testing as well as the development of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  • Created a seamless cohesion between a clients existing creative materials and our web-based photo retrieval system
  • Daily use of PhotoShop, ImageReady, ColdFusion Studio, Flash and Illustrator
  • Design and development of our corporate website.
  • Clients Included:
    • 1-800-Collect, Amstel Light, Boats.com, Discover Card, Ford Motor Company, Hard Rock Cafe, Hollywood Records, House of Blues, Island/Def Jam Records, Lexar Media, Los Angeles Times, Macy's, Michelin, Monster.com, Motorola, Pepsi/Mountain Dew, PhotoPoint.com, Red Lobster, Sprint Broadband, The Santa Barbara Bowl and Universal Studios.

COMPBIZ | Sanford, Florida - November 1998 to May 2000
Marketing and Community Sales Manager
  • Co-constructed business development department
  • Established and implemented marketing program
  • Instructed all community building software to clients
  • Wrote copy for websites and web-communities
  • Marketed web development, software and various other services
  • Designed websites using hand-coded HTML and graphic programs

EDUCATION/

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA - Gainesville, Florida
May 2006
Master of Fine Arts / Graphic Design
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant
  • 3.77 GPA

L'INSTITUT DE TOURAINE - Tours, France
August 1997
  • Conversational French Certificate

MONTREAT COLLEGE - Montreat, North Carolina
May 1997
Bachelor of Arts
  • Graduated with honors - Deans List

SPEAKING/

Presentation of The Mira Project - Universidad Pedagogie Nacional
  • Mérida, Yucatan, México - May 2004

AWARDS/
  • Assistantship - Graduate Assistant, University of Florida
  • Ligature 13 (website) Juried Graphic Design Show, 2004

SHOWS/
  • 1st & 2nd Year MFA Show, WARPHaus Gallery, University of Florida - 2004
  • Scrutiny - Focus Gallery, University of Florida - 2004
  • 1st & 2nd Year MFA Show, WARPHaus Gallery, University of Florida - 2005
  • Experimental Drawing, WARPHaus Gallery, University of Florida - 2005
  • Mapping in Place, WARPHaus Gallery, University of Florida - 2006

VOLUNTEER/

American Marketing Association - Central Florida Chapter
VP, Technology - 2003
  • Designed and edited the American Marketing Association - Central Florida Chapter's Market Insider e-newsletter.


References available upon request.