| Resume C O V E R L E T T E R I would like to present myself as a potential candidate for placement through your agency. I hope my skills and job experience are appropriate for the client base you serve. I have a high level of skill in the area of digital imaging /retouching. I also have expertise in the area of web Flash animation development. For 16 years I have provided professional design and illustration services, including work for advertising, book and magazine publishing, apparel design, website graphics and CD-ROM development. Clients have included Diet Coke, Pepsi, Wrangler, Hanes, RJR/Nabisco, National Geographic, Balantine, Yahoo, Charles Schwab, PGA, and Century 21. Presently, I am seeking employment or a contract arrangement. I would like to present myself as having two areas of expertise: Flash Animator. I am skilled in Flash design for the web. Showcasing intelligent information design, original music, strong, targeted copy and impactful graphics, I can create an online experience that is exciting and cinematic. http://www.ideactionmedia.com Retouching/Digital Artist. I am also available to work with a focused imaging studio or a few select clients, receiving photographic images from vendors and compositing/retouching those images digitally for final use in advertising. http://www.scottfray.com/portfolios/pdfportfolios/digitalart2.pdf (click the "escape" key to stop the slide show, click the arrow buttons to move forward and back) • Work is quoted per project. Reasonable rates. • Fast turnaround, attention to detail, flexible and responsive. • Fully equipped studio facility • All digital image files are constructed to allow the client optimal ability to revise or alter the image with ease and efficiency. • Also willing to work on-location anywhere in the US or abroad. Thank you for your time and consideration! Respectfully yours, Scott Fray 336-634-0108 email: scottfray@aol.com online portfolio: http://www.scottfray.com Other portfolios- For Lettering: http://www.scottfray.com/portfolios/pdfportfolios/lettering2.pdf For BookDesign: http://www.scottfray.com/portfolios/pdfportfolios/bookdesign2.pdf R E S U M E Scott Fray Archipelago International, Inc. Ideaction Media Productions P.O.Box 2293 Reidsville, NC 27320 scottfray@aol.com www.scottfray.com www.ideactionmedia.com 1-800-993-1293 code 11 336-634-0108 fax 336-634-1526 cellular 336-403-0823 OBJECTIVE I understand the necessity for clear, comprehensive communication, dedication to deadlines, and the speed, energy and flexibility required to succeed in a fast paced business environment. I am committed to creating work that not only executes the client's vision in a powerful way, but is constructed with focused attention to detail and optimal efficiency. Each digital file is created to maximize the capacity for revisions so that a client's desire for alternative choices can be accommodated quickly and easily. I am interested in working with a progressively minded organization with an eye towards leveraging media technologies to create the best user experience possible. I am presently available on a contract basis, but will consider offers for full employment. I am willing to relocate. EXPERIENCE Flash Design • I have created interactive media experiences in Macromedia Flash for a variety of clients including Kemper Investments, Doral, Bondi Software, HREF Tools, Corp., Pincin & Prior Consulting, Paraview.com and WashCreative.com Projects have ranged from stand-alone promotional pieces, web delivered trailer clips, and website intro movies, to full site development, animated site architecture and re-adaptation of existing material into a fully interactive environment. Advertising Design, Retouching, Digital Photo Compositing and Illustration Provided concepting and finished art for various advertising agencies for national accounts such as Fox Network, Nestles Foods, The Natural Gas Association, Lord, Abbett & Co., RJRNabisco, Wrangler, Timber Creek, Planters, Hanes, Pepsi, Diet Coke, Fruit of the Loom, Alltel, Yahoo, Century 21, USDATA, The Pro Golf Association, and Cellular One. Publishing Illustrator • Executed book cover jackets for various clients such as Ballantine Books, Easton Press, Quest Books, RGA Publishing, Hay House, University of Houston Press and more. Magazine Creative Director/Electronic Publisher • Provided art direction, cover and interior illustration for Obsidian Magazine, published in Boston by Madstone Press. Conceived and created internet versions of Obsidian Magazine, HTML coding, all visuals and animations. http://www.ObsidianMagazine.com. CD-ROM Development • Developed a CD-ROM product involving interface design, illustration, sound and authoring of a children's story, Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, created more than 30 scenes, over 600 Illustrations for character animation, original music, assembled a cast of vocal talent and designed product packaging. • Developed CD-ROM's for National Geographic Kid's Net and others for Software Designs Unlimited. • Developed a CD-ROM featuring a day in the life of children of vanishing indigenous cultures, highlighting the festival of the Day of the Dead, in the Huasteca region of Mexico for Archipelago International, Inc. Project included interface design, interacting with international service and resource providers, and on-location photography and filming. APPLICATIONS Macintosh platform • Primary: Macromedia Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe GoLive, Adobe Image Ready, Macromedia Fireworks, Quark Express, Macromedia Freehand, Adobe Illustrator, NetObjects Fusion, Adobe Acrobat. • Secondary: Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Director, Adobe AfterEffects, HTML Editor, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premier, KPT, Bryce, Media Cleaner, Microsoft Word. EDUCATION • Center For Creative Studies, College of Art and Design, Detroit, MI, BFA Illustration major • Flint Institute of Arts, C.S. Mott C.C., Flint, MI, AFA • Genesee Area Skill Center, Flint, MI, • Fenton High School, Fenton, MI PERSONAL INFORMATION • Member of Mensa • Member, Institute of Noetic Sciences • Seninar training under Dr. Jean Houston, of the Association for Mind Research since 1989 Transpersonal psychology themes. • Records original musical compositions via digital mastering techniques. Presently building an electronic studio to compliment multimedia production as well as create and record original music from MIDI and real instrument sources. Owns native musical instruments from over 16 different countries. • Enjoys international travel (http://www.scottfray.com/photos/). Destinations include: India, Nepal, Thailand, Iceland, Greenland, Finland, Mexico, Costa Rica, Italy, France, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Egypt, Peru and Antarctica. • Single, no children, born December 29, 1964. • For even more info, go to http://www.scottfray.com/planet/ |