Victor Wong 503 – 238 Doris Ave. Toronto, ON M2N 6W1 (416) 226-3848 victorwong@magicketchup.com Desired Position ================ Art Director, Art Lead, Game Designer or Senior Graphic Designer Summary ======= • Art Director for one of the biggest on-line bingo game networks • Designed and built Flash-based on-line games • Designed and constructed web sites for on-line games network and business corporations • Designed marketing materials, business collaterals, presentations and tradeshow booths. • Illustrator with 9 years of experience • Modeled detailed objects and scenes with 2D and 3D graphics packages • Excellent communication skills, a team leader and a team player. Adapted to working with tight deadlines and multiple projects at the same time • Experienced in: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Quark Xpress, 3D Studio Max, Flash, Dreamweaver, Director, HTML / CSS, Acrobat Experience ========== LEADERSHIP & ART DIRECTION -------------------------- • Ensured art direction stay focused throughout projects and product brandings by creating graphics assets and communicating concepts to art team • Evaluated graphical layout and user interface design of existing products and applied efficiency and aesthetic improvements • Worked in a collaborative, team-oriented environment. A mentor to junior graphic designers • Recognized for creative ideas and brainstorming VIDEO GAME DESIGN ----------------- • Designed on-line bingo games and popular casino games and collaborated with back-end developers and programmers to enrich playability. • Designed various video lottery terminal slot games (VLT) to appeal to players of different demographic ranges. • Helped company reach a significantly bigger market share in the in-flight video game business by designing and creating over 10 casual video games in 2 years. • Designed games for easy localization into different languages. • Created user-interface, splash screens, icons, 3D objects for video game projects, and prepared documentation of in-game events for programmers • Worked as a contractor for renowned companies such EA Games, Pop Caps Games, PixelStorm WEB SITE DESIGN & WEB-BASED PROMOTIONS -------------------------------------- • Designed overall websites and created graphics together with HTML and CSS files for programmer to implement logics • Created and built web-based promotions, e-mailers, both Flash-based and animated gif banners for media buying specialist • Some examples: www.desperatewivesbingo.com www.ajbsoftware.com www.bitrouter.com www.bingoworkz.com www.fotodio.com MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION --------------------- • Expanded company product line by creating HTML-based in-flight electronic travel magazine demo • Designed user-interface for TV Internet set-top box applications. Ensured TV application design guidelines were met • Helped sales and marketing department with creation of Director demos ILLUSTRATIONS ------------- • Created mascot characters for a game company to help brand recognition • Adaptive to various illustration styles, from youth oriented “cutesy” to mature “cool” • Specialized in creating gaming icons and video game cabinet casing exterior glass artwork • Received Merit Award in the category of Illustration from www.Portfolios.com Relevant Work History ===================== Jun 2006 – Present Art Director Gameworkz Co. Ltd. Toronto, Ontario Jun 2005 – Jun 2006 Independent Contractor Clients Included EA Games, Pop Cap Games, AJB Software, Bitrouter Inc., PixelStorm Games Dec 2002 – Jun 2005 Lead Multimedia Designer Radium Entertainment Ltd. Toronto, Ontario Mar 1999 – Jun 2002 Graphic Designer SNAP2 Corp. Des Moines, Iowa (Home office in Toronto) Jan 1998 – Mar 1999 Game Designer Gametronics Co. Ltd. Toronto, Ontario Education ========= Computer Graphics (Imagery), Apr 97 Seneca College of Communication Arts, North York, Ontario B. Math. Hons. (Computer Science & Information Systems), May 95 University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario On-line portfolio: www.magicketchup.com