Jay Vidheecharoen

5911 40th Ave SW Unit B

Seattle, WA 98136

Cell 206.399.1648




Professional Experience

Senior Graphic Designer
Gas Powered Games (Current)
Redmond, WA

  • Design and produce graphics for the company's
       various web properties
  • Responsible for visual design of user interfaces for
       the Supreme Commander franchise and GPGnet
       online service
  • Design the company's marketing, promotional,
       corporate and online collateral

    Assistant Art Director,
    Seattle Weekly (2004-2006)
    Seattle, WA

  • Designed and produced weekly alternative
       newspaper
  • Art directed, designed and produced graphics for
       an online portal site
  • Shot various editorial photo assignments

    Art Director,
    Polygon Magazine (2003-2004)
    Knoxville, TN

  • Art directed, designed and produced monthly
       electronic gaming magazine
  • Managed workflow and coordinated design
       staff, freelancers and printers
  • Assessed and managed design needs of
       marketing and sales departments

    Senior Designer, Asylum (2001-2003)
    Chicago, IL

  • Designed and produced various print
       collateral for the firm's medical, manufacturing
       and marketing clients
  • Designed the firm's marketing, promotional
       and online collateral

    Senior Designer, ZuluSports, Inc. (2000)
    San Francisco, CA

  • Art directed, designed and produced graphics
       for an online portal site
  • Developed production and workflow process
       for editorial graphics creation
  • Assessed and managed design needs of
       marketing department and executive team

    Assistant Art Director,
    PC Gamer Magazine (1998-2000)
    San Francisco, CA

  • Designed and produced monthly electronic
       gaming magazine
  • Designed various print collateral for marketing
       and circulation departments

    Lettering Artist Intern,
    Hallmark Cards, Inc. (1997-1998)
     Kansas City, MO

  • Designed typography for Hallmark's line of
       Seasonal cards
  • Designed original typeface for Hallmark's
       internal type design department


    		• Selected Freelance

    Imagine Media, Inc.
    Promotional and collateral design

    Mid-America Arts Alliance
    Website design

    Stanford University
     Capital Planning and Management
    Website design

    University of Kansas
     Fire Service Training Identity
    and Website design

    Awards

    AAN AltWeekly Awards (2006)
    Website, 1st place

    AAN AltWeekly Awards (2005)
    Editorial layout, 2nd place

    SPJ Pacific Northwest
    Excellence in Journalism (2005)
    Illustration, 1st place

    Graphic Design USA
    Award (2002)
    RSNA 2002 Advance Registration

    Stanford University
    Web Design Competition (2001)
    1st place

    Dorris Fair Carey
    KU Design scholarship
    (1995-1998)

    Software Expertise

    Adobe Acrobat
    Adobe Flash
    Adobe Illustrator
    Adobe InDesign
    Adobe Photoshop
    Quark Xpress

    Education

    The University of Kansas (1998)
    School of Fine Art
    BFA Visual Communications