Jay Vidheecharoen
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Professional Experience
User Experience Designer
Big Fish Games (2008 — Current)
Seattle, WA
Responsible for visual design of user interfaces
for various applications and web properties
Design and produce graphics for the company's
marketing and web collateral
Coordinate with usability/research group to test
and iterate new designs, features and functionality
Senior Graphic Designer
Gas Powered Games (2006 — 2008)
Redmond, WA
Designed and produced graphics for the company's
various web properties
Responsible for visual design of user interfaces for
the Supreme Commander franchise and GPGnet
online service
Designed 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
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Products Launched
Play Instantly!
Visual user interface design
Game Finder
Visual user interface design
Game Manager 3.0
Visual user interface design
Treasure Quest
Visual user interface design
Web site design
Big Sea Games
Visual user interface design
Web site design
Supreme Commander:
Forged Alliance
UI visual design and production
GPGnet
Visual user interface design
Web site design
Supreme Commander
UI asset design and delivery
Visual tech tree design
Gas Powered Store
Web site design
Gaspowered.com
Web site design
Dungeon Siege II: Broken World
Web site design
Zulusports.com
Web site 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
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