joel gillman, born in milwaukee wisconsin, moved to madison wisconsin, attended college in minneapolis minnesota and currently resides in manhattan new york. clearly he is afraid to live in a city whose name does not start with the letter m. joel loves making art installations (interactive by nature), beautiful interactive programs and also loves working on film productions. in 2008 he landed an awesome bfa in interactive media from the minneapolis college of art and design.
JOEL GILLMAN 322 E 11th Street, New York, NY 10003 +1 608 358 8002 - joelTgillman at gmail dot com - www.joelgillman.com
EDUCATION Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN BFA Interactive Media / May 2008
SELECTED EXPERIENCE Reindeer, New York, NY / Lead Client-Side Developer: December 2008 - Present Work under tight deadlines to produce quality work for high profile clients. Take projects from wire framing and planning all the way through execution and maintenance. Space150, Minneapolis, MN / Creative Tech: June 2008 - November 2008 Work directly with the creative and design team to ensure client satisfaction Build out interactive flash modules to enhance user experience. Design and prototype interfaces with new features for a wide audience. Clockwork, Minneapolis, MN / Junior Interactive Designer: September 2007 - June 2008 Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to develop client websites. Translate designs into original, efficent, fully-functional websites. MCAD Summer Expressions Session, Minneapolis, MN / Game Design Instructor: Summer 2006 - 2010 Teach High School students in all aspects of game design - from conception to completion students learn about characters, settings, strategies and goals. Coordinate with teaching assistants for group projects. MCAD Computer Support, Minneapolis, MN / Help-desk Assistant: December 2005 - September 2007 Troubleshoot, diagnose and repair Macintosh systems. Provide individual and classroom software tutorials to faculty and students. Test beta builds for MCAD-issued laptops. Bowman Media Group, Minneapolis, MN / Freelance Designer: May 2007 - August 2007 Prepare working prototypes of client websites. Interface with company director to ensure proper implementation of designs. Design Works, Minneapolis, MN / Web Designer: January 2007 Implement identity for MNfilmTV.org. Close interaction with creative director and lead programmer. KitchenTapes.com, Minneapolis, MN / Web Designer: 2006 Design and development of multimedia blog with emphasis on sequential sound. Customize graphical user interface to promote ease of use and content management. Team interaction with contributors and associates.
SKILLS Proficient in Mac OS X, Linux and Windows along with Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, SVN, SSH and other command line tools. Fluent Languages: HTML (including XHTML and HTML5), CSS (2 and 3), XML, jQuery, AJAX, ActionScript 3 Familiar with PHP, MySQL, MVC framework, OOP, Amazon S3
EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS Personal Outer Space, MCAD Gallery 148 installation: September 2007 Mush, Mush, Masculinity!, ACVR Warehouse installation: September 2007 Media Arts Exhibition, MCAD Main Floor installation: May 2007 _underscore, MCAD Emeritus Hall Gallery installation: June 2006 Minneapolis College of Art and Design Interactive Merit Scholarship: 2007 David and Debra Andreas Scholarship: 2006 and 2007 Larsen Design Scholarship: 2007