Matthew J. Hull

30 Liberty Drive

Shrewsbury, MA 01545

V: 508.254.8270

E:

Summary

Creative Director, specializing in team management, business development, branding identity, customer relations, and technology seeks opportunity to manage user experience team. Highly motivated conceptual thinker with strong design and writing skills with a proven track record of innovative solutions for business, marketing, and technology situations. Skilled manager of multi-disciplined teams to lead from conception to creation of user-centered designs and interfaces.

Related Experience

30Liberty Group, Shrewsbury, MA2001 -Present

Principal of small Internet consulting firm. Worked as business developer to assist in client understanding of user experience web offerings.
As Creative Director/Lead Designer, guided client's vision to the web to ensure maximum appeal while maintaining relevance to targeted user community.
Managed teams of designers and developers to support the corporate image and strategy of clients on their web sites. Conducted exercises to discover clients' visual preferences and user requirements. Presented concepts and designs for approval to ensure that designs meet clients' needs.
Wrote promotional documents for marketing publications and web sites.
Directed creative vision for sites to include original copy, artwork, and brand identity.

Designed visuals for mock-ups of web sites, presentations and marketing collateral.

Developed sitemaps and navigational models for logical information architecture modeling.

Designed and created print collateral for company’s of various sizes for submission to publications.

Designed and created support documentation for creative guidelines for corporate use.

Designed and created graphics, HTML, CSS, and simple Javascripts for corporate web sites.

Advised on user experience best practices and developed interactive models for web site usability.

Computer Sciences Corporation, Waltham, MA 1998 to 2001

As a Creative Director worked with clients to realize creative strategy and direction for corporate intranets, business-to-consumer sites, and business-to-business web applications. Worked with teams of designers and developers to support the corporate image and strategy of clients on their web sites. Conducted exercises to discover clients’ visual preferences and user requirements. Presented concepts and designs for approval to ensure that designs meet clients’ needs.

Wrote promotional documents for marketing publications and web sites

Assisted in business development calls and meetings.

Wrote professional documents for acceptance by client stakeholder teams.

Directed creative vision for sites to include original copy, artwork, and brand identity.

Directed photo shoots and voice talent for interactive presentations and web sites.

Developed sitemaps and navigational models for logical information architecture modeling.

Managed client expectations, budgets and teams of 5 - 9 developers as a Project Manager for various projects.

Managed team of developers as a Team Leader on various client projects and in internal career and department functions. Responsible for staff assignments.

Built and tested web sites of varying complexity as a Web Developer using DHTML, Javascript, Lotus Domino, and the HTML 4.0 spec.

HayGroup, Philadelphia, PA 1997-1998

As a Web Developer administered permissions and content uploads for large corporate extranet. Performed as project manager by tracking tasks and estimating development times for new projects. Supported user community as a technical resource for online support.

Freelance, Philadelphia, PA 1996-1997

As a Web Developer designed and built web sites for individuals and small companies. Created graphics, html, and some scripting while learning the medium and attending desktop publishing courses.

Freelance, Watertown, MA 1990-1992

As a Graphic Designer illustrated and created t-shirts and beer labels for small local brewery.

Other Experience

Shrewsbury High School, Shrewsbury, MA 2001-2002

Varsity Boys’ Lacrosse Coach

Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 1995-1996

Assistant Men’s Lacrosse Coach

Landmark School, Beverly, MA 1993-1995

Art Teacher for special needs high school. Other responsibilities included Assistant Department Head, Language Arts teacher, resident care worker, and Head Varsity Lacrosse coach.

Skills

Software/Languages

Matthew J. Hull

30 Liberty Drive

Shrewsbury, MA 01545

V: 508.254.8270

E:

Familiarity and experience with the following packages and languages:

Matthew J. Hull

30 Liberty Drive

Shrewsbury, MA 01545

V: 508.254.8270

E:

Photoshop, Macromedia Flash, HomeSite, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office Suite, HTML, XHTML, Javascript, ASP, QuarkXpress

Matthew J. Hull

30 Liberty Drive

Shrewsbury, MA 01545

V: 508.254.8270

E:

Education

Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 1992

BA; English, Fine Arts

URLs/References

Professional references are available upon request.