Mattthew Milam

Creative Storyteller

The Woodlands, TX, USA
I am Matthew Milam...

Creative Director + Designer with over 18 years of professional experience pushing pixels for small, medium and large businesses. Possessing excellent time-management skills; I can advance multiple projects simultaneously from start to finish while maintaining high standards for execution, accuracy, adherence to brand standards, and attention to detail. I strive to deliver meaningful user experiences that combine both form and function in the perfect package.

Specializing In: Creative Direction, Front-end Development, UX/UI Design, Motion Graphics, Interactive Design and Graphic Design

Work Experience

Cardtronics

Director of Interactive Marketing + Cretaive Director

Develop strategy for on-line presence including how the company communicates its brand and capabilities via the web. Manage development, enhancement, and regular updates of all Cardtronics’ on-line properties. Effectively manage all creative deliverables for trade-shows and events. Develop graphics, imagery and animations to be used across Cardtronics’ on-line properties. Lead development and updates of experiential content.

Successfully managed and delivered all creative assets for Cardtronics first investor day at NASDAQ (2019).

Led design of creative deliverables (booth design, video design, interactive content) for Money 2020 in Las Vegas. Cardtronics landed several high level client meetings.

PPC conversion increased by 40% from previous year driven by continued SEO efforts.
May 2016 - Present Texas, United States

Oilpro

Creative Director, Front End Developer

Led strategic design for Oilpro across the web, mobile, print, social media and other marketing channels. Collaborated with the development team and provided the creative vision for new products and for site enhancements.
July 2015 - April 2016 Texas, United States

Cudd Energy Services

Web Developer , Graphic Designer, Social Media Manager

Designed, developed, and maintained all external-facing web properties that fell under the Cudd umbrella. Led creative vision for new interactive asset development. Support other design team members as needed.
December 2012 - June 2015 Texas, United States

RgVision Publications

Creative Director

I am responsible for the development and design of each issue of the bi-monthly magazine. I am also in charge of the magazine website and social media.
April 2010 - Harlingen, Texas, United States

RGV+ Beyond Arts & More Magazine

Creative Director

I was responsible for the development, design and production of the monthly magazine for all three Texas areas (Austin, Rio Grande Valley and San Antonio). I designed and managed all branding and marketing materials. I also developed and managed the website and social media sites for the magazine.
November 2011 - June 2012 Texas, United States

Valley Baptist Health System

Senior Graphic Designer + Web Manager

Creative direction and implementation of all promotional materials, advertising pieces, web sites, email campaigns, and direct mail campaigns. Developed and implemented the first set of brand standards for the health system. Managed freelancers and outside creative agency relationships.
November 2006 - August 2011 Texas, United States

Education

Texas State Technical College

Digital Media Design

August 2000 - May 2002 Texas, United States

Texas State University

Communications

August 1996 - May 2000 San Marcos, Texas, United States

Languages

English (Native),

Skills

Adobe Creative Cloud, CSS3, Front End Development, Graphic Design, HTML5, Motion Graphics , PHP, Project Management, Social Media Management, UX/UI Design, Web Design, Web Development,