Brian Holden
Creative Director
New York, NY, USA
(718) 813-3362
brianholdendesign.com
Founder and managing partner of Battery Interactive, a full-service interactive agency located in Lower Manhattan. For more than 9 years Battery has executed digital campaigns for various brands including
Ralph Lauren, Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s, Canon, Avon, Mark, HP, Suzuki and the NCAA. Brian has also been an adjunct professor at the NYC College of Technology in Brooklyn, NY for the past 10 years.
Ralph Lauren, Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s, Canon, Avon, Mark, HP, Suzuki and the NCAA. Brian has also been an adjunct professor at the NYC College of Technology in Brooklyn, NY for the past 10 years.
Work Experience
Battery Interactive
Founder, Principal
• Conceptualize and pitch ideas to generate new business
• Deliver projects that meet client expectations on-time and under budget
• Ensure successful execution of projects from ideation to deployment
• Built and maintained a team of full-time and project-based employees
• Developed a nationwide content delivery network with redundancy
• Manage billing, payroll and overall operating expenses
• Deliver projects that meet client expectations on-time and under budget
• Ensure successful execution of projects from ideation to deployment
• Built and maintained a team of full-time and project-based employees
• Developed a nationwide content delivery network with redundancy
• Manage billing, payroll and overall operating expenses
January 2005
- December 2015
New York, United States
NYC College Of Technology
Adjunct Professor
• Teach two sections of independent study undergraduate thesis course
• Offer direction to students in all areas of web design and development
• Meet periodically with students both individually and in a group setting
• Lecture students at various Colleges regarding current trends in web design
• Offer direction to students in all areas of web design and development
• Meet periodically with students both individually and in a group setting
• Lecture students at various Colleges regarding current trends in web design
August 2004
- Present
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Macys.com
Senior Interactive Designer
• Lead animator and front-end developer for thisit.com
• Built a proprietary framework to streamline interactive development
• Developed a simplified workflow for all special projects
• Established better collaboration between the creative and CE teams
• Conceptualized and designed homepages, promotions and microsites
• Assisted in art-direction during photo shoots for special projects
• Built a proprietary framework to streamline interactive development
• Developed a simplified workflow for all special projects
• Established better collaboration between the creative and CE teams
• Conceptualized and designed homepages, promotions and microsites
• Assisted in art-direction during photo shoots for special projects
May 2004
- January 2005
New York, New York, United States
PSP Sports Marketing
Print/Interactive Designer
• Conceptualized and designed marketing promotions for Fortune 500 clients
• Help pitch local, regional and national accounts
• Built a team of full-time web designers and developers
• Help pitch local, regional and national accounts
• Built a team of full-time web designers and developers
September 2002
- May 2004
New York, New York, United States
MTV Networks
Freelance Designer
• Designed and Developed Interactive games for the children's portal
• Worked on numerous projects for different properties simultaniously
• Worked on numerous projects for different properties simultaniously
June 2000
- September 2002
New York, New York, United States
Education
New Platz
Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design
August 1998
- May 2002
New Paltz, New York, United States
Languages
Javascript (Fluent),
Php (Fluent),
Html (Fluent),
Css (Fluent),
Actionscript (Fluent),
Skills
Adobe Creative Suite,
Creative Direction,
CSS,
HTML,
JavaScript,
Jquery,
JSON,
PHP,
Responsive Design & Development,
SQL,
Typography,
Web Design,
XML,