Kern Bruce
Kernyboy
Newark, NJ, USA
201.259.4534
www.kernyboy.com
Work Experience
American Foundation For Suicide Prevention
Senior Interactive Designer - Freelance - w/ UX understanding (Freelance)
Worked with the Digital and Content Directors to help redesign organization's entire website. Researched target audience and created sketches, wireframes and final layouts of the AFSP website. Worked with with large pieces of content and organized in a way that is both useful and visually engaging to visitors.
July 2015
- October 2015
New York, New York, United States
Prudential Financial
Graphic Designer
Produced motion graphics for corporate and client facing videos.
Designed and developed electronic marketing materials including time square media ads, animated web banners and e-mail marketing pieces.
Story boarded and developed concepts for interactive modules on the Prudential "Bring Your Challenges" website.
Designed and developed electronic marketing materials including time square media ads, animated web banners and e-mail marketing pieces.
Story boarded and developed concepts for interactive modules on the Prudential "Bring Your Challenges" website.
October 2014
- May 2015
Newark, New Jersey, United States
Club Monaco
Web Designer
Created assets and layouts for the Club Monaco fall catalogue website. Worked with Art Director on editorial flow for website catalogue launch.
Designed email marketing collateral for promotions and sales.
Designed email marketing collateral for promotions and sales.
August 2014
- October 2014
New York, New York, United States
Audible, Inc. – An Amazon Company
UX/VXD Designer
Principal designer on the “Vine That Line” campaign that marked the launch of the Audible Vine social channel. I shot, produced, edited, designed, and animated the official sample Vine video, working directly with the Senior Vice President and Director of Social Media.
Designed animated graphic opens and lower thirds for the Audible YouTube page.
Designed layout for Kindle OOBE (Out of the Box Experience) with an aim to bolster Sales via the Kindle TOS
(Touch Optimized Store).
Designed animated graphic opens and lower thirds for the Audible YouTube page.
Designed layout for Kindle OOBE (Out of the Box Experience) with an aim to bolster Sales via the Kindle TOS
(Touch Optimized Store).
October 2013
- July 2014
New Jersey, United States
Viacom / BET Networks
Manager of New Media & Technology (Freelance)
Responsible for integrating new, and social media broadcast technologies into a live studio environment. Projects include real-time animated tweets for BET’s RNC and DNC election coverage, 106 & Park, and the 2013 BET Awards.
January 2013
- October 2013
New York, New York, United States
DavidHenry Agency / American Athlete Magazine
Interactive Creative Director
Played a central role in the ideation, development, and execution of all agency interactive and multimedia creative.
Led team of designers, writers, and editors to create and develop the American Athlete Magazine interactive app for iOS and its companion community site, and ensured timely delivery of assets to the Apple app store.
Oversaw and led the growth of the American Athlete Facebook fan page to more than15, 000 “likes" within two months of launching the app. Booked, scheduled and produced photo shoots with celebrities, and professional athletes including: Magic Johnson, Savion Glover, Orlando Hudson, and Russell Simmons.
Coordinated with the Apple app review team to ensure app integrity and compliance.
Led team of designers, writers, and editors to create and develop the American Athlete Magazine interactive app for iOS and its companion community site, and ensured timely delivery of assets to the Apple app store.
Oversaw and led the growth of the American Athlete Facebook fan page to more than15, 000 “likes" within two months of launching the app. Booked, scheduled and produced photo shoots with celebrities, and professional athletes including: Magic Johnson, Savion Glover, Orlando Hudson, and Russell Simmons.
Coordinated with the Apple app review team to ensure app integrity and compliance.
November 2011
- July 2012
Westfield, New Jersey, United States
NYU Langone Medical Center / Digital Media Services
Digital Media Producer
Led creative team of full-time and freelance graphic designers, web developers, and videographers.
Produced web-based multimedia training and educational tools
for medical center patients and employees.
Created digital, print, and multi-media promotional, and marketing
communications for internal and external medical center clients.
Produced and edited video and other multimedia projects using FinalCut Pro, Adobe After Effects, HTML5, Flash,
Actionscript 2 & 3.
Managed budgets, expenses and billing reports to gauge department efficacy.
Hired freelancers and full-time staff based on departmental needs.
Scoped and provided budgets for all NYU Langone Medical
Center Projects.
Produced web-based multimedia training and educational tools
for medical center patients and employees.
Created digital, print, and multi-media promotional, and marketing
communications for internal and external medical center clients.
Produced and edited video and other multimedia projects using FinalCut Pro, Adobe After Effects, HTML5, Flash,
Actionscript 2 & 3.
Managed budgets, expenses and billing reports to gauge department efficacy.
Hired freelancers and full-time staff based on departmental needs.
Scoped and provided budgets for all NYU Langone Medical
Center Projects.
October 2009
- July 2011
New York, New York, United States
John Hancock Mutual Funds - Creative Services
Interactive Designer
Produced and edited interactive corporate videos.
Designed and developed electronic marketing materials including animated flash multimedia presentations, and e-mail marketing pieces.
Developed web standards for electronic communications.
Designed and developed electronic marketing materials including animated flash multimedia presentations, and e-mail marketing pieces.
Developed web standards for electronic communications.
January 2008
- October 2009
Massachusetts, United States
Freelance
Freelance Art Director / Broadcast Designer
Provided motion graphics, graphic design, and art direction
for clients: So So Def Records, Interscope Records,
BET, Bounce Event Marketing, and 745 Films.
Projects include: Testimony featuring 50 Cent,
Lexus National Dealer Meeting, Rutgers: Abbott Leadership Institute, Timbaland Shock Value DVD,
and BET presents: The Education of Kanye West.
for clients: So So Def Records, Interscope Records,
BET, Bounce Event Marketing, and 745 Films.
Projects include: Testimony featuring 50 Cent,
Lexus National Dealer Meeting, Rutgers: Abbott Leadership Institute, Timbaland Shock Value DVD,
and BET presents: The Education of Kanye West.
September 2006
- October 2009
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Viacom / BET Networks
Broadcast Designer
Created graphic show opens, bugs, animated lower thirds and other graphic elements for BET’s Access Granted, Black Carpet, 106 & Park, BET Style, Rap City and other BET shows.
Provided graphic design and direction on “BET Official Walmart DVDs” for major label recording artists: Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, India Arie, Outkast, and Kanye West – the combined sales for which was in excess of half a million units.
Provided graphic design and direction on “BET Official Walmart DVDs” for major label recording artists: Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, India Arie, Outkast, and Kanye West – the combined sales for which was in excess of half a million units.
May 2004
- September 2006
New York, New York, United States
Education
Brown University
BA Art Semiotics/ Modern Culture & Media
September 2000
- May 2004
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Boston University
MS Advertising
September 2006
- January 2007
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Languages
Hindi (Conversational),
Skills
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe InDesign,
3D Studio Max,
Action Script,
Adobe Acrobat,
Adobe After Effects,
Adobe Digital Publishing Suite (DPS),
Adobe Dreamweaver,
Adobe Flash,
Adobe Photoshop,
ASP ,
Avid Adrenaline,
CSS,
Final Cut Pro,
HTML,
IOS6,
JavaScript,
MAYA,
PHP,
Tricaster 8000,
VizRT,