Mike Schley
Illustrator
206-852-8417
www.mikeschley.com/
Experienced illustration and design professional, fluent in a wide variety of traditional and digital production methods. Possesses excellent conceptual, analytic, and aesthetic capabilities as well as an aptitude for new skill set development. Excels in a fast paced creative environment with a proven ability to manage large teams and guide projects to completion within deadline and budget ranges. Interested in contributing talents to a top-notch company with a focus on quality visual design.
Work Experience
Mike Schley Illustration And Design
Illustrator and Designer
• Concept and final art generation for a variety of clients seeking high quality illustration services.
• Corporate identity design with a focus on elegant and clean logo creation.
• Project management in a deadline oriented studio with short time leads and multiple concurrent assignments.
• Business administration and account management for independent creative company.
• Website and database maintenance in a professional capacity as a small business owner.
• Corporate identity design with a focus on elegant and clean logo creation.
• Project management in a deadline oriented studio with short time leads and multiple concurrent assignments.
• Business administration and account management for independent creative company.
• Website and database maintenance in a professional capacity as a small business owner.
September 2005
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Paizo Publishing LLC
Associate Art Director
• Oversaw the design and production of a leading monthly game genre magazine.
• Assigned and guided interior illustration and cartography for a large team of contract artists.
• Produced monthly online magazine handout and .pdf map supplement.
• Creation of game oriented collateral for multiple in-house magazines.
• Assigned and guided interior illustration and cartography for a large team of contract artists.
• Produced monthly online magazine handout and .pdf map supplement.
• Creation of game oriented collateral for multiple in-house magazines.
February 2004
- August 2005
Decipher Inc.
Graphic Designer
• Handled design and pre-press assignments for prominent game publishing company whose licensed products included The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Star Trek customizable card games.
• Quality control prior to licensor approvals and off-site final press checks.
• Creation and editing of in-house and out-sourced illustration.
• Quality control prior to licensor approvals and off-site final press checks.
• Creation and editing of in-house and out-sourced illustration.
May 2000
- January 2004
Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Education
Old Dominion University
• Studio Arts Major with emphases in illustration and design.
• Left school to pursue a career in the game publishing industry.
• Left school to pursue a career in the game publishing industry.
August 1996
- May 2000
Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Awards
The Origins Awards
Origins Award: Best Graphic Presentation of a Card Game - The Lord of the Rings CCG
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Skills
Art Direction,
Collateral Design,
Conceptual Art,
Illustration,
Packaging Design,
Print Media Design,
Skills
Acrobat,
Dreamweaver,
Excel,
Illustrator,
Indesign,
Painter,
Photoshop,
Quark Express,
Word,