| HUGH SANSOM | 135 Eastern Parkway 10L — Brooklyn, NY 11215 — 917.604.4844 |
| DESIGNER, PRODUCER and DIRECTOR |
Over 15 years in video, film, interactive media, photography and print. Direction and design in still and motion graphics. Expertise in leading digital content development. Dual–national (U.S., U.K.). Member: AIGA, BDA, NYNMA, IFP. |
| CLIENTS | Ad agencies, publishers, video post houses, high tech firms: e.g., Showtime, CourtTV, the NBA, IBM, 3Com, Harvard, Nissan, Paramount, Sony, Hill Holiday, OgilvyOne, Houghton Mifflin. |
| EXPERIENCE | GravityLens Design — Visual Effects 2001 – 2008 Consulting Art and Creative Director; clients include Showtime, Court TV, National Geographic, JP Morgan Chase, Nobel Laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz, PR Newswire, and many others. |
| New Line Cinema — Interactive Media 2000 Senior Art Director; collaborated with directors (e.g., Lars von Trier) for film sites; evaluation of e–commerce and broadband tools. |
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| Ogilvy & Mather — Senior Art Director 1995 – 99 Directed and designed new media and motion graphics for web ad campaigns; 3D modeling / animation; managed illustrators and writers. |
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| Greco Ethridge Group — Design, Development 1998 – 99 Art direction and development for advertising. Award–winning site for Business Marketing’s 1998 Agency of the Year. |
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| The DI Group — Graphic Design & Production 1995 – 98 Producer and designer for new media, video, and animation. |
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| Paramount Communications— Tech. Illustrator 1993 – 94 Created art manuscript for math texts; Research, copyediting. |
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| Houghton Mifflin — Editor 1990 – 93 Edited and wrote for texts in math and reading. |
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| EXPERTISE | Motion graphics and special effects in 2D and 3D for web and broadcast using leading tools: Flash, After Effects, Discreet Combustion, Lightwave, 3ds max, Director, Final Cut Pro, Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator. |
| Creative and marketing strategy for new and convergent media, especially for entertainment and advertising. | |
| Project Management, supervision of illustrators, copywriters, production artists, and junior designers; expertise in MS Office and MS Project. | |
| Information design for interactive media, including consultation on and evaluation of alternative solutions; Interactive design; info architecture. | |
| Print design for books, periodicals; cover design; handmade books; advertising; experience in high tech and the arts; Quark Xpress. | |
| Skills in research and writing; knowledge of the arts and sciences, with degree work in philosophy, physics, and math. | |
| EDUCATION | Massachusetts College of Art study in design, drawing, photography; 1995 application–only workshop with Pulitzer prize–winning poet Galway Kinnell. |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.S., Philosophy 1989 Thesis: Can Future People Have Rights? Research in ethics, politics. | |
| Cornell University A.B., Physics 1987 Extensive coursework in the sciences, math, and philosophy. | |
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NEW PROJECTS |
– Rare Gallery, May – August 2007. |
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