EDWARD DELANEY

EDUCATION

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Kinetic Imaging - 2005 to 2009

Graphic Artist - Footsteps2Brilliance
Washington, DC from 1/11 to present

Coordinated with, directed, and managed a team of artists and programmers around the world to craft two series’ of educational eBooks in both English and Spanish, as well as several online interactive elements.
Interacted with staff members from school districts across the country to assist with implementation of the program both in the classroom and in the back end
Designed and created rules for games, learning activities, and backend tools based on specific education criteria
Altered existing illustrations in Adobe Illustrator in the style of the original artist as needed and created additional elements for animation
Using in-house authoring tools, created assets for learning games for children based around the eBooks, and utilized Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, and Sound- Booth to provide media for those games
Analyzed illustrations and audio files and gave notes on changes to make as a means of ensuring a quality product that meets the standards and goals of the company
Wrote copy for and designed an introductory page that provided instructions for using the animated eBooks
Used InDesign to design aspects of the authoring tool for both internal and public use
Managed several employees to coordinate a quality control effort for our product
Trained and oversaw the activities of new hires

Graphic Artist - Direct Response Consulting Services, Inc.
McLean, VA from 3/10 to 1/11

Altered existing documents and designs as needed for print
Redesigned documents to improve the aesthetic
Coordinated several documents to create mailed packages (between 150 and 500 per month)

Graphics Desk Intern - WRIC TV-8
Richmond, VA - 6/08 to 8/08

Both Mac- and PC-based environments
Adobe products: Photoshop, Illustrator, AfterEffects, InDesign, SoundBooth and Flash
Final Cut Pro
Microsoft Office Suite
some HTML and CSS

SOCIALSAMBA
Startup specializing in web-based interactive games for large entertainment brands, including the USA Network and Warner Bros.

Three mockups for three separate properties that integrated Facebook as a means for the user to interact with characters tied to those properties. This included modifying a basic format to utilize colors and imagery tied to the existing branding, as well as providing a mock script depicting interaction between the user and the characters
Illustrated and designed the company’s holiday eCard

JAKE BIBLE
Author, podcaster

Graphics for two serialized audio stories
Formatting for both book and eBook releases of a collection of short stories and two novels
Covers for four eBooks illustrated with traditional media and Adobe Illustrator
Covers for ten short stories in eBook format using stock imagery and color overlays

CHERYL OPLETAYEV
Software Engineer

Worked with Mrs. Opletayev and her fiance (now husband) to condense the story of their meeting in a digital environment and continued friendship, leading towards their meeting in the real world
Created sketches based on rendered 3D images
Turned the condensed story into a full-color sixteen-page comic book combining traditional and digital media

BOB PARIS
VCU Professor of Kinetic Imaging
(804) 874-2323
Parisikov@gmail.com

JAKE BIBLE
Author, podcaster
(828) 242-7431
JakeBible@gmail.com

CHERYL OPLETAYEV
Software engineer
(571) 232-5707
Cheryl.Foil@gmail.com

ERIN URRY
Graphic artist
(202) 360-0696
ErinUrry@gmail.com