Chris McLay.

Interaction & Visual Designer

 

Location

Melbourne, Australia

Telephone

041 123 9190
+61 41 123 9190 (International)

Email

chris@eeoh.com.au

Web Site

eeoh.com.au/chris/

 

Work Objectives

  • To be an integral part of a strong team focused on delivering the best possible products.
  • To design better ways of getting things done, and improve the ways in which people work and play.
  • To work on products which have a positive impact on the lives of a large number of people.

 

Skills & Experience Summary

  • More than fifteen years working as a designer.
  • Interaction and interface design for software, web sites, multimedia and publications.
  • Visual and information design for reports, magazines, packaging and promotional material.
  • Identity design for brands, products and companies.
  • Motion graphics and video production for web, multimedia, theatre and corporate events.
  • User focused design research and evaluation in formal and guerilla environments.
  • Management and direction of a range of projects and design teams.
  • Liaison and management of a wide variety of clients, suppliers and service providers.

Operating systems, environments and languages

CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Quicktime, plus a variety of web servers and networked systems

Design and production software

Adobe Acrobat, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Director, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash, Adobe GoLive, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe ImageReady, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, BBEdit, Final Cut, iShell, OmniGraffle, Quark Xpress

Productivity and business software

FileMaker Pro, iLife (iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD), iWork (Pages, Keynote), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Microsoft Outlook, MYOB

 

Employment History

Sensis Pty Ltd, 2007 - current

Design Lead – User Experience

  • Currently building and leading a team of designers working on White Pages, Voice, Search and Self Service products for Sensis. This team is responsible for the visual design, interaction design and overall user experience of these products.
  • Day to day I oversee and ensure the quality and standard of design for all these products, and work with other key stake holders to ensure good design outcomes for the products.

Freelance and contract designer, 2002 - 2007

  • Interaction and interface design for computer software and web-based applications.
  • Web site design, production & maintenance.
  • Design and production of print items including, reports, magazines, brochures and stationary.
  • Product branding and identity design.
  • Corporate video production and delivery.
  • Clients include BankWest, The Blue Room Theatre, Croissant Express, Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum, Home Building Society, JMG Marketing, PACC Software, Sharman Networks (Kazaa), Tura New Music, and more…

WA School of Art, Design & Media - Central TAFE, 2003

Lecturer - Design and Multimedia

  • Developed delivery schedules and assessment plans for the following modules: Graphic User Interface Design; Interactive Electronic Screen Design; Web Page Development for Multimedia; Authoring 2 - Multimedia.
  • Delivered theoretical and practical lectures and labs for the above modules.
  • Assessed student competency against assessment briefs and learning outcomes.

Powerlan Ltd, 2000 - 2001

Manager, Interactive Design Unit

  • Established Interactive Design Unit in our Sydney office, integrating designers from other offices.
  • Worked closely with sales and analysis teams to develop client briefs, proposals and specffications.
  • Worked closely with software development teams to integrate improved interaction design into internal and client systems across a range of platforms.
  • Responsible for unit’s personnel, including recruitment, professional development and performance.
  • Responsible for unit’s financial, budgetary and strategic planning and management.

Senacon Ltd, 1999 - 2000

Creative Director

  • Managed the creative direction of the company leading up to product launch and public listing.
  • Developed and established company identity and product branding.
  • Designed and developed the interface of the Senacon WebMerchant e-commerce stores.
  • Design and production of corporate reports, advertising, marketing material, packaging, interactive product tour, and web site.
  • Established in-house design team in Sydney office.

Eycon Studio / Eycon Communications Pty Ltd, 1995 - 1999

Designer, Managing Director

  • Established and grew a small design studio with a focus on identity and web site design.
  • Successfully designed and maintained the first web site of the Nestlé group of companies world-wide, and went on to design and maintain several more Nestlé sites over a period of five years.
  • Designed identities for retail products, small businesses and government programmes.
  • Designed, built and maintained over 50 web sites for a wide range of clientele.
  • Designed and produced a wide range of printed material including annual reports, newsletters, packaging, labelling, stationary and calendars.
  • Creative direction of all projects, and day to day management of the studio, staff and clientele.

Magnetic Designs, 1992 - 1995

Designer, Partner

  • Established and grew small software development company.
  • Responsible for interface and interaction design, as well as sales, support and client liaison.
  • Our primary product was The Box Office Manager, which managed ticket sales and printing for small theatres.
  • Additional custom software solutions included course evaluation systems for Murdoch University, and self paced learning software and tools for disabled students.

 

Education History

Bachelor of Multimedia with First Class Honours - BMMedia(Hons)

Murdoch University, 2006

Leeming Senior High School, 1992

  • Tertiary Entrance Score 374 out of 510.
  • Tertiary Entrance Rank 94.8%.
  • Subjects taken: Computer Science, Photography, Economics, English, Geometry & Trigonometry, Calculus.

 

Other Experience, Qualifications & Awards

  • Apple Developer Connection, Member since 1993
  • Association for Computing Machinery – Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction, Member since 2005
  • Recipient $20,000 Nescafé Big Break Award, 1992