D.E. MacGibbon
Visual Graphic Designer
Phone:
(858) 375-3452
Email:
Location:
Hot Springs, AR
Always a Story...
Everybody has a story, and I love to hear great stories as well as tell them. It gives the listener context, and compels them to create a visual so that they can immerse themselves and, in a way, participate.
Creating visuals were always a way for me to supply more to a tale, whether it was my story or someone else’s, graphics inarguably help bring stories to life.
In this, I have been drawing, painting, sculpting, modeling, crafting and forging through a wide variety of mediums to create new things for over five decades, and have been fortunate enough to create for (and with) clients, co-workers, friends and family who have encouraged me to keep going.
Work Experience
Oct 2023 - Present
June 2019 - June 2023
Oct 2013 - June 2019
Sept 2007 - Sept 2010
Jan 2005 - Oct 2013
Jan 2005 - Aug 2007
Sept 1994 - Jan 2005
Jan 1992 - Aug 1994
March 1991 - Jan 1992
Jan 1989 - Jan 1991
Oct 1984 - Oct 1988
Substitute Teacher / Para Educator - Hot Springs, AR
- Substitute Teacher for grades K-12.
- SPED Para Experience
Traction Jedi Technologies - Benton, LA
CEO - CCO
- Training/simulation solutions and visual design for commercial and DoD sectors including US Navy, US Air Force, and US Space Force.
- Managed and mentored staff of 5.
- Set vision, mission statement, priorities and target market.
- Product road maps and scheduling.
- Presentations to potential clients, investors and events.
- Functional design specs, visual design, wireframes.
- UI/UX, and screen flow for commercial apps and training software.
- Branding, brand management, and marketing strategies utilizing social media.
- Merchandise design.
- Video ads and presentations. Video editing.
- Product research and interviews with executives, management
and end user operators.
Collaboration and participation with partner companies such as, Lumen, Oracle, and Louisiana Tech.
Here, as with all of my past positions, I strived to make the well-being of the team a priority in crafting a cohesive workplace culture in order to foster a more creative, motivated, and productive environment.
Traction Jedi Design - Carlsbad, CA
Owner - Visual Director
- Visual design, for commercial products marketing, merchandise, and software.
- Video ads and presentations.
- Storyboards.
- Social media ads.
- Branding, brand management, and marketing strategies.
- Catalogs. Brochures. Fliers.
- Product research and interviews with executives, management
and end user operators.
Worked for clients spanning across several markets; home improvement, home services, sports equipment, food service, food delivery, furniture and bedding, home decor, real estate, computer tech services, jewelry, and more.
NTN - Buzztime - Carlsbad, CA
Senior Artist - Project Manager
- Art design/graphics/associate game designer/ for corporate sponsored interactive trivia products and marketing.
- Game UI/UX. Interactive ads.
- Fliers. Print collateral. Posters.
- Merchandise designs.
- Web graphics.
- Presentations.
- Branding. Vector graphics.
- Project manager on tournament event and sports titles.
I continue to do graphic services for Buzztime on contract basis to this day.
Collective 101 - Dana Point, CA
Owner - Chief Creative
- Creative business solutions, visual design, branding, brand management, and marketing strategies, interactive product, merchandise design and event coordination.
- Video ads and presentations.
- Storyboards.
- UI/UX. Web comics.
- Web graphics.
- Game assets.
- Social media ads.
- Catalogs. Brochures. Fliers.
- Digital Signage. Metal sign designs. Vinyl sign designs. Vector graphics.
- Movie prop designs.
- Booth design.
- Product research and interviews with executives, management
and end user operators.
Created co-op of local vendors to expand group’s range of product & service capabilities during economic hardships through 2008.
Past clients included: Sony, Iron Butterfly, Hennessey’s Tavern, Excalibur
Casino, MGM Grand Casino, Activision, Buzztime, Mo'Nique, Zero Latency, and more.
MW Metal Design - Vista, CA
Co-Owner - Chief Creative
- Steel product concept, design, production, finishing and installation.
- Products included metal art, gates, furniture, signs, architectural accents and machine parts.
- Product Design.
- Product fabrication.
- Welding - intermediate.
- Product Finishing/ metal patina.
- Product install.
- Hiring manager.
- Production management.
- Client management.
Sony Online Entertainment - San Diego, CA
Art Director
- Visual design/product asset development for product, packaging, marketing and merchandise.
- Specializing in Massively Multi-player Online development. Character design. World object design. Weapon design.
- Team coordination & management. Scheduling. Hiring manager. Outsource management.
- Communication & production pipeline coordinator.
- Event panels.
- Product research and worked closely with game designers, producers, executives, testing, management leads
and end users.
PC-Online published titles include; Tanarus, EverQuest, EQ Shadows of Luclin, EQ Planes of Power, EQ Legacy of Ykesha, EQ Lost Dungeons of Norrath, EQ
Live content updates, and Planetside Core Combat Expansion Pack.
Worked across multiple platforms: PC, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and mobile.
Software Sorcery - San Diego, CA
Art Director
- Visual assets for E-training for naval guidance systems for U.S. Navy.
- Visual game design and asset creation for PC- based games.
- Team coordination/management. Scheduling. Directed and mentored team of 9 artists across consecutive products in development.
- Product branding.
- Product demos.
- Event demonstrations.
- Packaging design.
PC published titles include; Sea Rogue, Jutland, AEGIS: Guardian of the Fleet, Fast Attack, Conqueror: A.D.1086.
American Film Technology - San Diego, CA
Animator
2D hand animation on proprietary animation software for Marvel / 20th Century Fox’s animated series of The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.
- Key Framing.
- Tweening.
- Colorist.
Wayne’s Bar - Friedberg, Hessen, West Germany
Host - Server
Worked front desk as host. Waited tables. Tended bar. Took inventory. Stocked shelves. Made supply purchases... occasionally DJ’d.
United States Army
Infantryman
Infantryman: 9th Infantry 2/60 Battalion.
Infantryman/Draftsman: 3AD 1/36 Battalion.
Duties included:
- Creation of visual presentation aids for operations and assets for top brass presentation meetings.
- Battalion Training Tools Manager.
- Squad Driver.(Truck)
- S3 Operations Driver. (Jeep. Track.)
- Radio Operator.
- Grenadier.
- M60 Gunner.
- Range operator.
Service Ribbon. Overseas Service Ribbon. Army Achievement Medal.
Honorable Discharge.
Jan 1984 - Sept 1984
The Bagel Kitchen - Stockton, CA
Baker - Mixer - Delivery
Mixing and baker’s hours to make several dozens of bagels for the Stockton area including University of the Pacific, Temple Israel of Stockton, and San Joaquin Delta Community College.
Sept 1983 - Jan 1984
Nut Tree - Vacaville, CA
Pumpkin Carver - Import Warehouse Staff - Toy Shop Sales
- Carved Jack-O-Lanterns and interacted with customers looking for customized styles. Pumpkins were featured in local network news and newspapers.
- Worked the counter and sales in the import and toy shops, hosted at the front desk in the confectionery shop, made warehouse pick-ups, stocked inventory.
Skills
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Adobe Creative Cloud:
Photoshop / Illustrator / After Effects / Acrobat / Media Encoder
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Microsoft Office:
Word / PowerPoint / Excel / Teams
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Mac OS
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Microsoft
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Online Game Development
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Mobile App Development
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Platform Development
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Chief Executive Officer
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Chief Creative Officer
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Creative Director
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Art Director
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Art Lead
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Graphic Design
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Conceptual Design
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Production Design
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Illustration
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Storyboards
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Character Design
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Rapid Prototyping
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Wireframes
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User Interface Design
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User Experience Design
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Data Visualization
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Motion Graphics
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Video Editing
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Project Research
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Scheduling
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Merchandise Design
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Marketing Graphics
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Brand / Logo Design
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Social Media Graphics
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Murals
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Voiceover Artist
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Copy Writing
Past Experience With:
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3D Max
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Maya
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Cinema 4D
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Blender
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Unity
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Flash
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Torque
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Gimp
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Sketchup
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Adobe XD
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Gamesalad
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PlayStation / PlayStation2 / PlayStation3 Development
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Proprietary Tools & Engines (Sony/ICE/AFT Anim)
