Stephen Bean
20 Harding Pl
Danbury, CT 06810
203.209.3754 ~ bean@taomonkey.com
www.taomonkey.com
SUMMARY Interactive Flash Designer/Animator with strong Flash/ActionScript, Video
and Sound Design skills seeking interesting and challenging projects in a
creative, dynamic environment.
SKILLS Extensive experience in motion graphics, audio and streaming media.
Platforms: PC, MAC
Programs: Adobe Flash CS4, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Acrobat,
Premiere Pro, Eclipse, After Effects, Toon Boom Studio, Corel Painter,
Flashform, Adobe Captivate, Streammaker, Poser, Sound Forge, Reason, Sonic
Foundry Acid, Cakewalk, flashAmp, MIDI/Audio, MS Office Suite (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint)
Languages: ActionScript, HTML, JavaScript, XML, CSS
EXPERIENCE
2009-Present smartEquip.com – Flash Developer (Contractor):
Building and Maintaining components for an online rental parts ordering
application.
Apps utilized: Flash (Actionscript 2), Eclipse
2009 sortasoft.com – Flash Designer/ Animator:
Created all the graphical assets for a Flash Baseball game to be put on the
WePlay website.
Designed and stylized all in-game animations and backgrounds.
Created a simple and fun UI for kids.
Apps utilized: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash (basic AS 3)
2008-2009 Infinity Interactive – Flash Programmer: (Freelance)
Created a dynamic menu system pulling data from various XML files and
capable of handling Unicode fonts (such as Korean and Chinese).
Various other actionscripting to an advertising website.
Apps utilized: Flash and Actionscript 2
2008 Tarrywile Website – Web Designer: (Freelance)
Created the look and feel for a park in Danbury, CT.
The challenge; create a side by side layout for the park and mansion
Check out the result at tarrywile.com
Apps utilized: Photoshop and Illustrator
2007-2008 sortasoft.com – Art Director/ Graphic Designer (Funky Farm 2):
Created graphical assets and user interface for the game Funky Farm 2.
Created opening sequence and other animations.
Art Directed the other graphic designers for Funky Farm 2.
Apps utilized: Photoshop and Illustrator
2000-2007 Learn.com – Motion Graphics Programmer:
Working with a writer, design director and various graphic artists as a team
for the creation of high-end streamable animations for the web.
(for a sample: see website)
Used a wide variety of animation and audio applications to sync the
graphics to the audio.
Created special effect animations using actionscript and traditional
animation techniques.
In charge of optimizing graphics, animations and audio so the preload was
below 30 seconds on a 56k modem and a smooth playback.
Apps utilized: (All programs listed in the Skills section)
1999-2000 VSI Communications – Production Artist:
Created short streamable “Just in Time” e-learning tutorials called Mentors.
Became proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Premiere and Streammaker.
Streamlined the production process to make it easy to understand and
learn.
In charge of training the new employees with that process.
VOLUNTEER
2009 CT Film Festival Interactive – Organizer/Presenter
Helped organize the first Interactive portion of the CT Film Fest
Held 3 workshops on the basics of how to use some of the new
features in Flash CS4.
In charge of art and video submissions.
EDUCATION
1992-1996 Western Connecticut State University – Danbury, CT
BA– Illustration and Painting