Myke Preuss

interactive creative development

  1. TELUS Digital Calendar

    This was one of the last projects I worked on while I was at TAXI. TELUS wanted their digital calendar updated to something more modern and looked to us to let them know what that was. We suggested building it in more modern code (the previous one was an AIR app) so that we could observe how Users interacted with it and build on features after learning where to focus our efforts. The end product is a nice simple interface that allows the User to view the calendar, learn a bit about what TELUS is doing in the community, share and like on Facebook, download a desktop wallpaper, and see the weather. The next steps will become clear now that TELUS/TAXI can view the analytics and make informed decisions based on solid data.

    My role in the project was digital strategy, digital ideation, technical leadership, UX design, and client presentation meetings.

  2. TAXI Locator

    In my spare time at TAXI one day I created a web-based mobile app that would use the geolocation feature in your iPhone to locate where you are then give you the choice to find directions to the TAXI office of your choosing.

    It was just a fun little project that you can play with on your iPhone and iPad here. (It sort of works in Google Chrome so if you’re too lazy to open it on your phone you can check it out in your browser - the formatting will be off though!) 

  3. Is It Great Checklist

    This was a quick concept I came up with a while ago - I thought it’d be cool to get some general questions to help refine idea generation. Ideally it’d be a bunch of unique questions, sort of like The Gauntlet in American Gladiators … but for ideas.

    I made this prototype as a web-based app that will work on an iPad, iPhone and desktop browser. The next step in the project would be adding more pertinent questions and then a result screen for when the idea is considered solid by the app … but obvs I haven’t found time for that. You can check out the progress here.

  4. Kraft Dinner Smart

    While working at TAXI I did the font-end development for a new section of the Kraft Dinner site that featured a new product called KD Smart. You can click the image to go check it out.

    The fun part of this project was making multiple Facebook “likes” possible on a single page. The concept was for Users to vote on which type of picky eater their child is and this would be tallied via Facebook “likes”. I had it all working and but due to some complications with the frameworks being used the Facebook “liking” feature is still being ironed out.

 
EXPERIENCE

Blast Radius

Sr. Interface Developer (Contract) - Vancouver BC, 2011

  • Front-end development
  • Mobile development.
  • Cross platform testing.
  • Responsive coding.
  • HTML5 & CSS3.

TAXI

Developer - Vancouver BC, 2010 - 2011

  • Interactive ideation.
  • Mobile concepts & planning.
  • Create creative presentation decks.
  • Create interactive advertising banners.
  • Contribute to planning of interactive projects.

Pacwebco

Creative/Technical Director - Vancouver BC, 2010

  • Met with clients to understand needs.
  • Create unique solutions that solved needs of our clients.
  • Start planning, organization, and design language for projects.
  • Oversee creative and communication with Art Director
  • Established version control systems.
  • High-level development primarily using WordPress
  • Quality control.

MovieSet.com Inc.

Interactive Director - Vancouver BC, 2009—2010

  • Redeveloped MovieSet.com's blog. Both traffic and User
    commenting increased by focusing on simplicity & legibility.
  • Redesigned & developed MovieSet.com's Corporate site.
  • Identify and develop new business & technology options.
  • Incorporated MovieSet.com's Twitter feed site-wide.
  • Integrated Google Custom Search for MovieSet.com.
  • Wrote clean and compliant XHTML/CSS within the JAVA Wicket Framework.
  • Used the JQuery Javascript library to create User Interface elements & effects.
  • Integrated Campaign Monitor Email service.
  • Designed & Developed email templates.
  • Created print collateral as well as interactive presentational material.
  • Created Requirements, Creative Brief, Information Architecture,
    and Wireframe documents.

intermission* design

Co-Owner - Creative/Interactive Director - Vancouver BC, 2008—2009

  • Business Development.
  • Client Relations.
  • Creating Quotes & Estimates.
  • Creating Requirements, Creative Brief, Information Architecture,
    and Wireframe documents.
  • Concepts, Creative, Ideas.
  • Design & Development.
  • Billing and Resource Management.
 
EDUCATION

Electronic Media Design

Langara College - Vancouver BC, Canada

Music Composition

Vancouver Community College - Vancouver BC, Canada

Media Studies

Capilano University - North Vancouver BC, Canada

 
SKILLS &
TRAINING
  • Website design & development
  • Interactive design & development
  • User experience/information design & development
  • Print design
  • Typography
  • Silkscreening
  • Brand strategy
  • Photography
  • Search Engine Optimization
 
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
  • Creative Direction
  • Art Direction
  • Project Management
  • Client relations & presentation skills
  • Time & budget management
  • Resource management
 
COMPUTER
SKILLS
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Coda
  • Transmit
  • Omni Graffle
  • Reason
  • Garage Band
  • Sequel Pro
  • MAMP Pro
  • Parallels
  • iWork
  • Microsoft Office
  • ScreenFlow
  • Stuffit
  • Tweetdeck
  • Hootsuite
 
COMPUTER
LANGUAGES
  • HTML/HTML5
  • CSS/CSS3
  • Javascript/jQuery
  • PHP
  • GIT
  • SVN
 
HOBBIES
  • Biking
  • Film
  • 3rd Beach
  • Reading
  • Wine
  • Cooking
 
REFERENCES
Available on request