Luke
De Santos • 1015 Continentals way #217 Belmont CA
94002 • (c) 510.415.5779 •
luke1971@gmail.com • www.lukedesign.net
PROFILE
Art Director / Graphic Designer — Extensive experience in high
end web site design and direction, advertising design online as well as in print.
Designed and produced many sales/product/educational demos, landing pages, email marketing,
identity systems, and other creative projects for high-tech corporations, ad
agencies and more.
Team Player and Idea Catalyst — Known for creativity, dependability,
and a sense of humor. Former manager noted: "Luke possesses keen insight
into the creative process and has a knack for providing the right design solution
in a timely manner. He proved himself to be a strong asset to the design team
throughout many successful marketing campaigns."
SKILLS
• Over 10 years of full-time design experience
• Advanced knowledge: Photoshop (includes ImageReady), Flash8 (mid-level
actionscript), DreamweaverMX (site management, basic javascript, css, forms,
templates) Illustrator, Fireworks, Acrobat, Swift 3d, Sound Edit, Filemaker
Pro, MS Office and Powerpoint
• Working knowledge: InDesign, Premiere and After Effects
• Well-versed in web strategies, branding and marketing
• Strong understanding of motion graphics, site architecture and user interface
design for interactive media
• Self-motivated, with a passion for details and quality
• Very efficient in project execution and project management
• Team player who inspires team spirit and cooperation
• Proficient on Mac 0SX & Windows/PC
EXPERIENCE
Senior
Web Designer
QuinStreet
Foster City CA
www.quinstreet.com
10/2006
— present
•
Create microsites, landing pages, video presentations and web advertising.
Work with over 100 internal and external clients.
Freelance
Designer/Consultant
Bay Creative
San Francisco CA
www.baycreative.com
12/2005
— 10/2006
• Create Flash demos and web sites for companies such as Cnet, iRise, ADP and more.
Senior Web Designer
Adteractive Inc.
San Francisco CA
www.adteractive.com
10/2004
— 12/2005
•
Created microsites, portals, and landing pages following aggressive deadlines.
This has lead in many situations to a 10-20% improvement on conversion rates
and over 100m in revenue (2004 w/40 employees) for clients including: Blockbuster,
Visa, Columbia House, Paypal, Visa, Tickle.com, LinkedIn, Netflix, and many
more.
• Designed emails and flash banners currently running on 100's of sites
including: Yahoo, CNET, ESPN.com, and SFGate.
• Created company web site
• Trained and mentored junior designers
Freelance Graphic Designer
01/ 2004 — 10/2004
•
Designed and implemented several web sites, emails and banners
Clients
include: PeopleSoft • E-LOAN
• Miranet
Art Director/Senior Graphic Designer
Direct Marketing
Oracle Corporation
Redwood Shores, CA
www.oracle.com
2002 — 2004
•
Conceptualized, co-wrote, and designed web ads, e-mails, landing pages and three
dimensional $1M+ mailer campaigns
• Lead a team of up to ten designers and production artists
• Streamlined design department by implementing new processes
• Interfaced with clients, collaborated with traffic managers, and marketing
managers on production schedules and deliverables
• Approved proofs and attended press checks
• Created style guides, concept documentation, and production documentation
• Maintained relationship and assisted advertising agency (Grey
Direct)
Contract Graphic Designer
Pleasant Hill, CA
2001
•
Designed and implemented several html sites, flash sites, flash demo's, and
web ads
Clients included: BayCreative •
Buzz Branding • Creatus
• InfoWorld • New
Channel • PBS •
Safeweb • Words, Pictures,
Ideas
Senior Graphic Designer
Livetour Inc. (formerly urreal.com)
Santa Clara, CA
www.livetour.com
2000
•
Designed and implemented two company websites
• Designed flagship product interface
• Constructed all flash creation for web site and product demos
• Created corporate identity system
Lead Web Designer
World Wide Marketing
Oracle Corporation
Redwood Shores, CA
1997 — 2000
•
Designed main web site — www.oracle.com
• Site design included: planning, architecting, prototype preparation,
creating design standards, maintaining brand consistency, table structures,
and graphic creation throughout the domain. Design was implemented on over 70,000
pages.
• Created flash ads and other web graphics
• Designed and implemented other external and internal sites including
the Oracle magazine sites
Graphic Designer
BAM Media
Pleasant Hill, CA
1996 — 1997
•
Designed main web site
• Designed several covers of BAM Magazine
• Created company logos
• Created 3d animations for print and web
• Designed web banner ads
Contract Graphic Designer
Pleasant Hill, CA
1995 — 1996
•
Designed and implemented several brochures, a 12 page catalog, and clothing
tags
Clients included: Amsterdam Art • Iron Generation • Pro Color
Photographer / Darkroom Specialist
1991 — 1995
EDUCATION
Platt College, San Francisco CA (Now
in San Diego) 1995 - 1997
Associate Degree - Graphic Design
Lynda Weinman's School of Digital
Arts, Ojai CA – 1998 and 1999
Graphic Art Institute, San Francisco
CA – 2003
Ledet, San Francisco
CA – 2007
WEBSITE DESIGN RECOGNITION
• urreal.com featured in Cailin
Boyle’s book "Color Harmony on the Web"
• urreal.com featured on Macromedia’s
home page for one month in 1999
REFERENCES AND LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST