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Joe Sciacchitano

Joe Sciacchitano

Sr. Multimedia Art Director / Developer at RingSide Creative

Greater Detroit Area

Current
Past
  • Sr. Multimedia Art Director / Developer at W.B. Doner & Company
  • Multimedia Art Director at Western Creative
  • Creative Arts Specialist at Midwest Media, Inc.
Education
  • Macomb Community College
  • Macomb Community College
  • Macomb Community College
  • Macomb Community College

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Industry
Online Media
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Summary

I’m one of a handful of department heads that lead up the Interactive and Multimedia services that RingSide Creative has to offer. We do everything Interactive from brainstorming & design, to development and launch. A few of our specialty areas include, but are not limited to: websites; microsites; Flash-based websites & microsites; blogs; social media & advertising; banner advertising; rich media advertising; iPhone applications & other mobile phone applications; kiosks & touch-screens; augmented reality; research & development; and much more. I typically end up touching all aspects of our capabilities, because I came from an advertising agency background, which taught me to become very flexible and willing to learn. Normally I have some influence in the creative direction and design of projects, or I even head them up in a lot of cases. In other instances I might be the lead developer on a project as well, whether the job calls for HTML, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, Flash, or any combination of these and beyond.

Some of RingSide’s talent includes directors, creative & finishing editors, audio composers & licensing experts, compositors, film specialists, Telecine & color specialists, motion designers, visual effects & CGI/3D artists, interactive designers & developers, retouching artists, & branding/strategy specialists. There are a lot of cases where I may be working on an interactive project, and want to spruce it up a little bit to add some value for the client. In most cases, all of the talent I need is right around the corner. With a quick phone call or walk down the hallway I can talk to the audio department to see what they can do to help me with some custom audio for my project; or I can stop by the CGI/3D department to inquire if they could help me out with a project that might benefit from some 3D animation. There are many more instances where being “integrated” proves to be very beneficial and fun as well.

Specialties:

Interactive and Multimedia: Concepting, Illustration, Design, Development, CGI/3D, WordPress, Drupal, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Flash, ActionScript 3.0, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media, Client Relations

Experience

  • Sr. Multimedia Art Director / Developer

    RingSide Creative

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

    June 2008 — Present (2 years 2 months)

  • Adjunct Instructor

    Macomb Community College

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    September 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

    Adjunct Instructor for the Media and Communication Arts program.

  • Founder

    Joeshock Creative Arts

    (Online Media industry)

    January 2002 — Present (8 years 7 months)

  • Sr. Multimedia Art Director / Developer

    W.B. Doner & Company

    (Online Media industry)

    2006 — 2008 (2 years )

  • Multimedia Art Director

    Western Creative

    (Online Media industry)

    2005 — 2006 (1 year )

  • Creative Arts Specialist

    Midwest Media, Inc.

    (Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)

    June 2002 — June 2005 (3 years 1 month)

Education

  • Macomb Community College

    AAS , Media and Communication Arts , 2002 — 2005

  • Macomb Community College

    Certificate , Digital Art & Animation , 2002 — 2005

  • Macomb Community College

    Certificate , General Studies , 2002 — 2005

  • Macomb Community College

    AAS , General Studies , 2002 — 2005

Additional Information

Websites:

Groups:

Detroit Area Adobe User Group, Macomb Community College MACA Advisory Board Committee

  •    313digital
  •    Apple Professionals
  •    Detroit Young Professionals
  •    MACA
  •    FWA
  •    Final Cut Pro Video Editing
  •    MACA Advisory Board Committee
  •    MCC 3D Animation Group

Honors:

Eureka Electrolux Intensity Microsite - Adobe Site of the Day - June 15, 2007

Recommendations

Chris Calabrese—Interactive Creative Director at RingSide Creative
“Joe Sciacchitano is hands down, one of the most motivated creatives I have had the pleasure to work with … ever. I have known Joe for a long time and along the way have had the chance to become good friends as well as close business colleagues. Over the years, I have collaborated with Joe no matter where he was geographically … on ideas, concepts and even trading code and design back and forth to give each other feedback on many things. It really was a no-brainer when Joe was looking to make a move forward in his career, to add him to our interactive team here at RingSide Creative. Joe is a very well rounded “digital craftsman” and can pull off most anything you can imagine. I absolutely enjoy working with the strong creatives here on our RSC team and I can say that Joe has helped raise the bar here and then some.”

Joshua Gaudette
“Joe Shock surprised us around every corner. His knowledge and expertise exceeded our expectations. Joe and his team @ ringside creative created exactly what we proposed and more. InkAddict is incredibly grateful. Plus, he was my intro to Illustrator teach @ Macomb Community College. To this day I’ve never had a teacher that cared more about our professional future than Joe did. Cheers to Joe Shock.”

Karin Freymann
“Joe was my digital illustration instructor at Macomb Community College and has been a very positive influence in my graphic design career. His enthusiasm for teaching, combined with expert knowledge and industry experience, make him an outstanding instructor. He went above and beyond just teaching the class by bringing in industry professionals for us to network with and to get a better understanding of the field. Hands down he was the best instructor I have had.”

Collin LaLonde—Digital Recruiter/Headhunter
“Joe is a multi talented individual! He is very passionate about our industry. Any one would be lucky to have him as an employee. Joe is what I call a high breed- creative, technical, organized and strong account skills. Joe is driven by his principals and values that is refreshing to see in business today. Kudos to his Mom and Dad they raised him right…”

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“Joe is a great teacher and I would highly recommend him to a friend! He helped me trumendously when I was having a hard time with my photorealistic picture (Twilight Bella) I had so much fun in his class. I wish he could be the instructor for my next class. He was really helpful! I even changed my major to Illustraton,I look up to him as my mentor.”
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“…this professor is very friendly and loves what he does. He’s very helpful and will just about give advice for anything related to the class. During the semester, we were introduced to some companies in Michigan that do what we do. Highly recommend.”
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“Great fresh approach. Lots of real world experience and always willing to help. I would love to take another one of his classes.”
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Client Experience

AAA
ADT
Alltel Wireless
American Equity Mortgage
American Kennel Club
AutoTrader.com
Blockbuster Entertainment
Bush Brothers
Chevrolet
Children’s Leukemia Foundation of Michigan
Chiquita
Chrysler
Detroit Zoo
Dodge
DuPont
Eureka (Electrolux brand)
Expedia.com
Fathead
GE Lighting
Great Wolf Resorts
Greektown Casino
HGTV
Hotels.com
IdeaCast
Jeep
La-Z-Boy
Lexmark
Mazda
Michelin
Minute Maid
U.S. Navy
Novartis (Zaditor brand)
Owens Corning
PNC Bank
Quaker State
RealEstate.com
Serta
Sherwin Williams
The UPS Store
TicketsNow
U.S. Cellular
U.S. Postal Service
Volkswagen
Wendys of Michigan