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Jersey City, New Jersey
joe.mauriello@gmail.com

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Designer, Educator, Developer

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Objective

Career in the Game Design Industry using the skills developed through study and experience in the fields of interaction, game design, and industrial design.

Work Experience

OMGPOP - New York, NY

Contracted Game Designer, Producer

2011

• Game Design and Producer for established social game developer.
• Game design responsibilities included broad concept generation and documentation, developing working details such as creating scoring tables, power up systems, and game formats.

Eppy Games Llc. - New York, NY

Game Designer, Producer

2010 - 2011

• Lead game designer and producer for a small social game startup.
• Responsibilities include: drafting game design documentation and requirements, creating pitch documents and graphics, scheduling and coordinating a team of artists and developers and outside contractors, GUI asset generation, server application development, inspirational speaker.

Playmatics Llc. - New York, NY

ActionScript, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Python, Developer and Junior Producer

2009 - 2010

• Lead front end developer.
• My responsibilities went beyond software development.
• I was relied on to coordinate contractors, interface with clients during production, and make sure projects ran on schedule.

Institute of Play - New York, NY

PHP, CSS, Javascript Developer

2009

• Responsible for the completion of a social network to be used as part of the curriculum at the Institute of Play, a Brooklyn based charter school using games for learning.
• I was brought on mid-way through the project as the other developer was leaving.

PETLab (Prototyping Education and Technology Lab) Parsons the New School for Design - New York NY

Research Assistant, Game Designer/Developer

2008 - 2009

• Designed, Play Tested and Developed the Web Site for Budget Ball. A game designed to educate college students about the US national debt. In Collaboration with Area Code a New York based game design studio.
• Designed NYC Tree a game designed to raise the awareness about the City of New York's Tree Planting Program in Collaboration with Parsons The New Schools Department of Architecture.
• Built a prototype Facebook Arcade Application in Collaboration with Ashoka Youth, an organization that promotes entrepreneurial and socially conscious thinking in teenaged youths.

Open Society Institute (OSI) Fellow- Johannesburg, South Africa

Web Consultant, Web Designer, Drupal Developer

2008 - 2009

One of five selected applicants from Parsons' The New School of Design, Design and Technology Program to spend a summer aboard working at Behind the Mask, a leading news source for Africa's LGBT community and a United Nations Non Governmental Organization (NGO). Re-Designed and implemented website executed in Drupal.

Freelance Web Design- New York, NY

Founder and Principal

2004 - Present

Established a small web design firm whose mission is to provide excellence in service and design. Responsible for all aspects of the business including managing contractors, designing and implementing web sites to fit client needs.

Williamsburg Collegiate School, Brooklyn, NY

Game Design Teacher

2008 - 2009

Develop curriculum and teach Fundamentals of Game Programming and Design to student ages 10 through 14.

Parsons Bootcamp New York, NY

Instructor

2008

Instructed students entering Parsons Design and Technology program on the fundamentals of programming. I shared the responsibility of creating curricula to graduate level students over an intensive three week course.

The Alternative Pick- New York, NY

Web Graphics Designer

2004 - 2008

The Alternative Pick promotes photographers, illustrators, graphic designers, animators etc. to the creative industry. Altpick accomplishes this aim through a website of member portfolios. Responsible for the design and execution of HTML and ad banners, as well as graphical content for the promotion of the website.

Trade Wind Net Access- Bloomfield, NJ

Web/Flash Designer

2004 - 2008

Web design firm aimed at serving the business customer with education dispensing and intranet services. Trade Wind relies heavily on Adobe's Web Design suite of products including Flash and Coldfusion. Responsible for the design, execution, and upkeep of Flash based web tutorials.

Hofstra University-Hempstead, NY

Game Design Teacher

2006 - 2008

Taught children ages 10-15 the fundamentals of programming and video game design with Game Maker. I shared the responsibility of creating and delivering curricula to over sixty students in three separate class sections.

Computer Skills

Programming:

demonstrated clear understanding of Object Oriented Programing techniques (OOP)

Programming Languages

AS3, HTML5, CSS, PHP, Javascript, C-Sharp, Python (some experience), Java (some experience), Ruby (some experience), c++ (some expereince)

Web Platforms:

Drupal, Word Press, Joomla, Ruby on Rails **working knowledge**, Django **working knowlegde**

Adobe:

Flash Builder, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Freehand, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, In-Design

Autodesk

AutoCAD, 3dStudio VIS **working knowledge**

Microsoft:

Power Point, Excel, Word

Project Management tools:

Jira, Manymoons

Design Skills

Pencil Sketching, Computer Sketching, Drafting, Model Making, Wood working, Metal Machining, Group Management, Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Work, Complex Problem Analysis and Solving, Digital and Analog Photography, Product Testing, Product Photography, Presentation Skills, Good communication skills with individuals and groups.

Education

Parsons School of Design, MFA, Design and Technology, Spring 2009

Fall and Winter 2008 - 2009: Independent study with New York Independent Game Designer Eric Zimmerman. Explored the concept of players as designers. The work done in the class became my thesis project.

Rhode Island School of Design, BFA, Industrial Design Spring 2003

Winter 2003: Studied Afro Cuban art and Cuban architecture in Cuba.

Spring Semester 2002: Collaborative project between Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Business and Rhode Island School of Design, Industrial Design Department. Groups comprised of Business Management, Engineers, and Industrial Designers.

Awards and Honors

Winter 2011:

Das Racist Whose that? Brooown chosen in Sundance film festival's short film category

Winter 2011:

Das Racist Whose that? Brooown selected as top 5 videos of the year for Spin Magazine's and Rolling Stone Magazine's top 10 videos of 2010

Spring 2008:

Parsons School of Design Game Jam, creating games for learning, 2nd prize.

Summer 2008:

Awarded an Open Society Institute (OSI) Fellowship Traveled to Johannesburg South Africa to work with a local NGO on expanding their web presence. I produced a website for the NGO new.mask.org.za

Fall 2008:

Parsons School of Design Little Big Planet Game Jam most fun award.

Winter 2006:

Destricted film chosen in Sundance film festival's official selection.