Resume

Steven Turner
1700 South Bundy Dr., Apt 6
Los Angeles, CA 90025
StevenKTurner@gmail.com

Statement of Purpose:

Create new and innovative game mechanics and designs. Investigate narrative structure in games. Design clean and intuitive interfaces. Create stylish graphic designs.

Field Experience:

Game Design

  • Experience programming in ActionScript 2.0 for game design
  • Experience working with the 2D variation of the Torque Game Engine.
  • Designed, programmed, and developed art for an original computer game under guidance by professors of Centenary College of Louisiana
  • Designed rules, mechanics, and cards for original trading card game

Web Design Work

  • Experience with Macromedia Flash 8 and Dreamweaver 8
  • Experience working with the Wordpress webpage framework.
  • Knowledge of XHTML and CSS
  • Managed Podcast for radio station using free software
  • Designed sites under contract for different parties.

Graphic Design Work

  • Experience with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator CS2
  • Designs featured and published in Pandora, a student-run arts magazine at Centenary College of Louisiana

Animation

  • Experience with Anime Studio Pro 5

Education

2004-2008 Centenary College of Louisiana: Shreveport, LA

  • B.A. in Communications with a minor in Computer Science.
  • Graduated Magna Cum Laude, with Honors in New Media.

Work Experience:

Summer 2006 Contract Work
for Donnette Dunbar Communications

  • Designed a new logo, business cards, letterheads, and envelopes for Donnette Dunbar Communications.

Spring 2007 Contract Work
for The Shreveport Regional Arts Council and Howdy Ink

Summer 2007 Contract Work
for The Shreveport Regional Arts Council

  • Worked with the Shreveport Regional Arts Council to keep their website up-to-date during the summer of 2007.
  • Updated Roster Artists list for SRAC by contacting and working with Roster Artists personally.

2005-2006 KSCL 91.3: Shreveport, LA
Public Service and News Director

  • Wrote and edited on-air news for each day from the summer of 2005 until the end of the summer of 2006.
  • Researched local community services and programs and featured them on-air in “Community Service Announcements.”
  • Helped organize events such as the 2006 Battle of the Bands by contacting local business owners for raffle donations.
  • Acted as an on-air Disk Jockey between 2004 and 2008.

2006-2008 KSCL 91.3: Shreveport LA
Website and Automation Director

  • Managed and re-organized the KSCL website from the summer of 2006 to 2008.
  • Redesigned KSCL website for editability.
  • Handled station Automation computers and kept music and special programming playing on air 24-7

References:

Trish Farnsworth-Smith
Managing Director, William Joyce's howdy ink,llc.
2911 centenary Blvd. Shreveport, LA 71104
318.841.7321 direct
318.841.7324 fax
trish@williamjoyce.com

Gregory VanHoosier-Carey
R.Z. Biedenharn Associate Professor of Communication
Department of Art and Visual Culture
Centenary College of Louisiana
2911 Centenary Blvd.
Shreveport, Louisiana 71104
voice: 318.841.7273
fax: 318.869.5184

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© 2007 Steven Turner