User:Martin Loo

experience

 * associate creative director (2009 to present) euro rscg, singapore
 * creative director (2007 to 2009) tribal ddb, singapore
 * digital producer (2005 to 2007) wieden + kennedy, shanghai
 * art director (2003 to 2005) univessence design studios, shanghai
 * head of design (2000 to 2002) tribal ddb, singapore
 * multimedia art director (1999 to 2000) rapp collins, singapore
 * senior designer(1998 to 1999) hit interactive, singapore
 * production and staff designer (1997 to 1998) media revolution, los angeles ca
 * junior designer (1996) addison design, singapore
 * junior designer (1996) design studio, singapore
 * production artist (1996) pixel magic, singapore
 * computer lab technical aid (1994 to 1996) university of the pacific, stockton ca
 * production designer (1994) epoch communication design inc., los angeles ca

accolades

 * effie awards: gold award (2010) Sunstopper
 * spikes asia: finalist (2009) Sunstopper
 * digital media awards: gold award (2009) Sunstopper
 * one show: bronze award (2002) andrewlok.com
 * media.com hong kong: finalist (2000) pink dolphin
 * creative circle awards: finalist (2000) club 21
 * creative circle awards: silver award (1998) hit interactive
 * dean's honor roll: university of the pacific, (fall 96)
 * dean's honor roll: university of the pacific, (spring 94)

academia
university of the pacific (1993 to 1997)

college of the pacific, design school

stockton, california

b.s. graphic design

gpa = 3.2

university of california, los angeles (1995)

los angeles, california

2, 3-unit courses for general education

king george v school (1987 to 1993)

kowloon, hong kong

high school education, grade 7-12

euro rscg, singapore
Asked to join EuroRSCG to inject fresh creative and to lead the digital team as part of a full integrated offering. Within 3 months played a integral part of the team to win 4 pitches for Carlsberg, Abbott Labs, Electronic Arts and MDA on top of managing team to handle Coca-Cola, DBS, UPS, Saxo, Singpost, Far East Organization and Fairprice.

tribal ddb, singapore
Invited to return to Singapore to be creative head for the restart of Tribal DDB in Singapore.

wieden + kennedy, shanghai
Worked on the pitch to bring the Nike account to W+K. Continued to service that account to connect Nike's brand to the youth of China. Picked up new skills as a producer including managing budgets/schedules/estimates, managing freelancer and third parties, managing workflow and organising and delivering project files.

univessence design studios, shanghai
Led and oversaw production and design team in China. Designed and directed production for Sony Pictures projects. Concepted, designed and produced online flash games for Kung Fu Hustle, Stealth, Initial D, Lords of Dogtown and Aeon Flux. Perfected skills in producing pixel art through design and production of sprites in these games.

ddb, singapore
Head of interactive design team involved in all major accounts from concepting through design and production until final delivery. Held position over five years through two rounds of retrenchment.