Nathan S. Williams

1204 Napoleon Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70140

fax: (401)696-5527

http://www.dither.org
nathan@dither.org


Education

Master of Fine Arts, Electronic Visualization.
Mississippi State University.
Graduated May, 1998.

Bachelor of Arts, English.
Mississippi State University.
Graduated August, 1995.

Work Experience

Director of New Media, Peter A. Mayer Advertising, Inc. - Full responsibilities include creative direction, interactive design, strategic consulting, client relations, and new business development for Louisiana's largest advertising agency. Directing creative and technical efforts of 5-7 internal teams producing work in all areas of interactive media for numerous agency clients including Coastal Voyages, Rain Vodka, BroilMaster / Martin Industries, Whitney Bank, The New Orleans Convention Center and Delta Queen.
January 2000 to Present.

Creative Interactive Designer Bent Media, Inc. - New Orleans, LA. Produced a variety of online media and web sites for Bent Media clients including Tulane University, TABASCO, Oreck.com, Lifetouch Publishing, Inc., St. Charles General Hospital and Halter Marine Group, Inc., Creative Presentations, Inc., and the Perservation Hall Jazz Band. Responsibilities ranged from production to design.
May 1997 - December 1999.

Instructor, Introduction to Computers for Artists and Designers, ART 4803/6803. Teaching Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Quark Xpress for graphic design, multimedia and computer animation coursework. Mississippi State University, Department of Art.
January 1996 - May 1997.

Project Coordinator / Lead Artist of a six-person team producing Delta 01, an interactive CD-ROM for U.S. Department of the Interior (NPS) and the MSU Department of Art.
May 1996 - January 1997.

Research Assistant, Mississippi State University, The Center for International Security and Strategic Studies.
In-house graphic design of all professional documents, publications and Internet based media stemming from the center's varied diplomatic programs. Other responsibilities included publicity and public relations. August 1995 - December 1995.

Nathan's Projects

• ChipCastle.com Founded a collaborative showcase of interactive art and digital design. A showcase of interactive art and digital design. April 15, 1998.
  
  
• Journeys: The Crosby Arboretum Concept, design and production of an online interactive resource combining more than forty Apple QTVR panoramas and Macromedia Flash technology to explore the award winning arboretum in South Mississippi.
  August 1997 - May 1998.
  
  
• MagicPixel.com A showcase of interactive art and digital design. Founded a collaborative showcase of interactive art and digital design. April 15, 1998.
  
  
• African Vodun in New Orleans Directed and produced 15 minute video of ongoing research at the MSU Department of Art. Produced on a Media 100 video editing system. September 19, 1997.
  
  
• Delta 01: The Father of Waters Concept, design, and production of an interactive CD-ROM for the National Park Service addressing the modern archaeology and Native American prehistory of the Mississippi Delta. Directed a six person team producing content, computer animation, programming, video, and sound. May 1996 - January 1997.
  
  
• The Natchez Trace Design and production of a pilot CD-ROM for the National Park Service and Mississippi State University. September 1995 - May 1996.
  
  

Awards & Exhibitions

• Journeys: The Crosby Arboretum 1998 MFA Thesis Show. McComas Gallery, Mississippi State University Department of Art. April 21, 1998.
  
  
• Academic Excellence Grant Award from Mississippi State University for Crosby Arboretum CD and Web site.
  November 5, 1997.
  
  
• Communigraphics '98 - Top 100 Web design selected for exhibition Communigraphics Graphic Design Competition. Memphis, TN.
  October 23, 1997.
  
  
• Learning About Landscape Panelist - Southern Landscapes conference held at the University of Mississippi, Center for Southern Culture in Oxford, MS. Sponsored by the National Park Service. May 22-25, 1996.
  
  
• Behind the Veil of the Temple First Place. National Association of Broadcasters, Chyron / Liberty. Las Vegas, Nevada.
  March 17, 1995.
  
  
• Cybatik #9 Digital painting selected for exhibition at ACM SIGGRAPH '95 Art Gallery Additional publication in Siggraph '95 Conference Proceedings and CD-ROM. Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California.
  August 6-11, 1995.
  
  
• Sticks and Bones Pentax Award for Photographic Excellence, McComas Gallery, Mississippi State University Department of Art. April 1993.
  
  
• A Chair Graphite Drawing, published in the Mississippi State University Freehand Drawing Textbook.
  May 1990.
  
  

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