My Resume

ABOUT

Michael Durwin is an award-winning Creative Director/Digital Strategist with a 15-year history of helping brands, both large and small, communicate with their audience through any medium and reaching their business goals. Has leveraged social networks as promotional and communications channels since 1995.

Expertise includes: creative, strategy, and execution across multiple mediums including: social media, online, broadcast and web video, integrated campaigns, traditional and non-traditional campaigns.

EXPERIENCE

FREELANCE: Jan 2009-Present

Creative Director/Digital Strategist

Creative Highlights: Speaker at several Boston-area business events focusing on managing social media for business including eMinute, XPX Summit, Social Media breakfast, winner of a Regional Emmy Award, strategy, design and production for several online projects, social media strategy and execution for several small and medium size businesses, UX/UI for national debt management company and international beverage company.

Clients: Kabloom, Watermark Cambridge, AscendOne, MetraTech, Comcast Sportsnet, Amazon.com, Activision, MTV, Coca-Cola.

FUSEIDEAS: May 2006-Jan 2009

Creative Director/Digital Strategist

Creative Highlights: Served as creative director on award winning projects: 2 Silver Mark Awards, Niamic Multicultural Award, Bell Ringer Award, Mobile Web Developer Challenge, Video of the Day and #7 Most Viewed Video of 2007 on Ad Age.com. Introduced clients to cutting edge social media and new technology strategies. Guest blogger for TalentZoo.com. Conceived and led Social Media engagements for NBC, Reebok, Vermont Teddy Bear, Boston Bruins, Women’s Pro Soccer, Decathlon Sports.

Clients: HBO Latin America, Comcast, ABCNews Now, Univision, ESPN, Disney, Massport, Regis College, Bridgewater State College, Pitney-Bowes (Imagitas), Jones, Lange, LaSalle, Mass School Building Association, Nokia, MDA, Scripps Network.

Business Highlights: As the second employee, grew agency from scratch to $2 million and staff from 2 to 16, including West Coast sales office, and Prague development group. Successfully led creative pitches for all major clients, led creative, strategic, and execution for every major client. Expanded agency offerings from web development to full integrated agency with HD video production facilities and social media expertise. Twitter rank: 99.8, with over 2000 followers.

FREELANCE: June 2005-May 2006

Art Director

Creative Highlights: Freelance and Contract stints for Prevision, Show & Tell, Digitas, Site of the Week award, Emmy award.

Clients: Microsoft, Genzyme, EMC, GMC, J. Jill, New Balance, Slye, Spaulding, Colliers International, VH1, Red Sox, Comcast SportsNet.

ALLEN|ROCHE GROUP: May 2004-June 2005

Art Director

Clients: ATG, Hadassah, Osteon, Port ‘O Call, Flavorx, Allurent.

Business Highlights: Built process for multimedia department and turnkey CMS/microsite initiative, Employee of the Year, promoted from designer to art director, led hiring initiatives.

PISCES PRODUCTIONS: December 2003-May 2004

Motion Graphics Artist

Clients: Cosmopolitan Magazine, Oxygen Network, Discovery Network, VH1

PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS: January 1999-November 2002
Graphic Designer

Creative Highlights: Switched 10,000 page website to CMS, listed as expert on Scalable Vector Graphics by World Wide Web Consortium, replaced 10 person design staff.

Business Highlights: Developed white paper strategy (pre-blogs), developed sales, trade, and support materials for multi-national high-speed and telecommunications company.

AWARDS

Bell Ringer Award (Decathlon Sports)
Silver Mark Awards (HBO and Comcast)
Mobile Development Challenge Award (Visit Florida)
2007 Niamic Award for Multicultural marketing (Comcast)
Adobe Site of the Week (New Balance)
AdAge.com Video of the Day (Decathlon Sports)
AdAge.com 7th Most Viewed Video (Decathlon Sports)
Regional Emmy (Manny Being Manny for Comcast Sportsnet).

EDUCATION

New England School of Art & Design, Graphic Design Bachelor of Arts Program.

PRESENCE