Senior digital designer Skills Relevant Professional Experience

CLAUDIO SANTOS DE ALMEIDA
CV 2016
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Senior digital designer
• Experienced designer of interactive learning experiences, having worked with transposition of
numerous areas of human knowledge to games and digital simulations.
• Versatile producer, with capabilities in game and level design, programming and art.
• Creative and solution-driven mind.
• Restless soul that likes new challenges all the time.
• Fast pace learner.
Skills
• Languages/programming: Javascript, Jquery, HTML 5, CSS 3, JASS (Warcraft III world editor
script language), Wordpress (sites), Youtube API, clmtrackr javascript library, D3 library.
• Suites: Openoffice, Krita (raster images), Inkscape (vector images), Blender (video editing),
• Management: instructional design leader, team leader, lecturer, owner of company.
Relevant Professional Experience
Technical Coordinator. 2010-2012. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Departamento de
Oceanografia. (Federal University of Pernambuco, Oceanography Department). Created 3D
interactive playground prototype for study and simulation of reef specimens (stegastes fuscus).
Full Information Designer. 2009-2010. Coordenação de ensino de Ciências do Nordeste (CECINEUFPE). (Coordination of teaching of science of Northeast – UFPE). Coordinated multidisciplinary
team. Directed short videos footages for lessons of Chemistry. Created CECINE website, Created 3D
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panoramas for CECINE website. Created 3D interactive learning objects for CECINE Geology Lab.
Created vignettes and scenario for science subjects TV shows and graphic design of printed material.
Project Coordinator, Lead designer. 2005-2009. SCA / Educandus. Recife, PE, Brasil. Created 3D
interactive software for teaching of physics for Fundamental (I and II) grades. Created 2D interactive
learning object for physics, subjects: electricity and current, electrical energy and potency,
magnetism, thermology and calorimetry, thermal expansion, dynamics, second and third laws of
Newton, strength, weight and friction, gases, spherical lens, optic geometric, thermodynamics first
and second laws, work, energy, mechanics, potency, introduction to physics, uniform and uniformly
varied motion, light refraction. Created 2D interactive learning object for literature, all subjects for
Fundamental I and II grades.
Owner, Project Director. 1999-2004. DZA Projetos em Design Ltda. Recife, PE, Brasil. Created,
attended and produced web, video and graphic design for IT companies, third sector agencies,
governmental agencies and governments for themes like environmental preservation, sustainability,
human rights and education.
Post-producer. 1995. TV Viva Not-for-profit organization. Olinda, PE, Brasil. Created vignettes and
subtitle for publicity, documentaries and movies.
Graphic and Information Designer. Recife, PE, Brazil. 1993-2011. ITECI (IT Company). Created
printed books for computer education for public schools, interfaces for interactive learning objects for
Math and Portuguese subjects, projects for United Nation Bureau for Workers Activities Website,
AECID Gobierno de España, Angola Government.
Academic Experience last 5 years
Auxiliar Professor, Auxiliar Researcher. 2015. FANOR / Devry Group Fortaleza. Classes: History
of Design and Digital Design. Project: Gamification of History of Design class (appliance of games to
expose themes).
Lecturer. 2014. Arizona State University. Instructional Design.
Associate Professor, Tenured at 2010. 2010-2011. Federal Institute of Education, Science and
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Technology of Pernambuco. Classes: Hypermedia technology, Hypermedia methodology, Hypermedia
Project, Midiologia, Virtual Environments, History of Cinema, Photography and image editing,
Diagramming.
Research Groups
2 Sigma Learning Lab. 2015-present. School of computing, informatics & decision systems
engineering. Arizona State University.
R&D team. 2007-2009. SCA / Educandus Company.
Comunidades de Prática. 1997-present (inactive). UFAL (Federal University of Alagoas).
Peer-reviewed publications
Almeida, C. (2010) Analysis of design products based on facial expressions. Revista Brasileira de
Design da Informação. No. 3 Vol. 7 ISSN 1808-5377.
Almeida, C. (2009) The Micro-expression Training Tool in the evaluation of quality of digital
games: a preliminary feasibility study. Revista Brasileira de Design da Informação. No. 3 Vol. 6
ISSN 1808-5377.
Conference papers
Almeida, C. (2007) Evaluation of usability of learning objects for LMS through dialog analysis: a
case study. Anais do 3° Congresso Internacional de Design da Informação. Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
Jurema, A.L., Almeida, C., Lima, M.E.C. & Longman, L. (2001). Forming Personnel, Creating
Culture. Participative System for Preparing Content Providers for Homepages addressed to
People with Special Needs. In J. Price et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information
Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2617-2621). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Education
PhD Student in Design Environment and the Arts program. Arizona State University. GPA 4.0.
Anticipated Graduation Term: Summer 2017.
Mestre em Design. Field of Study: Information design. Federal University of Pernambuco. Recife,
Brazil. Attendance: Feb 2007 to Mai 2009. Diploma granted in Nov 2009. Dissertation: The use of
techniques of emotional analysis as measure of efficiency in digital games: an analysis model.
Specialization in Information Design. Field of Study: Information design. Federal University of
Pernambuco. Recife, Brazil. Attendance: Nov 2000 to Aug 2001. Certificate granted in June 2007.
Monograph: An extension to Michael Twyman’s matrix to embraces motion pictures.
Baccalaureate in Graphic Design. Field of Study: Graphic Design. Federal University of
Pernambuco. Recife, Brazil. Attendance: Feb 1989 to Apr 1993. Diploma granted in Oct 1995.
Monograph: An introduction to bi-dimensional animation for graphic designers.
Electrical engineering. Field of Study: Electronics. Polytechnic School of Pernambuco. Recife,
Brazil. Attendance: Feb 1989 to Jun 1990. Incomplete. Year of interruption: 1990.
Relevant Short Courses, Seminars and Conferences
Human Computer Interaction. Field of Study: Human Computer Interaction. Stanford
University (Coursera online). Stanford, USA. Achieved Studio Track (Quizzes 19 out of 19, Design
Project 428.5 out of 500). Attendance: May-Jul 2012.
German Language. Goethe Institute Berlin, Germany. Attendance: Oct-Dec 2011.
English Language. Eurocentres Vancouver, Canada. Attendance: Jan 2011.
Conference, 1st Interaction Design South America Conference. IxDA LATAM São Paulo, Brazil.
Attendance: Nov 2009.
Micro expression training tool short version. Paul Ekman Group (online). San Francisco, USA.
Attendance: Jan 2009.
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Lengua Española. (Spanish language) Instituto de Español Gonzalo de Berceo Salamanca, Spain.
Attendance: Jul-Ago 1997.
Relevant Grants and Awards
University Graduate Fellowship. Arizona State University. 2013-2016.
SwB Full Doctorate Scholarship. CAPES Foundation / Government of Brazil. 2013-2017.
Finalist for the First Latin America Games for Change Award. Games for change nonprofit
corporation. 2011.
BCT Workship. Coordenação de ensino de Ciências do Nordeste, Fundação de Amparo à Ciência do
Estado de Pernambuco. 2009-2010.
Bolsa de Mestrado. Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico. 2007-2009.
First place at Brazilian National Public Contest for Professor of Chair of Cultural Production and
Design. Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Pernambuco. 2009.
First, second and third places as College Professor Adviser. First Paprika / Getty Images Creative
Contest for Sustainability Brazil. 2008.
Professional associations
Sociedade Brasileira de Design da Informação (SBDI).
Community organizations
Cultural Director. Associação Profissional dos Designers de Pernambuco (APD-PE) 2000-2001
Deputy Director. Students' academic directory at Escola Politécnica de Pernambuco 1990
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Volunteer activities
Lar de Clara. Non-governmental organization Jaboatão dos Guararapes, PE, Brazil. Instructed math
and chess for children. 2004-2005
Lar de Maria. Non-governmental organization Jaboatão dos Guararapes, PE, Brazil. Ayurveda
Massage to Children. 2004-2005
Recent Work & Relevant clients
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Available to travel and reallocation.
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