Christian Ayotte
Flash Creative
Montreal, Quebec
Los Angeles, California
Phone: 514.678.6104
Cell: 514.880.4406
www.mamoothinteractive.com
christian@mamoothinteractive.com
christian@northernobject.com

Working experiences

June 2008 to today
Flash Creative
& Owner mamooth, Montreal, Quebec
Interactive Creative Consulting
Advanced Flash Development
Video Production for Online Media Consulting

Client List Include:
- Akufen (Montreal) // www.rodeofx.com
- Bos (Montreal) // www.aee.gouv.qc.ca/energuy // www.mafit.ca
- Sid Lee (Montreal) // www.sidlee.com
- Venuiti (Toronto)
- Wieden+Kennedy (London) // www.europe.nokia.com/musicalmighty

May 2006 to May 2008
Sid Lee, Montreal, Quebec
Co-Creative Director / Flash Team Director

Responsabilities:
- Participation in brainstorm for the developement of concept, functionnalities and features for website and interactive medium
- Recommend technologies used in website
- Act as a technical and creative consultant to Creative Teams, Producers and Account Teams
- Guide Designers in understanding of technology limits and possibilities
- Oversee the technical/design proficiencies and accuracy of Flash Developers
- Assist the Creative Director in the annual performance evaluations of Flash Developers
- Evaluate portfolios and assist in the hiring and selection process of Flash Developers and Designers
- Recommend assignment of Flash Developers by capability and proficiency level
- Select, direct and supervise external production studios
- Guide and support Flash Developers and external production studios
- Take on individual development projects
- Motion design
- Sound design and integration
- Video editing and integration

Conception, Overseed & Developed projects:

www.adidasyourworld.com
www.sidlee.com (v. 2006/08)
www.livetheblue.com
www.wolfboys.ca
www.ownborabora.com
www.saq.com/festivino
www.mgmgrand.com/bestplacetowork
www.cirquedusoleilbackstage.com
www.noweveryseat.com

Conception and/or Overseed projects:

www.citycenter.com
www.gamingnonstop.com
www.cirquedusoleil.com/casting
www.cirquedusoleil.com/crissangel
www.cirquedusoleil.com/zaia
www.adidas.com/campaigns/simplyadidas
www.aroundtheworldsaq.com
www.globologos.com
www.onedrop.org
www.cirquedusoleil.com/wintuk (offline)
www.britswanted.com (offline)
Cirque Du Soleil Corteo Banner Campaign (offline)

Pitch:
Interactive Lead - Winning pitch global adidas Original Brand

August 2005 to May 2006
Exopolis, Los Angeles, California
Senior Actionscripter/Flash Developer

www.nicktoonsnetwork.com/nnaf
mixtape.exopolis.com
www.doommovie.com
www.indemand.com/HSOD/

January 2005 to August 2005
Juxt Interactive, Newport Beach, California
Senior Actionscripter/Flash Developer

www.nesteaice.com
www.boostmobilepivotalmoments.com
www.myplash.com
www.clayaiken.myplash.com
www.simpleplan.myplash.com
www.xzibit.myplash.com

January 2000 to January 2005
Sid Lee (formely Diesel Marketing), Montreal, Quebec
Lead Flash developer

Responsabilities:
- Participation in brainstorm for the developement of interactivity and feature for website
- Decision making in the technology used in website
- Guiding designers in understanding of technology limits and possibilities
- Creating and programming complete Flash project from the photoshop/Illustrator files
- Organizing Data structure for the external content and working with Database
programmers for Data structure for communicating with Flash or third party software like
Flash Remoting
- Guiding and supporting other Flash programmers involved in projects
- Motion design
- Sound design and integration
- Video editing and integration

www.skyloftsmgmgrand.com
www.gurubikes.com
www.solopixel.com (2004)
www.solopixel/Promo.com(2004)
www.clubsolo.com
www.dieselmarketing.com (v. 2001/06)
www.lechateau.com (v. 2003/07)
www.ka.com
www.zumanity.com
www.cirquedusoleil.com
www.cdpcapital.com
BCE Emergis - seriousb2b.com
www.domtar.com
www.aldoshoes.com(v. 2001/02 - 2002 - 2002/03 - 2003)
(Aldoshoes v.2002 and v.2002/03 are available on demand in CD format)
www.birks.com (2002)
www.ccmsports.com(v. 2000/01 - 2001/02)
www.toonboom.com (Example of animation)
www.astral.com (v. 2001)
www.tmn.ca / www.superecran.com / www.moviepix.ca (v. 2001)
www.vrak.tv
www.renodepot.com
Intranet DieselOS (Flash 5 / Generator 2)

Cd-Rom:
- Alys technologie (Available on demand in CD format)
- Altersys (Available on demand in CD format)

Pitch:
Winning pitch - Aldo shoes website - 2001
Winning pitch - Cirque du soleil website - 2001
Pitch Bombardier

October 1999 to january 2000
I.C. Axon, Montreal, Quebec

www.icaxon.com
HTML and Flash programmer
- Clean up and updates of sections of Merck Frosst & Co site
- Flash conception, motion design and Flash programmation of quiz Link to quiz example
- Creating templates for I.C. Axon's intranet

Awards

AEE - Energuy
- Favourite Website Awards - Site of the Day (November 2008)

Nokia - How Music Almighty Are You?
- Favourite Website Awards - Site of the Month (August 2008)
- Favourite Website Awards - Site of the Day (August 2008)

Wintuk - Cirque du Soleil
- Favourite Website Awards - Site of the Day (January 2008)
- How Design - Top Ten - December 2007

Casting - Cirque du Soleil
- Favourite Website Awards - Site of the Day (November 2007)
- Webby Awards 2008 - Nominee - Employment
- Digital Marketing Awards 2008 - Bronze - Website: Business To Business

Corteo Banner Campaign - Cirque du Soleil
- Digital Marketing Awards 2008 - Bronze - Integrated Compaign: Online Single

CityCenter
- W3 Awards 2008 - Gold
- Favourite Website Awards - Site of the Day (August 2007)
- Digital Marketing Awards 2007 - Certificate - Website: Other Services

Own Bora Bora
- Communication Arts - Interactive Annual 2008 - Advertising
- Favourite Website Awards - Site of the Day (July 2007)

Your World By adidas
- Favourite Website Awards - Site of the Day (April 2007)
- How Design - Top Ten - May 2007
- Digital Marketing Awards 2007 - Certificate - Website: Other Services

Exopolis Valentine Mixtape
- South By South West Festival 2007 - SXSW Interactive Award - Amusement

Sid Lee
- How Design - Top Ten - January 2007

Gaz Metro - Live The Blue
- How Design - Top Ten - November 2006
- Favourite Website Awards - Site of the Day (October 2006)
- Digital Marketing Awards 2007 - Silver - Website: Other Services

Suzuki SX4 / Wolfboys
- How Design - Top Ten - November 2006
- Favourite Website Awards - Site of the Day (September 2006)

Nicktoon Network Animation Festival
- Favourite Website Awards - Site of the Day (May 2006)

Nestea Ice
- AIGA Annual Design Competition 2006 - Promotional design and advertising
- Clio Awards 2006 - Shortlisted - Consumer - Targeted Site
- One Show 2006 - Merit - Business to Consumer
- How 2006 Interactive Design Awards - Outstanding Consumer Websites
- Flash Forward 2006 Seattle - Finalist - Original Sound
- London International Advertising Award - Interactive - Beverages - 2005
- Communication Arts - Interactive Annual 2006 - Advertising
- Communication Arts - Site of the Week - July 2005
- Favourite Website Awards - Site of the Day (June 2005)
- Favourite Website Awards - Site of the Month (June 2005)
- How Design - Top Ten - June 2005
- Ultrashock - Bomb Shock Award (June 2005)
- Macromedia - Site of the Day (July 2005)
- STEP inside design's Best of Web Design 2006 annual - Grand Prize Winner
- Taschen's Web Design Flash Sites Book

Club Solo
- Macromedia Canada Gallery
- Applied Arts 2000 - Best Website
- Digital Marketing Awards 2000 - Best of Show / Best Website - high bandwidth
- Grafika 2001 - Best design - Website
- Cannes Lions 2001 - Cyber Lions - Shortlist Brand promotion

Aldo Shoes v.2002
- Favourite Website Awards (2002)

Toonboom
- Applied Arts 2001 - Best Website 2D-3D animation
- Digital Marketing Awards 2001 - Best Website - Experience

Cirque du Soleil
- London International Advertising Award - Interactive Media Finalist - 2002
- Digital Marketing Awards 2002 - Best of Show / Experience / Content / Experimental

Diesel Marketing
- Favourite Website Awards (2002)
- Taschen's 1000 Favorite Websites Book (2003)
- Applied Arts 2003 - Corporate / Self-Promotional
- Communication Arts - Interactive Annual 2004 - Self-Promotion
- Digital Marketing Awards 2004 - Certificate
- Applied Arts 2006 - Best Website Self-Promotion

Solo Pixel
- Digital Marketing Awards 2003 - Best Website
- Cannes Lions 2004 - Cyber Lions - Bronze

Solo Pixel Promo
- Digital Marketing Awards 2004 - Certificate

Le Chateau
- Favourite Website Awards (2004)
- Communication Arts - Site of the Week - July 2004

Kà - Cirque du Soleil
- How Design - Top Ten - November 2004

Zumanity - Cirque du Soleil
- Digital Marketing Awards 2004 - 2 Certificates

Guru Bikes
- One Show 2005 - Gold
- Cannes Lions 2005 - Direct Lions - Gold Product/Service
- Cannes Lions 2005 - Cyber Lions - Shortlist Consumer Products and Services
- Digital Marketing Awards 2005 - Gold Online Promotional Sites/Gaming
- Applied Arts 2006 - Best Website Entertainment

Interviews & Publications

Interview on Favorite Website Awards - April 23rd, 2007
- Favourite Website Awards

Participation in Favorite Website Award's Rob Ford book - Guidelines for Online Success
- Guidelines for Online Success - (Read Online Preview)

2007

For the account of Kevin Massé
www.unophotodesign.com
- Flash animation / programmation

2005

For the account of David Lee
www.dmklee.com
- Flash animation / programmation

2004

For the account of Cameron Wilson
www.daddariobowed.com
- Flash programmation

For the account of Le Chalet
www.lechalet.ca
- Sound integration, Flash debugging

2003

For the account of Cameron Wilson
www.inbredboy.com*
- Flash programmation

* Cannes Lions 2004 - Shortlist
* Favourite Website Awards (2003)
* Taschen's Web Design Portfolios Book

2002

For the account of Le Chalet
www.lesailes.com* (v. 2001 et v. 2002)
- Flash conception, motion design and Flash programmation

* Applied Arts 2003 - Corporate

For the account of David Lee
www.trekenergy.com
- Flash conception, motion design and Flash programmation

For the account of Gaël Dubé
www.lisemadore.com
- Animation, Flash programmation
www.gaeldube.com
- Animation, Flash programmation

For the account of Nicholas St-Cyr
www.thinkglass.com
- Flash programmation, motion design

For the account of Kristian Manchester
www.marianik.com
- Flash programmation, motion design

2001

For the account of Drop The Anvil
www.clubsona.com
- Flash conception, motion design and Flash programmation

For the account of Someonelse
www.s1e.com
- HTML programmation
www.mtldp.com (website and cd-enhance) (Available on demand in CD format)
- Video transfert to flash, building, motion design and Flash programmation
www.mm4m.net / http://www.mm4b.net
- HTML programmation and building, motion design and Flash programmation
www.projetorange.com
- Dynamic Programmation and Flash optimization

2000

For the account of Cameron Wilson
www.idgraffix.com (v. 2000)
- Flash programmation

Educational games for Nooor (Nooor.com)
- Design
- Flash conception, motion design and Flash programmation

Education

1999 - AEC multimedia technic, Institut Demers, Montréal

1993 - 1997 - DEC administration (option marketing), Cegep de Saint-Laurent, Montréal

Professional skills

Website creation, Cd-rom creation,
Actionscript/Javascript/HTML/DHTML/XML/CSS/Lingo programmation
2D/3D animation, video editing, sound design

Software knowledge (PC or Mac)

Flash (including Flash Remoting, Flash Communication Server and other Flash related software),
Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Premiere, After Effect, Director, Illustrator,
Sound Edit, Sound Forge, Homesite.

Profile

- Working under pressure and without supervision.
- Team leading.
- Team player.
- Organized.
- Good aptitude for learning new software with or without training.