Mike Mai
Graphic Designer
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Mike Mai
Boston, MA
Mike Mai is an artist/designer from Boston. Born and raised in China but attended college in the USA. He's got the best of two worlds. See his video work at: www.vimeo.com/mikemai. Also check out his music at: www.myspace.com/emceehao.
ohh.mai@gmail.com
603.866.1157 mobile
Language Skills
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- Trilingual
Speaks and writes fluently in Chinese and English. Capable of translating from English to Chinese (Mandarin AND Cantonese) and vice versa.
Honors & Achievements
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- AIGA Center for Cross-Cultural Design Competition 2009
One of the 15 honorable mentions for this world-wide design competition.
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- Package & Design
Featured in the September issue of China's Package & Design magazine.
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- BoNE Show 2009
As a committee member, I was responsible for the awards presentation design and all video presentations.
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- 2009 MassArt All School Show Graphic Design Award
Emcee Hao marketing campaign was the winning piece.
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- 2008 UCP National Award for Excellence in Multimedia
Marketing campaign for UCP of MetroBoston won the national award.
Exhibitions
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- Future Arts 2009: An Urban Oasis
I was a feature artist among 20 plus other urban artists. Emcee Hao campaign was showcased.
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- Pecha Kucha #10 Boston
As a featured speaker, I spoke about how design made my dreams come true.
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- MassArt All School Show 2009
Won the graphic design award for Emcee Hao campaign. I also curated the exhibition.
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- Democracy*
One of my political posters was featured. I also curated the exhibition.
Experience
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- Freelance designer
- Sommerville, MA
May 2009 - Present - what!design
Design for print and web medium
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- Design Intern
- Cambridge, MA
Jun 2008 - May 2009 - Rival Marketing
Producing site layouts, html e-mails, and flash banners
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- Marketing Assistant
- Watertown, MA
Sep 2006 - May 2008 - UCP of MetroBoston
Designing posters, flyers, page layouts, postcards, brochures, booklets, and
editing promotional videos
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- Graphic Designer
- Keene, NH
Sep 2004 - May 2006 - Keene State College
Creating posters, flyers, web layouts, page layouts, and postcards
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- Consultant
- Boston, MA
Jan 2008 - May 2008 - Fidelity Investments
Worked with a team of 15 designers to produce analysis of competitive web sites, product strategy, personas, user scenarios, interface design, a video, interactive vignettes, and click-through prototypes of the application.
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- Lab Monitor
- Boston, MA
Sep 2007 - Aug 2009 - Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Trouble-shooting Mac OS hardware and software
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- Teacher’s Assistant/Translator
- Boston, MA
Feb 2009 - Mar 2009 - Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Managing trips to design firms in China and translating native language
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- Assistant Professor
- Boston, MA
Jul 2008 - Aug 2008 - Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Teaching graphic design and comic book arts summer courses
Activities
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- 2008-2009 MassArt Graphic Design Society President
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- 2008-2009 Adobe On Campus Student Rep
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- 2008-2009 MassArt Student Government Graphic Design Rep
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- 2006 Keene State College Multicultural Club Vice President
Education
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- Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design
- Keene, NH
Sep 2004 - May 2006 - Keene State College
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- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
- Boston, MA
Sep 2006 - May 2009 - Massachusetts College of Art and Design
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