Thursday, August 30, 2007

Pay By Touch has new Creative Services Director

Carin Castillo recently joined Pay By Touch. Here's some information from her site:

Biography

Carin Castillo has over 11 years of experience in Internet design, strategy and development.

Carin has recently joined Pay By Touch, a biometric payments start-up in San Francisco as their Creative Services Director, where she oversees all aspects of print, web and kiosk interface design.

To view an storyboard design for Pay By Touch in a flash animation: click here.

Prior to Pay By Touch, Carin was the Global Creative Director for Reuters Consumer Products, where she managed a team of 11 designers in the United States, UK and Japan.

At Reuters, Carin directed all aspects of design for Reuters’ websites, interactive television, mobile and stock tracking applications.As Associate Creative Director for ABC News, Carin oversaw the design of ABCNews.com, which include national news programs such as 20/20, World News Tonight, Good Morning America, Primetime, World News Now and Nightline, as well as broadcast design for the ABC News Now Interactive Television Network.

She has also held director level positions at YouthStream Media Networks and sixdegrees.com and has designed websites, microsites and presentations for Teach for America, Woman's Day Magazine, Revlon, Bloomingdale's, Sun Microsystems, KIPP and Time Warner Cable.

As a pioneer and expert in the area of Internet advertising sponsorships, she has created successful campaigns for clients including Motorola, Compaq, Honda, Lowes, Citibank, Sony, Artisan Entertainment, Allegra and IBM.

Her work has received several prestigious design awards including three BDA/Promax Golds, a Telly for Television Animation, a Silver Horizon Interactive Award and two Astrid Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Design Communications.

Carin has served on the Board of Directors for the Association of Internet Professionals, has been featured in numerous publications regarding web site redesigns, has served on design judging panels and is an active member of the graphic design community. Carin holds degrees in Graphic Design and Visual Communications from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. Teach for America, Woman's Day Magazine, Revlon, Bloomingdale's, Sun Microsystems, KIPP and Time Warner Cable.

Carin has served on the Board of Directors for the Association of Internet Professionals, has been featured in numerous publications regarding web site redesigns, has served on design judging panels and is an active member of the graphic design community. Carin holds degrees in Graphic Design and Visual Communications from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale.

Welcome aboard!

To look at some of her work, go to www.carincastillo.com