Damien Schymonski

Damien is a mediadesigner and art illustrator with a passion for video games based in Düsseldorf, Germany. His works span from graphicdesign to webdesign and characterdesign with typographic elements, to photography.

Practical Experiences

— ROLE

Gamification

Graphic Design

Webdesign

Printmedia


— DATE

09.2018 until today


— Project

Bewango

BRAINtuning GmbH

[Köln] Part-time job.


Starting as a university project, BRAINtuning GmbH was content with both communication and ideas, and offered me an employment to continue on their project. I've been working on their App "Bewango" for gamification and design advice. Furthermore I've expanded to work with their design team to improve their website and flyers.

— ROLE

Advanced training


— DATE

01.2022 – 05.2022


DTP Akademie

[Düsseldorf]


Working on expanding basic theoretical and practical knowledge in the following areas: HTML and CSS, WordPress, SEM, SEO and web-analytics, Adobe Premiere CC and Adobe AfterEffects, usability and user experience with Adobe XD


— ROLE

2D Artist

Environment and Character Design

GUI Hud Graphics


— DATE

10.2016 – 04.2018


— Project

Dead Age

Dead Age 2

Silent Dreams

[Mülheim an der Ruhr]


I've worked for Silent Dreams in my university internship semester, working on 2D graphics and designs for both their projects "Dead Age" and "Dead Age 2".


Furthermore afterwards I was re-employed as freelancer for additional character designs

— ROLE

Webdesign

Graphic Design

2D Animation


— Project

[Unnamed]

pilomo GmbH

[Rheinland-Pfalz]


Pilomo GmbH reached out to my university, asking to pitch their project to the students to work for them for one semester. During this semester, me and a group of around five students worked for different aspects of their program.

Additional Projects


— ROLE

Concept Design

Character Design

Environment Design

Graphic Design

Media Producer


— DATE

09.2019 – 02.2020

10.2018 – 09.2019

Blue Dragon

Project: Alice VR


Blue Dragon

Project: Project Diesel


Blue Dragon is a group of young gamedesign students from my university. I've joined two of their projects: "Project Diesel" as a university course for myself and "Alice VR" as external additional designer after finishing university myself.

Education

04.2018 – 09.2019




09.2014 – 03.2018

Master of Arts (1,8)

Mediadesign Hochschule Düsseldorf

– Media Producing


Bachelor of Arts (1,4)

Mediadesign Hochschule Düsseldorf

– Mediadesign

Knowledge

Languages






German

Mothertongue


English

Fluent and experienced


French

Basic knowledge.

Programs






Adobe Creative Cloud

– Adobe Photoshop CC

– Adobe InDesign CC

– Adobe Lightroom Classic CC

– Adobe Illustrator CC

– Adobe Premiere Pro CC

– Adobe After Effects

– Adobe XD


WordPress

Microsoft Office

PaintTool SAI

Procreate

Additional Expertise






HTML and CSS

SEM and SEO

Web-Analytics

Usability and User Experience

Typography and Layout

GUI and HUD graphics

Interfacedesign

Characterdesign

Concept Art

Print