Kurt Schmidt

What's the best thing about working at DWS?

The environment! I look forward to going to work everyday to spend time with a talented bunch of people.

What is a typical work day like for you?

My typical day is like a gumbo. E-mails, phone calls, meetings, project management, goal tracking, budgeting, research, pranks, copywriting, answering questions, more meetings, more emails, more R&D, with a dash of design and conceptualizing thrown in for good measure.

How important is it to be multi-skilled, for example to know the programming as well as the design?

In order for me to manage a group of designers and programmers I need to have a certain understanding of what their jobs entail in order to give them the best support I can. At the same time I expect them to be team players bring solutions that make us all look good.

What are your future goals?

To show everyone that DreamWorld Studios is a force to be reckoned with! Being a hybrid (video & interactive) shop we can produce any multimedia project from the ground up and I want our clients and future clients to know that we are always striving to produce the most creative work to help them communicate their thoughts and products.

What's your dream project?

I would like to see us produce a large multimedia marketing campaign that encompasses nearly every communication tool available today from social media marketing and destination websites to traditional print and broadcast advertising. Wait… we are already doing those things! I guess then I'd like to see us produce a real working Johnny Five from the movie Short Circuit to stroll around the office giving us encouraging commentary about how great we are and continue to explain that he was truly, in fact, alive.