Amber Rankin Email & Phone Number

Sacramento, CA, US

Design and animate advertisements highlighting game play for mobile games using Adobe After Effects.

Sacramento, California Area

Freelance illustration and animation.Creates custom illustration for clients and creates original works for online store & conventions.

On assignment with Nike Tech Training I designed, animated and developed interactive training modules and supplemental print and digital materials for Nike's Tech Training Team. Worked collaboratively with designers and content experts to translate complex technical concepts and procedures into engaging training sessions. Worked collaboratively with other.

Sacramento, California Area

Interpret, design, and create technical illustrations using Illustrator and Photoshop for cultural and environmental reports with direction from project managers and based off field sketches. Create pen and ink archaeological sketches from images and field sketches. Develop and design internal creative graphics such as office signs, report covers, and CD.

San Francisco Bay Area

Design and create 2D effects animation for credits sequences.Design and create 2D character animation for spot within 3D short film "Let's Eat"

San Francisco Bay Area

Designed key lighting concept art for 3D animated short film "Let's Eat" to emphasize the tone, mood and character emotions in the scene.

San Francisco Bay Area

Production-17 traditionally animated scenes, cleaned up and inked in TV Paint, 2 scenes graphically animated with Adobe After Effects, composited in Adobe After EffectsPreproduction-original adaptation of story, storyboarding, visual development, character & set design

Emeryville, CA

Colored animation cels for 13 scenes using TVPaintCompositing for 20 scenes using Adobe AfterEffect

San Francisco Bay Area

Rough 2D animation for a dialogue scene in Toonboom.

2100 K Street, Sacramento Ca

Resident Artist with the Sacramento Artist Complex, 2110. Created original art work and illustration for sale in gallery. Maintained studio and conducted sales during 2nd Saturday art walks in midtown Sacramento. Featured in group shows "New Voices"​ January 2013 and "20x20" May 2013 at local midtown galleries.

--Supervise a class of 11 students; Create daily lesson plans emphasizing; Instruct students in effective research strategies, concept and story development, storyboarding, interview techniques, camera operation, and video editing

--Supervise staff of 17 Instructional Aides and 4 student assistants; Create and update weekly staff schedule; Accurately complete employee time sheets; Accurately record registration and attendance for 600+ students enrolled in ASSETs; Edit and format quarterly program newsletter; photo-coping, filing, and creating program fliers

Models and animates 3D computer graphics models of architecture in Autodesk Maya for use in graduate computer science research.

--Supervised up to crew of 4; Scheduled employee work hours.--Trained new team members in production, cashiering, proper opening and closing procedures.--Maintained excellent customer service in a fast paced environment.--Accurately completed closing paperwork, photocopies, filing; product and supply inventories and ordering.

Master Of Fine Arts (Mfa), 2D Animation

Ba, Art Studio, Sociology

Activities and Societies: Golden Key International Honor Society, Honors Sociology Program--Graduated with Highest on Honors in Sociology.