Augustus Rachels Email & Phone Number

I'm a motion designer with over six years' experience and a focus in 2D After Effects animation and template design as well as a small business owner with management and production experience.I've always been fascinated with the elegance of motion and how to enhance beautiful designs with animations that can engage and entice viewers, support the design's themes and ideas, and subtly guide the eye across space and time.I quickly found myself working in the sports industry during college, after a hand-drawn rotoscoped animation of my favorite goals in Major League Soccer caught the eye of a producer at Bleacher Report, leading to a long freelancing relationship. In my time working with Bleacher Report, I made countless animations out of video footage and graphic designs, allowing my creativity to shine through in their social media content. My style can still be seen in the content Bleacher Report produces today as a result of the engagement my animations brought them.After college, my jobs with United Soccer League, Major League Soccer, and Fubo TV helped me hone my skills in a collaborative working environment and expand the applications of my work from social media content to paid social ads, in-stadium graphics, billboards, environmental signage, HTML banners, and more. Over the years, I found a particular passion for template design and After Effects expression coding. Animations that are not only beautiful but versatile, reusable, and easily updatable not only upgrades output but improves efficiency across entire teams and allows for everyone to perform at their best and stay ambitious.Though my work experience has been in the sports industry, my passion lies in using animation to help give a brand, idea, or message the voice it deserves. I work best when collaborating with visual designers and am a firm believer that with good teams, the whole is far greater than the sum of its parts. When I join a new team, I'm not only eager to discover how my talent can enhance the work of those around me, but also how I can use my knowledge of animation templating and project structure to ensure everyone's output and morale both remain high.

Listed skills include Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, and 5 others.

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  Savannah College Of Art And Design

  Motion Media Design