Christopher Guy Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois

• Created social media video content for various brands
• Facilitated transition of McDonald’s social content creation to new agency: Provided working files, animation masters, and met with account people
• Helped sell augmented reality capabilities to other clients: Developed proof-of-concept for augmented reality application using Facebook Spark AR Studio

Greater Chicago Area

• Helped McDonald’s promote their brands and support their campaigns by taking ownership of the animation creative process in post-production environment.
• Created hundreds of pieces of video content each month for McDonald’s owned and paid channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat) by leading team of 3D artists, motion designers, and animators:
• Reviewed and approved all content from department; provided constructive feedback to motion designers
• Prioritized workflow and managed deadlines by scheduling and assigning motion designers to projects
• Enhanced ideas before production by collaborating with creative teams, including art directors and copywriters, on concepts and design
• Helped select appropriate candidates by interviewing them for full-time and freelance positions

Greater Chicago Area

• Same responsibilities as Motion Graphics Manager.
• Ensured high quality of all motion-related content for approval by creative department or client: Increased team’s skills through knowledge sharing at weekly meetings; mentored junior members of team; reviewed and.
• Assisted in streamlining workflow by implementing preproduction processes: Collaborated with producers / creative teams on shot lists; directed video shoots for social campaigns
• Translated concepts into animations and composited motion graphics using industry standards

Greater Chicago Area

• Helped grow McDonald's Instagram followers from under 100K to 1M+ by working with social media team to create and launch McDonald’s original brand content videos; directed video / photo shoots
• Animated compelling online videos for various clients: McDonald's, Wrigley and Capital One; developed ideas in collaboration with creative teams
• Created 3D models and animations using Blender, Element 3D, and Cinema 4D for use in online advertising and presentation materials
• Oversaw production of video content from concept through post production. Directed video content for social media for McDonald’s, Skittles, and Juicy Fruit brands

Greater Chicago Area

• Developed websites, mini-sites, and ad campaigns using primarily Adobe Flash technologies and After Effects for clients: Lowes, Kobalt Tools, McDonald’s, and Wrigley; improved creative and expanded on ideas by.
• Created animations for online videos and pre-roll; integrated animation, 3D and video on sites
• Mentored developers on Flash best practices; created library of Actionscript code to speed development of Flash-based sites
• Supervised banner and rich-media animation and site integration

Tribal Worldwide

• Conceptualized, designed, and executed online advertising campaigns for various clients: Quaker, Lowes, OfficeMax, and Chicago Tribune
• Developed websites, mini-sites, and online advertising using primarily Adobe Flash; mentored developers on Flash best practices
• Improved website development among developers: Implemented content versioning system (CVS)
• Developed and created animations for DDB Worldwide website, which won Silver at 6th District ADDY Awards

Greater Chicago Area

• Conceptualized, designed, and executed online advertising campaigns for various clients: Budweiser, Gatorade, State Farm, and McDonald’s; animated Flash banners, websites, and interstitials
• Tribal DDB won Gold Pencil and Best of Show at One Show Interactive and was featured in Ad Age article for online work for Budweiser