David Rickles Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, CA, US

San Francisco Bay Area

• Direct the creation of campaigns, adverts and show packaging materials for Film, Limited Series, Documentary, Entertainment series. Oversee their creation as a player-coach.
• Lead project collaborations with hybrid teams, coaching, teaching, and mentoring to ensure the optimized and seamless realization of creative visions among all contributing parties.
• Be a quick learner of new creative technologies and pioneer their integration into studio pipelines, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented atmosphere.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Direct, Develop, and implement comprehensive video and multimedia brand activation and campaigns, and develop client relationships centering on being a problem-solving partner for clients and their internal teams.
• Track the success of early concepts to test and optimize, iterating and evolving as needed to ensure ongoing internal and external partner successes.
• Act as an external partner to my clients' teams, strategically working with a business solutions mentality while dealing with ambiguity to target a solutions-oriented approach to stakeholder needs.

I create in-depth tutorials about production workflows and best practices while showcasing how to create artwork in Cinema 4d using Redshift, ACES, After Effects and more.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Promoted in 2015 to lead all brand touch-points for Networks, managing a team of 15 and a $10MM budget. Navigate competing priorities for the department while conducting operations in a manner ensuring all work aligned.
• Collaborated across multiple teams including sales, affiliate marketing, programming, and production, to expand opportunities for creation of organic content and sponsorship opportunities.
• Utilize market research and competitive analysis to stay on the cutting edge of industry trends in design and workflow, adapting our end-to-end processes while innovating the creative forward.

San Francisco, California, United States

• Built the Network's creative unit during start-up phase to bring the on-air brand to life within a six-month timeline, from establishing processes and workflows, creating show packaging for 32 live events and 5 studio.
• Managed and coordinated the team of designers and editors to plan, prioritize and implement a high volume of on-air graphics for over 900 live games and 250 studio broadcasts annually.
• Constructed an on-air graphics pipeline to be adaptable and resilient, resulting in a first-of-its-kind remotely delivered graphics department to service the entire live sports portfolio.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Conceptualized and designed motion graphics for video presentations ranging from explainer videos to large-scale conference openers.
• Ensured quality and precision in the designs, and coached animation progress through delivery.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Elevated the art direction, design, and animation for branded materials, revamping the visual identity to bring consistency across all national RSNs and their social channels.
• Co-managed the setup of a national broadcast package system to cohesively integrate independent regions under one tightly branded presence across the entire regional sports group.

• Conceptualized and animated visual concepts for Tier 2 Automotive broadcast commercials, ensuring adherence to strict brand guidelines and strategic targets.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Designed and orchestrated in-arena show graphics for live production during Arizona Coyotes home games across jumbotrons, LED ribbons, peripheral screens, and second screen experiences.

Greater Denver Area

Google Careers Certificate, Project Management

Certificate, Rive Academy, Vol 1

Certificate, Unreal Engine For 3D Artists

Certificate, Fundamentals On Ui Animation

Ba, Visual Communication

Ba, English; Creative Writing