Jerry Nelson Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il

Freelance motion design, animation, storyboards, and editorial services forpost-production and digital agencies such as: Optimus, Utopic, Digitas, Matter/Edelman, Big Teeth Productions, Two By Four, Targetcom, No Limits Multimedia,Snyder Pickerill Media Group, and TouchVision/ Weigel. Working with brands such as: Miller, Sprint, McDonald's, Snap-on, GM, Nissan, Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Fruit of The Loom, Feeding America, Iris Mobile, Contours, RedBull, and Oreo. I've worked on broadcast, explainers, pre-roll, digital sign,trade-show, corporate and independent films.

Greater Chicago Area

Animated, designed and edited various video content projects such as commercials, cinema pre-roll, digital signage,banner ads, explainer videos, sizzle reels, and award submissions for a roster of agency clients.• Instructed interns on After Effects, Final Cut Pro and Photoshop workflows for the development of awardsubmissions and case studies.• Led small teams of animators to collaborate on large scale advertising campaigns.Clients include Nintendo, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Oracle, FEMA, Phillip Morris, Miller, Hallmark, Maytag, Whirlpool,United Airlines, Earthhour, Walgreens, Peace First, Raytheon and many more.

Animated, designed and edited various video content projects such as commercials, cinema pre-roll, digital signage,banner ads, sizzle reels, and award submissions for a roster of agency clients. Presented storyboards and videosto clients, supervising vfx video shoots and determining if materials complied with client specifications and brandstandards.• Conceptualized, stylized, and designed pitches with a team to land blue-chip client including Blackberry, Oracleand Coca-Cola.• Led client interfacing edit sessions for video projects that resulted in a faster review process.Clients include GM, Army, Disney, Kellog’s, Oracle, FEMA, Symantec, P&G, Purina, Hallmark, Maytag, Whirlpool, UnitedAirlines, Blackberry, Earthhour, Walgreens, Peace First, Raytheon and many more.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Designed brochures, flyers, production stills for event advertisement. Worked on projects with Jenny Craig, H2O, and American Cancer Society.

Northbrook, Illinois, United States

Produced photography and storyboard illustrations for court presentations. Conceptualized and visually interpreted legal cases such as Searl vs. Merck and various United Airlines cases. Put together interactive .pdf presentations.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Illustration, Photography

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Multimedia

Activities and Societies: Surfing

Sequential Art Penciling

I'm taking a few online classes to plus up my traditional skills. Intro to Comic Art and Perspective and Environments.