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United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

Department Manager and Lead Design CreativeRecent campaigns include Taylor Swift “Folklore” doc on Apple +, Happiest Season on Hulu, Little Women, Disney + Stargirl, Netflix Marriage Story, Will and Grace Final Episode, La La Land, Green Book Oscar campaign, The Report, graphic Teasers for Starz network's Hightown and Wrong Man S2, Hulu The Great, Netflix Jingle Jangle, Sony broken Hearts Gallery, Disney Maleficent, Men In Black International, and Aladdin TV and digital campaigns.Golden Trailer win 2018 for Best Motion/Title Graphics for The Spy Who Dumped Me "Bond" teaser. Nominated for 2019 Golden Trailer Awards Proud Mary main title, Long Shots trailer and Fantastic Beasts in store.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Clients include Pepsi, Disney Feature Animation, Annenberg Space for Photography, Doc Life Films and Theodora Oringher Law Firm.• Strategic planning• Identity design• Live event interactive installations• Poster Design• Main titles• On-air branding and promo• Social media including Facebook, Snapchat, Youtube and Instagram• Mobile content

Burbank

Ran department. Lead strategy, design and execution of motion graphic content for theatrical trailers, television spots, social media, bonus content, living one sheets, social media and live events. Campaigns included Dreamworks Animation's theatrical, TV and digital campaigns for Home, How To Train Your Dragon 2, Trolls, Kung Foo PandaHome, Alvin and the Chipmunks, , Hotel Transylvania, Disney Alice in Wonderland 2, Disney Nature's Monkey Kingdom & Born in China, Disney Channel Prankstars, Dreamwork's Hundred foot Journey, Fox's Kingsmen, Hitman, Ice Age on Ice, BraveBeginnings.org campaign, Mothers Day TV, Barbershop Content, Angry Birds TV, Mr. Holmes, Robocop Featurettes, HBO's Michael Lombardo HRC Visibility Award Tribute Reel, Taken 3 DVD Bonus Content. AECOM Keynote presentation Sizzles and live event graphics on 50 x 10'​ 4K screen. MPAA "How Much?"​ digital campaign.• The Bridge Season 1 Featurette (Key Art Gold)

Lead department and creative directed designers and animators producing motion graphics for every division of leading entertainment marketing firm including theatrical trailers, TV spots, online content, special events, living one sheets, live events, mobile content, enhanced media and digital junkets. • Creative liaison between CDs, editors, writers, producers and motion graphic designers.• Authored creative strategies, conceptual development and style frames. Art directed 2D, and 3D animators as well as designing and animation many v1s myself.• Clients included studios, filmmakers and television networks• Mentored designers of all levels

Creative lead and manager of motion graphic design department serving theatrical, broadcast, content, living one sheet, junket and game divisions for leading Hollywood entertainment marketing firm. Management responsibilities included recruiting, mentoring, training, systems, software acquisition, creative development, hands on animation, art direction and supervision of a team of up to eight designers. Film clients included Walt Disney Feature Animation, Disney • Pixar, Fox Searchlight, 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Sony and Summit Entertainment.

Burbank

Ran the motion graphics design department for a leading entertainment marketing firm supporting teams creating integrated marketing campaigns including teasers, trailers for theatrical and online as well as television spots. Worked on Disney•Pixar and Disney Feature Animation releases including Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo and The Incredibles. Also created award winning campaigns for Fox Searchlight properties including Thank You for Smoking and Little Miss Sunshine. During my tenure, department billings more than tripled.

Culver City, Ca

Creative directed integrated marketing campaigns for television networks around the globe including on-air image campaigns, show opens, promo tool kits, print, outdoor and web design templates, style guides and on-the ground consultation. Live action directed station ID talent shoots. Also consulted with high tech startups.Clients included CBS, ABC, TNT, TLC, Antenna 3 (Spain), Sky News (UK), Nova (Czech Republic), TRT (Turkey), eKids (tech startup), Venice Family Clinic.Spotlight: rebranded TRT in Turkey (six different public television channels). The project encompassed print, online, and broadcast image spots as well as show opens, network IDs, a comprehensive toolkit and providing on the ground consultaion to production teams.

Culver City

Based on the success of my work at the DI Group in Boston, Billy Pittard hired me to join the growing broadcast design department at Pittard Sullivan. I worked on the network rebrands for TLC and adapted the look of the ABC on-air redesign for the local affiliate markets. I created the TNT Motorsports main title and promo package. The majority of my tenure was spent redesigning the on-air look of international networks as diverse as Nova (Czech Republic), Antennae 3 (Spain) and Sky News (London). One highlight of this period was being a part of the team that rebranded gaming leader Electronic Arts where I updated the EA logo. Another highlight was directing a series of 15 Antenna 3 network talent IDs where I spent three weeks in Madrid shooting on a 50,000square foot green screen stage. My work won several BDA gold and bronze awards.

Greater Boston Area

After returning to school to earn an MFA in graphic design at RISD, I was hired by the broadcast design team to work on accounts with Discovery Channel, Learning Channel, USA Network, Showtime, Cartoon Network as well as syndicated news packages for affiliates across north America.A highlight was helping The Discovery Channel create and launch on-air identities and show opens for their new sub-brands.Lectured at AIGA Washington on our Discovery Channel rebrand design process.Network brand identities, promo packages and main titles.

Mfa, Graphic Design, Magna Cum Laude

The Marketing Seminar, Marketing

Bfa, Major: Fine Art, Art History Minor: Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude

School Of Motion, Masterclass, Thefutur, Vfxphd, Lynda.Com, Greyscalegorilla

Magna Cum Laude

Career Discovery In Architecture Program