Michael Carangelo Email & Phone Number

Stamford, Ct

Design and create original, narrative, graphic animations to supplement and support on-air programing including Sunday Night Football (top rated primetime show last 8 years), Super Bowl LII, Thursday Night Football, NASCAR, Kentucky Derby, Tour de France and the NHL. Create original animations to supplement Digital Group for social media campaigns.• Promoted to Sunday Night Football Visual team. Tasked with creating the most creative and original, narrative animations under tight deadlines. • Combining 2d and 3d animation to successfully tell the story within the statistics to engage and entertain viewers.• Created Bus wrap for Sunday Night Football Social Media Bus that travels the country stopping at each host city for fan selfies and has players of the week and score updates.

Greater New York City Area

Created, managed, and maintained motion graphics templates for over 60 professional and collegiate sports teams and sponsors. Generated and produced original sponsor graphics that simultaneously aligned with brand aesthetics. Customized original designs to a wide variety of display dimensions, some among the largest in the U.S. for arenas, stadiums, malls and transportation hubs. Coordinated with clients and creative director to facilitated seasonal strategies. Previous clients include the Cleveland Cavaliers, Indiana Pacers, Seattle Mariners, and Penn State University. • Met with clients to establish direction in the creation of new, original design templates.• Mentored designers on the utilization of fore mentioned templates and other design techniques.• Created unique, seasonal designs for each team and sponsor that aligned with their unique brand and customized to each venue.

Bristol Ct/ Austin Tx/ Portland Or

Creative Director for ESPN International Promotions at Anderson Productions. Led and mentored team of designers in the development of promotional campaigns for major sports franchises including the NFL, NBA, and MLB for ESPN. Created Show Packages, Interstitials, Presentations, Up-fronts, Logos and Feature support Animations. Collaborated closely with clientele on initiated concepts, direction, budgets, and timetables. Acted as communication liaison between key stakeholders, producers, and editors to create a quality end product with a streamlined and cohesive vision. • Lead creative direction in the production of ESPN international Promotions, ensuring all branding and strategy goals were met. • Developed brand awareness, trust, and credibility of major franchises (ESPN, NFL, MLB, NBA, ATP) for ESPN and affiliated networks throughout the world including Australian, South and Central American Markets.• Significantly grew client base, developed and expanded the creative department. • Created After Effects templates used by ESPN and affiliated international networks.• Recognized with numerous awards for excellence.

Directed and motivated teams of 30+ designers and animators in both 2D and 3D animation and background painting for interactive, educational games for Jump Start and Knowledge Adventure. Pioneered and managed ‘Toonboom’ 2D animation department. Oversaw teams of artists through the full development process of large scale projects from conception to fruition. Developed the style, model, texture, and setup of 3D characters, props and environments. Acted as lead editor of 2 – 45 minute animated children’s sing-along videos for ‘Jumpstart’ brand. Key Accomplishments:• Pioneered and managed the 3D department, which resulted in an expansion of the company’s scope and capability.• Successfully navigated licensing with Universal Pictures, Warner Brothers, and Fischer Price, creatively producing new and relevant products while still maintaining the companies’ established aesthetic. • Established a production pipeline for traditional 2D animation to a SGI based ‘Toonboom’ system.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Graphics/ Marine Sciences

Certification, Advertising Design And 3D Animation

School of Communication Arts, Raliegh NC