Michael Boothby Email & Phone Number

Burbank, CA, US

Burbank, California, United States

• Designed graphics and media utilized in television productions; viewed by millions of people.
• Composited and retouched digital images to create concept art for development pitches.
• Illustrated storyboard panels to envision key moments in how games and challenges play out in reality competition television shows.
• Brought presentations to life with custom built motion graphics and animation
• Optimized digital files in preparation for printing or digital presentation.
• Often handled multiple projects while adapting to changing priorities and finishing within established tight deadlines.

• Devised all visual elements (symbols, layout, Pantone colors, typography) for over 50 printed banners (in 8 seasons) while maintaining the brand’s graphic aesthetic and quality.
• Disassembled and streamlined digital files in multiple formats for commercial printing.
• Conceptually designed the primary set of the show (Tribal Council) for 4 seasons, utilizing Sketchup and Photoshop.

Seasons 21-46

• Illustrated almost 300 concept designs for challenge games over 35 seasons, 9 of them out on location in Central America, Africa, Asia and islands in the South Pacific.
• Creatively explored challenges and creative show twists with pre-production team for 26 seasons.
• Served as interim department coordinator for several years, organizing prospective resumes, coordinating schedules, maintaining databases & spreadsheets and running creative development meetings.

• Helped to develop the show’s brand aesthetic from scratch through design of on-camera documents both physical and digital.
• Customized a wide range of high-quality media for the show, including maps, diagrams, instructional schematics, motion graphics and conceptual designs.
• Created motion graphics in Adobe After Effects for use on background monitors.

Burbank Ca

• Crafted 20+ multimedia slideshows with creative designs to pitch show concepts internally to company executives and externally to potential vendors by utilizing Keynote and InDesign.
• Efficiently sourced images for presentations and graphics from existing image libraries and the internet, or if none existed, digitally manipulated multiple images to form a composite.
• Simplified and translated complex ideas into easy-to-digest visual forms.
• Used data visualization and storytelling techniques to pitch shows to other 3rd parties.
• Collaborated with team to develop show formats and segment concepts.
• Maintained extensive catalog of the different presentation evolutions and changes.

Van Nuys, CA

• Illustrated and animated “weather forecast” motion graphics mimicking contemporary weather report data and displays utilizing Flash animations and Adobe After Effects, featured prominently in every episode.
• Designed graphics for on-screen props and post production.

Seasons 1-3

• Illustrated over 60 contestant caricatures featured heavily in show’s advertising, opening credits and set dressing.
• Designed team logos for use in flags, banners and additional set dressing.
• Created motion graphics and 2D animations during post-production

• Designed and illustrated "contestant maps" for every episode, to assist the competitors reach show obstacles

Burbank, California, United States

• Illustrated and designed digital animation assets (props/characters/backgrounds)
• Created and maintained asset library
• Created animatics for flash cartoon episodes as well as stop-motion commercials and online marketing videos

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Radio, Television, And Digital Communication

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Radio, Television, And Digital Communication