Nathan Dodge

Work History

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  Creative Art Director

  Framework

  August 2015 - October 2019

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Creative/Art Direction on digital, broadcast, and social campaigns including ideation and content pitches to clients.
  Design and brand direction for show graphic packages on major networks like NBC, FOX, Netflix, and ABC.
  Ideation and content creation for digital platforms and social.
  Marketing for feature film studios Fox, Disney, Warner Bros. Universal.
  Train and assemble artists for production and roll out of hundreds of content pieces.
  
  VFX Supervisor
  Supervision on cross-country shoots involving green screen interactions, digital post effects, and environments.
  VFX Lead on Panasonic HDR TV showcase piece. Japanese translation and client side collaboration with VFX team in Tokyo, Japan
  
  3D Design
  Title Creation and Animation in After Effects and Cinema 4D and Octane.
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  Creative Director

  Spike TV

  April 2016 - August 2016

  Los Angeles, California

  Concept and pitches for show packages including shoots, creative direction, motion graphics and compositing for Guys Choice Awards 2015 and 2016.
  Concept and pitch for live action shoot of Lip Sync Battle Season 3 - Trailer. Directing over 10 weeks for individual talent in shoot and external creative lead for storyboard pitch to finished delivery.
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  Illustrator

  ARSONAL DESIGN

  July 2015 - September 2015

  Culver City

  Concept and Illustration for poster design and social media.
  3D renders for poster design assets.
  Netflix banner design.
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  Motion Designer

  BLT Communications, LLC

  June 2015 - July 2015

  Hollywood

  Digital concept and motion graphics for Amazon Prime Originals and Hulu.
  Pitching concepts for motion posters and design for feature films.
  VFX Design and Compositing - Man in the High Castle

• Film Editor

  Happy Sisyphus Productions

  February 2015 - June 2015

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Feature Length Film - Surviving Confession
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  Motion Designer

  Allucinari

  May 2015 - May 2015

  Motion design and compositing for large scale backdrops for musical performances including CMT and Mariah Carey using After Effects, Red Giant, and Element 3D.

• VFX Supervisor

  Happy Sisyphus Productions

  February 2015 - May 2015

  Overseeing set extensions and further visual effects needs during the production process.
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  Freelance Motion Graphic Designer

  Simplifilm

  January 2015 - April 2015

  Design and production of story driven motion graphics in After Effects and Cinema 4D for promotion of services and people including Fortune 500 companies.
  Edit and Sound Design for short form digital content.
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  Creative 3D Designer

  THE FIRM l EVENT DESIGN PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

  November 2012 - April 2015

  Greater Los Angeles Area

  Innovative 3D Visualizations for immersive blockbuster events in Cinema 4D, Maya and SketchUp.
  Design for motion graphics and print for live events like X-Men Days of Future Past and other Warner Bros and Fox feature films.
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  Creative Director

  Infinity Marketing Team, Inc.

  June 2012 - April 2015

  Hollywood

  Key development for Microsoft creative with digital and print media in conjunction with worldwide event and branding.
  Project Management and Design for branding of Microsoft IT Pro, DevOps, and other Fortune 500 companies.
  Development and creation of social media and web related campaigns.
  Immersive event ideation and creation.
  3D Rendering, Modeling, Lighting, Textures
  Custom Fabrication Design and Layout

• Video Editor and Motion Graphics

  Target Marketing

  April 2012 - February 2015

  New York

  Motion Graphics and Animation on 20+ Fortune 500 Speakers and Influencers
  Concept and creation of graphics packages.
  Video Editing and shoot consulting
  Consulting for shoots and workflow.
  Editorial for several high selling book authors seeking further multimedia outlets.
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  Story Artist / Lead Animator

  GrapeCity, Inc.

  September 2007 - January 2012

  Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

  Series creation and producing for 2D animated series for GrapeSEED DVDs that have been sold internationally to enhance children's early education and English as a Second Language.
  Series development included Character and Story development, multiple style guides based around the many diverse animation styles, production management, schedule management, audio direction, delivery and quality control.
  
  Character Animation was achieved through a combination of traditional cell animation as well as After Effects compositing and rigging. Early character rigging was one of the major achievements with these projects. Automation of base color from hand drawn stills was another massive achievement on the Coco character base which required an authentic hand drawn look from the creator of the character.
  
  Character Creation for Mr. Lineman was an amazing collaboration with fellow artist Luke Swan at the studio where we formed an entire series based around a wacky character. Several years of work went into building and rebuilding the character as we were developing still while in production on several episodes. Compositing and Color Keying were integral for this process which combined green screen shoot footage with hand drawn animation. After updating to Flipbook cell animation software became more streamlined along with the use of Cintiqs.
  
  Each animation began with storyboard process that would be directed by myself or Luke as we divided the work between the two of us to keep the action fresh and lively. After boarding the animatics that I created would have sound design added and I worked with international musicians to bring the full mix together. At completion of the project I would create the final composite and add any effects needed via After Effects.
  
  Additional series were created based on Broose Johnson's character designs, The Meysen Kids, were also animated in traditional style.
  

• Illustrator

  Fables for Japan

  April 2011 - October 2011

  Various

  Illustration of a short story titled Monkey and Wolf. It shows how two different views can be seen in every situation. The style of the work is enjoyable cartoon like friendly characters.
  
  https://www.fables4japan.com/2011/07/meet-contributors-nathanael-dodge.html
  
  After the March 11 quake in Miyagi Japan the country was hit by devastating tsunamis, Through a variety of tweets a community was born and the Fables for Japan was birthed. Several short stories written and illustrated by amazing artists.

• Director

  OnegaiLIVE

  October 2007 - December 2010

  Sendai Japan

  Producer and Director of online travel tours, OnegaiLIVE
  Editing, motion graphics, and website creation for OnegaiLive.
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  3D Artist

  Creative Circle

  November 2006 - January 2009

  Greater New York City Area

  3D Artist in Maya for Visualization and Modeling
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  Camera Assistant

  Hiccup NY - DRUM

  July 2007 - August 2007

  Greater New York City Area

  Camera assistant on commercial shoots.
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  Production Assistant

  Hungry Man

  November 2006 - July 2007

  Greater New York City Area

  Production Assistant and Camera Assistant on commercial productions for multiple directors.
  Editorial for sizzle reels.
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  Freelance Artist

  Hiccup NY - DRUM

  January 2007 - June 2007

  Greater New York City Area

  3D Artist, motion graphics, and animator in Cinema 4D for commercial production.
  2D Animator on shorts for digital and MTV.