While performing as Animation Director for Viacom (Now Paramount) Creative&Stategy;, my day-to-day responsibilities were the following:
Formulating procedures for storyboard composition, action creation, and storytelling protocols to deliver various projects under scheduled deadlines; ensuring compliance with account branding standards, while practicing original concepts to execution of creative process; rationalizing character and prop design assets through close collaboration with producers to increase productivity.
My signature achievements were the following:
• Honored with two awards for "Best in Show"; first time in the entire history of department.
• Created content by directing team of designers, writers, and producers to create unique branded content that increase the involvement of stakeholders and target audience.
Art Director
PanaSea Aquaculture
December 2022 - January 2023
United States · Remote
Responsible for creating creative briefs and storyboard for animated content for the company’s social media.
• Created compelling character design and provided expertise on animation pipeline, including direction on voice over and sound design.
• Used my animation and editing knowledge to efficiently
create videos to appeal to a wider demographic.
Art Director
Jetson
August 2022 - December 2022
Worked closely with the Senior Manager of Content Strategy, Copywriter, and Director of Product Marketing to produce clear and innovative ideas and concepts for product launches and campaigns, providing my expertise on content and videos creation to bring a unique look to the brand.
Directed photo, video, and campaign shoots and delivered all 2022 assets to sale team for A+ content.
Provided art direction to photographers, stylists, designers, set designers, directors, video editors, retouchers, and other third-party partners.
In charge of a team of designers; guiding their creative workflow and offering constructive feedback.
Worked on developing and refining brand and photography and video guidelines for both internal and external purposes by creating clear and compelling Keynote/PP presentations.
2d character animator
Hey Beautiful Jerk
September 2021 - November 2021
New York, NY
Animator on the music video created for Ozzy Osbourne. In charge of animating scenes/characters based on photoshop files of the compositions. Worked on line animation, shading, and highlight. Worked under a tight deadline with efficiency and provided assets to the team ready for final editing.
Recurring Freelance work with the company on diverse projects. Notably creating animation, 2D illustrated assed for the Gamecompany Zyngha.
Animation Director - Animator
Click3X
April 2012 - September 2016
New York
Performed as an content Director, responsibilities were:
guiding and leading teams on set with a focus on achieving artistic/aesthetic goals and timelines; designing and developing visual models, 3D models, animation, storyboards, and visual effects; conducting research to present exceptional pieces of art and creativity for inspiring team; delivering proactive services as an animator in production of neoteric and award-winning animated documentary; creating striking content for Esthee Lauder campaign in order to raise breast cancer awareness; administering stop motion video formation, while using flowers and objects to create frames for facilitating post-production team.
Some of my key accomplishments associated with this job role include:
• Leveraged exceptional animation skills to produce preeminent animated documentary and won awards at Washington DC independent film festival and Doc Miami international festival for producing.
• Attained strong social media response by leveraging expert-level skills and producing top-notch creative content.
• Promoted to director position from internee for manifesting high-level professional and creative skills.
Art Director
Faceless Neil Production
December 2012 - December 2013
Jersey City, NJ
Served as Art Director/Director and was the sole animator in the team. During this tenure, was accountable for:
managing and directing whole project from scratch to hatch, including selecting location, designing set and choosing set designers, opting producers and animators, and scrutinizing every arrangement from puppet designer to post-production.
Major contributions include:
• Produced masterpiece of stop motion animated short film project and distributed on Amazon Prime.
• Raised successfully fundings for the film and increased fanbase via social media marketing.
• Accomplished feature screenplay and short film with high degree of Stop Motion animation under limited resources.
Art director
Signe Baumane
September 2010 - August 2011
Freelance with the animator Signe Baumane, working on an independent feature length animation film. In charge of website, coloring, editing and various tasks.
