EXPERIENCE
•Zealot Inc
- New York, NY 2020
Design Manager
Design Manager and Senior Graphic Designer at Zealot, an award-winning creative agency specialized in film and TV advertising.
Designed and animated typography, graphics, and branding for film trailers, digital spots, and TV promos for entertainment clients, including; Disney, FX, Universal Pictures, Focus Features, 20th Century Fox, Amazon, Sony Pictures, Sony Television, Netflix, HBO, and Neon.
Collaborated with the VP Creative Director of Digital & Design and the Senior Production Manager to insure Zealot’s Design Team maintained efficient, harmonic, and productive output of creative content.
Implemented Agile methodologies to continuously improve our project lifecycle, focusing on daily touch-points, upstream and downstream feedback to increase throughput and productivity.
•Zealot Inc
- New York, NY 2019-2020
Freelance Senior Designer
Freelance Senior Graphic Designer at Zealot, an award-winning creative agency specialized in film and TV advertising.
Designed and animated typography, graphics, and branding for film trailers, digital spots, and TV promos for entertainment clients, including; Disney, FX, Universal Pictures, Focus Features, 20th Century Fox, Amazon, Sony Pictures, Sony Television, Netflix, HBO, and Neon.
•Giaronomo Productions
- New York, NY 2004-2019
Senior Producer of Motion Graphics
Worked with the Creative Director in the concept and creation of motion graphic designs for feature film trailers; ideation, style frames, production, and iteration of designs for copy, cast, title, and end cards.
Visual effects; rotoscoping, tracking, matting, keying, color correction, and integration of textual elements into original feature footage.
Finishing process; final renders, multi-pass output, keyables, textless, aspect adjustments and outputs for social/digital media.
Social media management; Management of social stream posts.
Technical services; building and managing server and drive racks, workstations, data assets (backup and archive), company-wide local and cloud services (email, web, file share, FTP)
•"Chub" for YBP Productions
- Miami, FL 2014
Worked with film producers to create end title, credit roll graphics.
•"Saint Nick"
- Brooklyn, NY 2014
Freelance Effects Production
Worked with film producer to supply small-budget FX shots.
•MTV Networks Germany
- Munich, Germany 2002-2003
Freelance On-Air Producer
Developed and produced elements used in broadcast promotions and packaging on the MTV network for Germany. Openers, bumpers, tune-ins, flying logos, and slates created for use on-air.
•AWE Productions - Weston, FL 2000-2003
Contract Game Content Producer
Created both 2D and 3D in-game content for multiple national releases in the children’s market.
"Spongebob Squarepants: Employee of the Month” – Produced 2D background paintings to match original TV cartoon series for in-game environments. (Nominated for Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences : 6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards: Family Game of the Year)
•MTV Networks Latin America
- Miami Beach, FL 1999-2001
Freelance On-Air Producer
Developed and produced computer graphic elements used in award-winning broadcast promotions and packaging on the MTV network for Latin America. Helped provide technical direction in production shoots to insure smooth integration with tracking and post-production effects.
•Area 51 : Underground Research Center
- Miami, FL 1995-1997
Brand Owner and Retail Manager
Designed, deployed, and managed local clothing and skate/music lifestyle retail store, concept, and brand. Created guerrilla marketing campaign and viral advertising concepts to propagate brand identity and exposure. Designed and pre-flight of all print ad concepts for run in local free press.
•i-Strain Visuals
- Miami, FL 1994-1997
Live Event Video Animation Producer
Designed and produced animations and video elements for projection at live events and music entertainment venues.
AWARDS
2018 Clio Entertainment Awards : GOLD
Home Entertainment: Audio/Visual
Isle Of Dogs
2018 Golden Trailer Awards : WINNER
Best Animation / Family
Isle Of Dogs
2018 Golden Trailer Awards : WINNER
Best Comedy
Lady Bird
2016 Golden Trailer Award : WINNER
Best Drama
The Martian
2014 Golden Trailer Award : WINNER
Best Graphics in a TV Spot
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2012 Key Art Award : BRONZE
Theatrical Trailer
Moonrise Kingdom
2010 Key Art Award : FIRST PLACE
Theatrical A/V - Drama Trailers Rated R and Above
The Hurt Locker
2010 Key Art Award : FIRST PLACE
Theatrical A/V - Drama TV Spots Rated R and Above
The Hurt Locker
2008 Key Art Award : FIRST PLACE
Drama Trailers
No Country For Old Men