RESUME
2D animation professional with over a decade of experience in children’s entertainment.
Including work in preschool series, commercials, online campaigns and interactive content.
• Delivered commercial projects ahead of time as Lead Animator.
• Managed and trained a small team to complete interactive media for Noggin’s preschool app.
• Pitched ideas, created animatics and finalize animations for Nickelodeon’s official website.
• Accomplished tasks effectively on multiple cartoon series, individually or with a team.
EDUCATION
School of Visual Arts
September 2001 – May 2005, NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Traditional Animation
SOFTWARES
Proficient:
Adobe Animate
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Character Animator
Photoshop.
Familiar:
Adobe Premiere
ToonBoom Harmony
Maya
Proficient:
Adobe Animate
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Character Animator
Photoshop.
Familiar:
Adobe Premiere
ToonBoom Harmony
Maya
EXPERIENCE
Jonas & Co / Character Animator
April 2023 – November 2023, CA
Face’s Summer Beach Party and Holiday Countdown – After Effects animator for Face’s summer and Christmas special.
• Responsible for character animations (main and secondary) and motion graphics.
• Created animations and compositions of characters’ dance sequences during musical scenes.
• Animated Baby Shark’s character and all elements for “Deck The Halls” music video.
Conservation Lands Foundation – Character animator for new public lands campaigns, Spring and Fall promos.
• Charged with giving personality and life to the main spokesperson of the campaign, Pebble.
• Delivered 2 thirty seconds and 2 one minute spots of finalized animations in three weeks for the Spring season.
• Finished 4 thirty seconds spots for the Fall campaign in 6 days.
March 2022 – November 2022, CA
Face’s Music Party – After Effects animator for new interactive live-action/animated music variety show, airing on Nickelodeon.
• Produced three full episodes individually and six episodes with a team.
• Finalized character animations, motion graphics and FX.
• Provided feedback related to animation and composition to improve the show’s appearance.
Late Night Cartoons, Inc. / Drawn and Performance Animator
June 2021 – March 2022, NY
Fairview– Digital Animator for new adult animated series on Comedy Central.
• Delivered layouts and compositions
• Animated secondary characters and background elements.
• Maintained final looks of the show.
Washingtonia – Drawn Animator for new animated feature film for CBS Studios.
• Created assets and drew animations for main and secondary characters in timely fashion.
• Delivered compositions and scene animations (characters, background elements) during tight deadlines.
Nickelodeon / Character Animator, Rigger
February 2021 -October 2021, NY
Baby Shark Big Show – 2D Character Animator for Baby Shark’s Launch Music Video and Curriculum Billboard.
• Established dance sequence animation using reference video.
• Recreated and maintained animation style from the original show.
Nick Jr. Summer Promos 2021 – 2D Flash Animator for multiple promos.
• Contributed with 2D characters and background animations consistent with previous styles.
• Successfully tracked 2D animations to live action footage.
Baby Shark Rigs – Animation and Rigging Baby Shark and William puppets.
• Generated over 60 animation assets for each character in Adobe Animate.
• Effectively rigged two puppets by organizing and exporting assets using Photoshop and Adobe Character Animator.
Nick Jr. / 2D Animator
May 2020 – June 2020, NY
Nick Summer Promos 2020 – Toon Boom Harmony Animator for mutliple summer promos.
Animating 2D elements on live action footage using Toon Boom Harmony.
• Animated and rotoscoped 2D elements over live action footage.
• Created hand drawn animations for four promos with high-quality results.
Late Night Cartoons, Inc / Drawn and Performance Animator
May 2018 – November 2020, NY
Our Cartoon President – Drawn Animator and Character Performer for animated comedy series on Showtime.
• Season 1 – Animated characters using new software, speeding up the production of episodes.
• Season 2 and 3 – Efficiently drew assets and characters for new animation process.
Nickelodeon / Animator
December 2019 – November 2020, NY
Lincoln and Ronnie Anne’s Vlogs – Animator for five Youtube episodes using Adobe Character Animator.
• Delivered character animations in less than a week for each episode.
• Provided extra clips and ID bumpers while working on multiple projects.
Houses in Motion / Character Animator
December 2018, NY
Science Rap – 2D animator for mixed-media music video that explains how lighting and thunder are created.
• Rigged illustrated characters to be animated in After Effects.
• Supplied character and dance animations in a timely manner.
Nickelodeon / Lead Animator
April 2016 – May 2018, NY
Play Along Videos – Worked on three interactive videos for the Noggin App.
• Designed character animations, game elements and effects for Moose and Zee and Team Umizoomi.
• Optimized edits and graphic assets for the programming department.
• 3D animator for Wallykazam, completed character animations and background elements while learning 3D software.
Nickelodeon / 2D Animator
January 2014 – February 2016, NY
Do Not Touch and Alpha Buttons – Animated content for Nickelodeon’s official websites.
• Pitched, storyboarded, designed and animated over 80 original animations for Do Not Touch Buttons, Nickelodeon.
• Published over 90 alphabet based animations for Alpha Buttons, Nick Jr.
Huge Inc. / Character Animator
April 2014 – August 2014, NY
The Cap’n Crunch Show – Animated all characters for new series campaign in After Effects.
Aardman Nathan Love / Lead Animator
April 2014, NY
Ubera – Animated a health supplement commercial.
• Created layouts and character rigs in Adobe Animate
• Rendered final animations ahead of schedule.
American Express – Character animator for commercial pitch.
Sockeye Media / 2D Animator
March 2014 – June 2014, NY
Three Little Kittens and Elves in Santa’s Workshop – 2D animator for nursery rhymes music videos.
• Completed projects independently.
• Animated characters, background elements and composited final deliveries.
Gillette / Animator
February 2014, NY
Gillette Razors – Lead animator for a 30 seconds online commercial, animated all elements in After Effects.
Curious Pictures / Digital Animator
August 2009 – December 2013, NY
Team Umizoomi – Digital Animator on preschool show for season 2 and 3.
• Animated characters, background elements, FX and composited final deliveries.
Larry and his Band / Animator
August 2012 – October 2012, NY
Team Toon – Flash animator for a hybrid live action/animated show.
• Combined hand drawn animations over live footage (characters and props).
Animation Collective / Character Animator
December 2010 – March 2011, NY
Jolly Rabbit – Character animator for new series in Adobe Flash.
World Leaders Entertainment/ Animator
February 2009, NY
Eat Play Burn – Character Animator for commercial that encourages healthy habits.
Nickelodeon / Digital Animator
March 2008 – January 2009, NY
Team Umizoomi – Season 1. Digital colorist and assets shader for After Effects characters.
Little Airplane Productions / Animator
November 2007 – March 2008, NY
Wonder Pets – Character animator for the 3rd season of the show.
Third and Bird – Animation revisionist for characters and background elements.
Animation Collective / Animator
July 2005 – July 2007, NY
Kappa Mikey – Layout artist and character animator for Mikey.