Jules Verardi
Brand Strategy & Motion Design Director
New York, NY, USA
718.702.4233
julesv.com
I’m known for caring about the idea just as much as the look and animation. Coming up with concepts as well as making things look good. Leading, inspiring and helping other creatives grow. Setting up brain storming sessions and sharing work in a group setting. Getting people excited to collaborate. Using more than just a computer to create; more than just the internet to inspire. Taking classes to continue to grow. Living and breathing typography. Believing that it’s not about knowing all the answers but surrounding yourself with the right people. Approaching every challenge in design with the question, “How can I make this exciting?”
Work Experience
Motion Design Director
Over see a wide range of designers and animators while still being hands on in the creating ads for on- air and social.
May 2018
- Present
New York, United States
Freelance
Brand Strategy & Motion Design Director
Working on digital, print and animations for numerous clients from concepting ideas to completion.
Clients include: CBS, Shape Magazine, Pfizer, Garnier, L'Oreal, Maybelline, Essie, Safe Horizon, Cummins and Partners, Reflex group, Work Fusion, Red Marketing, Cherry Lane Theatre and Herrick Feinstein LLP.
Clients include: CBS, Shape Magazine, Pfizer, Garnier, L'Oreal, Maybelline, Essie, Safe Horizon, Cummins and Partners, Reflex group, Work Fusion, Red Marketing, Cherry Lane Theatre and Herrick Feinstein LLP.
May 2006
- Present
New York, United States
COMEDY CENTRAL
Senior Designer & Animator
Leading, creating, animating, art directing and editing graphics for launch campaigns, show opens and mutli media. Directing, coordinating and overseeing shoots.
I was the lead designer and animator on Broad City, Roast of James Franco, Drunk History, and Inside Amy Schumer. I also directed the opens for Todd Barry and Amy Schumer’s stand up specials.
Additional projects I worked on: Rodney Dangerfield, McDonalds, Wii, Scion, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Roast of Larry the Cable Guy, Tosh.0, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Futurama, Rock Band, South Park, Boost Mobile, Buffalo Wild Wings, 30 Rock, Key and Peele, Roast of Sheen, Roast of Donald Trump, Amy Schumer Mostly Sex Stuff, Inside Amy Schumer, Kayak, Kroll Show, Progressive Insurance, The Burn with Jeff Ross, Todd Barry Super Crazy, Wendy's, Workaholics, Drunk History, The Jeselnik Offensive, Roast of James Franco, Posse, Melt Down, Mini Cooper, Jason Nash is Married, Jockey Sport, and Broad City.
I was the lead designer and animator on Broad City, Roast of James Franco, Drunk History, and Inside Amy Schumer. I also directed the opens for Todd Barry and Amy Schumer’s stand up specials.
Additional projects I worked on: Rodney Dangerfield, McDonalds, Wii, Scion, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Roast of Larry the Cable Guy, Tosh.0, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Futurama, Rock Band, South Park, Boost Mobile, Buffalo Wild Wings, 30 Rock, Key and Peele, Roast of Sheen, Roast of Donald Trump, Amy Schumer Mostly Sex Stuff, Inside Amy Schumer, Kayak, Kroll Show, Progressive Insurance, The Burn with Jeff Ross, Todd Barry Super Crazy, Wendy's, Workaholics, Drunk History, The Jeselnik Offensive, Roast of James Franco, Posse, Melt Down, Mini Cooper, Jason Nash is Married, Jockey Sport, and Broad City.
April 2012
- April 2017
New York, United States
Parsons The New School
Animation professor
Teaching sophomore illustration majors how to animate for the first time. Creating a syllabus, inspiring, critiquing and bringing in guest speakers.
January 2015
- May 2015
New York, United States
Education
School Of Visual Arts (SVA)
Continuing Education digital Photography and video production
Digital Photography and video production
2009
- 2009
New York, United States
NYU
Continuing education, Cinema 4D
Cinema 4D
2012
- 2012
New York, United States
Cooper Union
Continuing education, Typography
Typography
2014
- 2014
New York, United States
School Of Visual Arts (SVA)
Continuing Education, Illustration as design
Illustration class
2014
- 2014
New York, New York, United States
School Of Visual Arts (SVA)
Continuing eduction, Silk screen
Silk screening original designs on posters, t-shirts and totes
June 2015
- August 2015
New York, New York, United States
School Of Visual Arts (SVA)
Continuing education, digital photography and color theory
June 2012
- July 2012
United States
Awards
Vox Media
Interview on being an animator
2015
PromaxBDA Awards
Gold and Silver for the Roast of James Franco
2014
Skills
After Effects,
Animation,
Banner Ads,
Branding,
Broadcast Design,
Cinema 4D,
Compositing,
Conceptual Thinking,
Design,
Editing,
Graphic Design,
Illustrator,
Indesign,
Logo Development,
Motion Design,
Motion Graphics ,
Photography,
Photoshop,
Post Production,
Premiere,
Stop Motion,
Storyboarding,
Title Sequences,