Andrea Cingolani

illustrator - 2D Animator - Producer

Barcelona, Spain
Professional Illustrator, Animator and Graphic Designer working as Art Director and Producer for the last 7 years. I have 11 years of experience in the animation and illustration fields, working in publishing and TV for all kinds of clients worldwide. You can contact me for illustration, production, storyboarding, 2D digital animation, design and concept work.

Tools of choice:
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe InDesign

* Plus
- UE citizen
- Professional English and Spanish skills

Work Experience

Revolution Productions

Art Director and Head of Production

Art director and producer, in charge of the agency’s full production process.

My tasks include creating concept designs and overseeing the quality of the scripts, voice overs, storyboards and animation, as well as supervising and approving all creative materials before final delivery to clients, ensuring the high quality of the videos and digital content produced.
Coordination of international freelance team.
Responsible for creating and organizing internal budgets and resources for overall production.
Complete project management, including communications and workflow, to facilitate the creation of animated videos (cartoon, motion graphic, whiteboard explainers) and digital content.

Our clients:
Coca-Cola
John Deere
ASUS
Boehringer-Ingelheim
The World Bank
Home Depot
Kimberly Clark
CAT
Lexis Nexis
Healthfirst
ITRON
Schneider Electric
Golub Capital
AGCO Fuse
Wilsonart
Nucap I Strips
Transport Canada
DJJ
April 2011 - Present Germany

Explayn

Animation Director

Explainer short films and digital content at Explayn boutique agency.
My tasks as Animation Director included creating and supervising character animations, edits and general flow of the videos I created motion graphics and videos in whiteboard and cartoon style. As a creative and main part on the in-house team, I managed client communication hand in hand with the Agency's founder.
June 2012 - December 2015 Buenos Aires, Argentina

SteinBranding - Laboratoon

Jr. Art Director

Since 2007 I´ve worked at STB (SteinBranding) / Laboratoon studio. Through them I´ve worked for:

-Discovery Kids Latin America / Discovery Kids en Español -USA network division for Spanish speakers living in America
(main animation / storyboarding/ edition/ secondary character design for: ¨ Doki and friends¨, brand character)

-Nickelodeon India
(branding animation for the new Indian division)

-TV Pública / channel 7 Argentina
(storyboarding and animation for the educational cartoon: Magruyo & Sifón)

-Paka Paka Channel
(concepts, IDs and bumps in/out for new 2010 branding)

-Fox Sports HD Latin America
(rearranging for new HD channel)

-YPF intra channel
(IDs for the national oil company internal channel)

-Dog and Bone©
(animation / storyboarding - HD cartoon created by ©Laboratoon )

-Doki Theatre
(backgrounds for animated inserts for live action show)
July 2007 - April 2011 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Kiboomu Kids Songs

Animator

Art direction and animation of videos for toddlers and preschoolers.
October 2014 - January 2015 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Mr G Songs

Animator

Animation for the two latest videos of a leading figure in the children’s music world:
Mister G (Ben Gundersheimer). A former indie rocker who was awarded the first songwriting scholarship in the history of Berklee College of Music.
Spanning genres from surf rock and bluegrass, to funk and world music, the ten original songs on The Bossy E are a celebration of language, learning and creativity.
¨Cocodrilo¨ and ¨The bossy E¨ videos were designed by Leo Antolini, and animated by Andrea Cingolani.
September 2013 - February 2014 Massachusetts, United States

Norma Editorial

Freelance illustrator

June 2014 - January 2015 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Salim Ediciones

Illustrator

Illustrations for the cover and the entire book ¨The Emperor´s New Clothes¨,
by Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Alicia Barberis.
For the book collection ¨Pantuflas Cursiva¨, publishing house: Salim ediciones.

ISBN: 9789871998319
October 2013 - November 2013 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Tinta Fresca

Freelance illustrator

-2012: Illustrations for: ¨Dame la palabra 1, 2 & 3¨, ¨Prácticas del Lenguaje¨ 4º & 6º
¨Abracadabra 1-2-3¨ , ¨Aprendo Matemáticas 1 - 2¨ - elementary school.
-2013: Illustrations for: ¨Dame la palabra 4 & 5¨ and ¨Aprendo Matemáticas¨ from 4º to 7º - elementary school.
September 2011 - August 2014 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Editorial Estación Mandioca

Freelance Illustrator

June 2011 - October 2013 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Studio Grandioso!

Freelance illustartor

Illustrations for a children choir CD booklet (insides and cover).
March 2012 - June 2012 Jerusalem, Israel

McFly Studio

Freelance animator

Animations for children´s book apps for ipads.
May 2011 - February 2012 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Education

Nueva Escuela De Diseño Y Comunicación

Graphic Designer

March 2001 - December 2003 Buenos Aires, Argentina

I.D.A.C. (Instituto De Arte Cinematográfico)

Animation Director

March 2001 - December 2003 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Languages

English (Fluent),
Spanish (Native),
Italian (Conversational),

Skills

Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop,