Justin C Gordon
Design+Motion+Words
Austin, TX, USAI supply creative solutions to my clients web, print, event, and video needs. In addition, I am a published fiction writer, screenwriter, animator, editor, and illustrator.
Work Experience
Sparklecreative
Freelance Motion graphics and Art Direction
Create vector graphics, research content, write scripts using the documentary format, generate shot list, develop storyboards, and provide animatic motion graphics for five 60-90 second videos. Edit and matched licensed audio. Exported to multiple formats. Provide UX mockups, strategy, and comps for client's websites. Create websites and provide SEO.
March 2012
- Present
Austin, Texas, United States
Cisco Systems
Freelance Senior Graphic and Motion Designer
Contractor hired to provide graphic design, illustration, iconography, UX/UI design, web and app ready graphics, motion graphics, video editing, and video compression formats for Cisco’s Services Technology Incubation Center’s internet, conferences, video, email- blasts, printed collateral, infographics, and banner ads.
March 2012
- September 2012
Austin, Texas, United States
Luminex
Freelance Motion Graphic Designer, Art direction, video editor
Contractor hired to create training videos from Instructional Designers scripts through preproduction, production, and post. Designed storyboards, graphics, and icons using brand standards, colors, fonts, and logos. Setup lights, cameras, and sound equipment on location. Shot with a three HD camera setup using fluorescent and LED light kits. Ingested and organized footage from P2 and AVCHD cards. Built rough cuts in Premiere. Captured additional voiceover narration in Audition. Combined footage, text, graphics, and audio in After Effects. Created vector artwork in Illustrator. Converted these into shape layers and 3d objects for animation. Compiled feedback for review. Backed up projects and assets to storage.
November 2011
- March 2012
Austin, Texas, United States
Factpile
Freelance Animator, motion graphics artist, and art director
Factpile.com needed a youtube channel for their weekly battles. Paul is "The Admin" who MC's the show on video and sends me the footage. I create original illustrations and graphic elements, provide motion graphics, find clips to accent his monologue, edit these, and export in HD for his review. The goal is to reach 100k subscribers by the end of the year. Software used: CS6 suite including photoshop, premiere, after effects, illustrator, audition, and Scrivener's screenwriting software. I also manage music rights and am in search of new bands to showcase.
March 2012
- July 2012
Austin, Texas, United States
Patient Conversation Media
Art Director
Design web, print, mobile, video, animation, and social media projects. Develop UX/UI from discovery, through mood boards, wire-frames, comps, revision, to implementation before QA testing, and final release. Project management. Create videos with camera and audio capture, motion graphics, animation, and editing. Deliver large format printing for events. Create logos. Maintain digital asset libraries. Write and edit copy.
September 2011
- November 2012
Austin, Texas, United States
Justin C Gordon Freelance
Creative Director
Clients include Tito’s Vodka, Compaq, Motorola, SincolaMartin, Whisper of the Blue Films, Out of the Gutter Magazine, Kroll Photography, and 4 AD Records.
Duties: illustration, photography, graphic design, logo design, branding, copywriting, desktop publishing, print brochures, posters, flyers, mailers, websites, email campaigns, banner ads, blogger, flash presentations, directing, producing, line production, 2D and 3D animations, storyboards, character design, screenwriting, film and video production, editing, audio recording, multi-format encoding, rights negotiation, event planning, magazine distribution, festival application, marketing campaign, and book signings.
Duties: illustration, photography, graphic design, logo design, branding, copywriting, desktop publishing, print brochures, posters, flyers, mailers, websites, email campaigns, banner ads, blogger, flash presentations, directing, producing, line production, 2D and 3D animations, storyboards, character design, screenwriting, film and video production, editing, audio recording, multi-format encoding, rights negotiation, event planning, magazine distribution, festival application, marketing campaign, and book signings.
March 2003
- October 2011
Austin, Texas, United States
Education
Columbia College Chicago
BA Multimedia
Fiction writing, screenwriting, film production, multimedia
October 1995
- June 2000
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Languages
Html (Conversational),
Css (Conversational),
Actionscript (Advanced),
Skills
Adobe After Effects,
Adobe Audition,
Adobe Dreamweaver,
Adobe Flash,
Adobe InDesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Premiere,
Animation,
Art Direction,
Content Strategist,
Copy Editing,
Copywriting,
Directing,
Editing,
Iconography ,
Illustration,
Infographics,
Instructional Design,
Logo Design,
Motion Graphics,
Photography,
Postproduction,
Print Production,
Screenwriting,
Storyboards,
UX Design,
Video Production,
Adobe Illustrator,
Character Design,
Cinema 4D,