Matthew Rankin

Animation, Illustration, Design

New York, NY, USA

Work Experience

Edelman

Freelance Designer

January 2016 - January 2016 New York, New York, United States

Miami Ad School NY

Motion Graphics Design Teacher

Teaching an introduction to motion graphics design course to students preparing to join the advertising industry as Art Directors. Using After Effects as the software base I arranged the course in a way that tries to get them beyond getting caught up with the technical and to better execute their concepts.
September 2015 - December 2015 New York, United States

Macy's

Freelance Animator

October 2015 - October 2015 New York, New York, United States

Disruptive Media Lab

Freelance Motion Graphics Designer

May 2015 - August 2015 New York, United States

TPN

Freelance Art Director

August 2015 - September 2015 New York, New York, United States

Big Breakfast

Freelance Motion Graphics Artist

August 2015 - September 2015 New York, United States

Transistor Studios

Freelance AE Animator

Live action compositing and rig wire removal.
May 2015 - May 2015 New York, New York, United States

Eyeview Digital

Freelance Designer

New York, New York, United States

Bedrocket

Freelance Animator

February 2015 - February 2015 New York, New York, United States

Whistle Sports

Freelance Motion Graphics Designer

Worked with Whistle Sports to create two animations presenting 49 facts about the Super Bowl in the lead up to Super Bowl XLVIIII. The animations were meant to highlight WIlson Sports, the official maker of footballs for the NFL, and that their footballs have been present in every Super Bowl.
January 2015 - February 2015 New York, New York, United States

Miami Ad School

Motion Graphics Design Teacher

Teaching an introduction to motion graphics design course to students preparing to join the advertising industry as Art Directors. Using After Effects as the software base I arranged the course in a way that tries to get them beyond getting caught up with the technical and to better execute their concepts.
January 2015 - March 2015 New York, United States

Eyeview Digital

Motion Graphics Designer

Designing and animating scenes added onto national ad campaigns to created personalized online video ads.
July 2014 - January 2015 New York, New York, United States

NowThisNews

Freelance Motion Designer

Worked on a few World Cup related animations for Mondelez Foods social media promos.
June 2014 - June 2014 New York, New York, United States

Major League Soccer/KICKTV

Freelance Animator

Animating designs created by the football/soccer magazine Howler for providing a "crash course" on each of the 32 nations in the 2014 Men's World Cup tournament in Brazil.
February 2014 - April 2014 New York, New York, United States

Thornberg & Forester

Freelance Animator

Was an animator and compositor on three IBM spots for their cognitive computing truck at SXSW.
February 2014 - February 2014 New York, New York, United States

Major League Soccer/KICKTV

Motion Graphics Intern

Working in-house at one of the fastest growing Youtube soccer channels, 500k subscribers in under a year, working directly with show producers, and editors, to create show packages and develop graphics for current and new programming. All while learning about the game itself, the business, growth and future of running a Youtube channel plus the behind the scenes business of professional athletics. Graphics range from in style in content from "8-bit" cut scenes for trick shot video, with 50k views, developing the graphic language and logos for shows being pitched to creating graphic assets for live Youtube broadcasts.

Also appearing on camera in segments for the channel as needed, most notably as host Jimmy Conrad's mother.
April 2013 - October 2013 New York, New York, United States

Major League Soccer

Freelance Motion Designer

Providing motion design support during the Major League Soccer playoffs.
October 2013 - November 2013 New York, New York, United States

Garbanzo

Freelance Designer/Animator

July 2012 - April 2014 New York, New York, United States

Joyride Creative

Animation Intern

Animated onscreen graphics for a pitch for NFL on CBS.
June 2012 - July 2012 New York, New York, United States

AltarTV

Motion Graphics Director

March 2012 - May 2012 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Thornberg & Forester

Animation Intern

2D rotoscope animation for GEL Conference 2011 in NYC
February 2011 - April 2011 New York, United States

WeMake Studios

Animation Intern

Rotoscoped 13 scenes (about 762 frames total) of video of singer that was composited together for the final video.
August 2010 - September 2010 Dayton, Ohio, United States

Disruptive Media Lab

Freelance Illustrator/Animator

Created three illustrations, along with other illustrations, for a new campaign to bring awareness to high-end retail mall Brookfield Place. The illustrations were featured as wallpapers through the mall as well as on other promotional items. With the illustrations completed it was decided that certain ones should become looped animations for social media promotions in addition to appearing on the interactive mall kiosks.
November 2015 - December 2015 New York, New York, United States

Education

University Of Dayton

Visual Communication Design

Complete with a fourteen month trip overseas after the first four years
August 2002 - May 2009 Dayton, Ohio, United States

Animation Mentor

Certificate of Character Animation

June 2007 - United States

Skills

Autodesk Maya, 3D Modeling, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Animation, Art Direction, Autodesk 3D Studio Max, Cinema 4D, Design, Illustration, Motion Graphics , Nuke, Trapcode Suite,