Matthew Rankin
Animation, Illustration, Design
New York, NY, USAWork 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
Disruptive Media Lab
Freelance Motion Graphics Designer
May 2015
- August 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
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.
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
Joyride Creative
Animation Intern
Animated onscreen graphics for a pitch for NFL on CBS.
June 2012
- July 2012
New York, New York, 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
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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,