Edward Thomas

Branding / Motion Design / VIsual Communication / Academics

Madrid, Spain
As a leader and mentor, my vision is to channel and increase the creative energies of people and the organizations they conform, even in complex and difficult situations, always searching far unity through diversity.

As a creative, strategist, counsellor and coach, I look into the motivations and needs of others to achieve this vision. My tools are design thinking,
storytelling, plus the power of visual symbols and their translation into messages in the electronic media. I use technology as it arises, as well as any tool, style and adequate medium necessary to achieve this vision, uniting the timeless and human, with what trends and is new.

Work Experience

Creative Director, Producer, Motion Designer

July 2017 - Madrid, Spain

Motion Design Instructor

Currently dictating 3-month intensive Motion Design course as part of a Design Master. This includes technical mentoring on After Effects and Cinema 4D as well as their application to a visual design and conceptual framework.
January 2018 - Present Madrid, Spain

Head of Studies, Animation

As the Director of the reknowned Supinfacom Rubika Animation School in Pune, 1 designed and adapted the Supinfacom Currículum from France to the challenging cultural and logistical realities of India. After the first year, student academic performance resulted in a school overall academic record increase of 10%. Working in close collaboration with the Faculty body, and by a bridging interaction with the Indian and French management, 1 have taken the streamlining of the Academic Currículum and Production Pipelines to improve the final results of student Projects and animation pieces.
August 2015 - August 2017 Pune, India

Visual Communication and Motion Design Professor

Opening student's minds through skills and design-thinking over multicultural frontiers. Final Motion Design works of my students have been chosen far the Student Selection exhibition in renown international festivals such as Annecy in France and Digicon in Japan.
August 2013 - August 2015 Pune, India

Founder / Branding Strategist / Art + Creative Director/ CEO

Specialized in adapting and creating Branding and Visual Solutions far the Latin American and Caribbean market, filling screens in the region for over a decade with image promos and Full On-Air image packages broadcasted over 35 countries and producing award-winning material far Clients such as HBO, Cinemax Latin America, Entertainment Television, The Warner Channel, Discovery Networks, also servicing Clients in and Latino market in the US.
January 1999 - January 2010 Caracas, Venezuela

Broadcast Graphic Designer / Art Director

1994 - 1998 Caracas, Venezuela

3D Animator, Art Director

1989 - 1992 Caracas, Venezuela

Digital Paint Artist

1987 - 1989 Caracas, Venezuela

Education

Universidad Católica Andrés Bello

Licenciado en Comunicación Social, Mención Audiovisual

Degree Thesis: Digital Illustration for Post Production.
September 1983 - October 1988 Caracas, Venezuela

Languages

Spanish (Native),
English (Fluent),

Skills

Adobe After Effects, Adobe Audition, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Art Direction, Branding, Cinema 4D, Creative Direction, Executive Production, Motion Design,