Mighty Oak Studios
Golden Wolf
Big Star
And/Or Studios
Patriot Act with Hassan Minhaj
Adobe
Showtime
MTV
BET/Centric
Comedy Central
I'm an Emmy-winning Motion Designer and Animator currently based in New Yawk, NY. I’m a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in NYC. I’m grateful for the long career I’ve had working with interesting and fun clients plus! alongside great friends. Along with Emily Suvanvej, I co-founded the NYC chapter of Panimation and run monthly meetups as well as larger events. I enjoy a strong cup of Bustelo, petting my black and white design sidekick, Olivia Blue Cheese and getting lost in my favorite book or graphic novel.
FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM FOR MY LATEST NEWS AND WORK:
4/21 - I was tasked with Directing once again for TBrand and USBank. 3 stories about people who pivoted their careers during the pandemic. I directed, designed and animated along with an amazing team of animators through the incredible studio Mighty Oak. You can see it HERE.
12/20 - I had the unique opportunity to tell the History of Black Christmas Music for Netflix’s Strong Black Lead. You can watch it HERE. I directed, designed and animated along with an amazing team of animators through the incredible studio Mighty Oak.
12/20 - Directing Debut! I recently had the amazing opportunity to direct my first piece for Netflix’s Con Todo about Afro-Latinidad. You can watch it HERE. I directed, designed and animated along with an amazing team of animators through the incredible studio Mighty Oak.
11/20 - Presenter/Speaker at Hyper Island School in Sweden
9/20 - Officially a teacher! I started teaching at the School of Visual Arts in NYC.
9/20 - Presenter/Speaker at Adobe Video World 2020 Conference
5/20 - I was invited on the Live Q&A show Motion Design Hotline with Kyle Hamrick and Evan Abrams to discuss and do a breakdown of some of my work.
4/20 - I was invited to take part on a podcast for Free the Work to talk about Animation 101 with fellow Panimators Bee Grandinetti and Emily Suvanvej. Give it a listen!
10/19 - In collaboration with Ladies with Lenses/Vimeo, Panimation NYC and London had a dual animated film screening and panel event called Double Vision. We were very excited to have a full house!
9/19 - We won an Emmy!!!! The team I was part of for a year at Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj won an Emmy Award for Motion Design/Animation. It’s amazing! I’m so thankful to have been a part of it.
10/18 - Another Panimation Event happened in October 2018! It was a well attended panel event with Erica Gorochow (Studio Owner, Pep Rally), Joyce N. Ho (Freelance Creative Director) and Simone Noronha (Art Director, Buck NY) hosted by Sharon Harris (Motion Designer/Animator, Google).
9/18 - I was asked to be a part of Motion Hatch podcast along with Ryan Summers where we discussed Art School v Online School. Give it a listen here. Hayley has also made an amazing Contract Bundle you should check out.
8/18 - I joined the team for Netflix’s hit show Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj as a designer/animator.
6/18 - It's been a busy, busy year as I got involved with establishing and running the local NYC chapter of Panimation along with Emily Suvanvej. It's been wonderful and rewarding to meet so many local women/trans/non-binary designers, animators and illustrators and to provide space for all of us to meet and support one another. Recently, we had our first big event at Adobe Headquarters with guest speaker Michelle Higa Fox owner of Slanted Studios and over 50 people in attendance.
ACCOLADES, RANDOMNESS, FEATURES AND THINGS I DO:
2019 - Won an Emmy Award for the work done for Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (gasp!)
2018 - Won an ADC Bronze Cube for work on MTV's TRL
2018 - Featured in Adobe Create Magazine
2017 -Featured in School of Motion's Alumni Spotlight
2016 -Nominated for a Promax BDA on the Art Direction/Design category for my work on the Centric Network ID for Mother's Day.
2013 -Read my interview on Motion on the Art Director's Club blog.
-- Excerpt: "Animation takes time. A lot of time. We don’t just press a button and boom. done. Animation does not work like that at all. I wished that this was taken into account more often. But for some reason, it never is.”
2013 -This is my member-to-member interview with Rachel Nye Levine for the Art Director's Club. Read here.