Yağmur Altan

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Creative Direction Branding & Design Systems Product Marketing Animation & Motion Design EXPERIENCE

Warm & Fuzzy, Creative Director

Los Angeles, CA, United States (Jun 2021 - currently working here)

● Oversaw creative direction, and managed creative teams of 5 to 12 of designers, 2D/3D animators and vfx artists simultaneously on multiple projects from concept to completion. Clients include Nike, Google and Under Armour.

● Developed concept proposals, style frames, presentation decks and directions for the creative.

● Presented concepts, pitches, production progress and final work to clients and agencies.

● Supported the creative team throughout production, i.e. storyboards, concepting, design, animation and post-production.

● Interviewed job applicants and trained junior and intern staff. Freelance, Animation Director

Los Angeles, CA, United States (Jan 2021 - Jun 2021)

● Directed the creative, and managed senior and junior artists on motion projects and creative marketing campaigns. Clients include Microsoft and Airtable.

● Developed style frames, design concepts and motion tests for creative studios and agencies.

● Created design and animation work for direct clients.. Tumblr, Art Director

London, United Kingdom (Mar 2018 - Dec 2019) & Los Angeles, CA, United States (Jan 2020 - Jan 2021)

● Oversaw the marketing creative team on brand and product marketing campaigns from concept to launch as a creative lead.

● Directed and developed the creative branding on primary marketing campaigns, such as Year in Review and Fandometrics.

● Created social content, illustrations, infographics and other design and visualization work for web and press.

● Initiated marketing campaigns, social and animation tech projects, and created and presented concepts, treatments and proposals from creative tech to brand marketing.

● Collaborated with product, social impact and editorial teams for marketing campaigns. AOL Verizon Media, Principal Designer

New York, NY, United States (Apr 2016 - Aug 2016) & London, United Kingdom (Sept 2016 - Feb 2018)

● Led the Kanvas design team to create AR filters, 2D/3D masks, animated and still AR stickers and make-up effects.

● Created the original Kanvas branded 3D mask that the face and facial feature tracking engine operates on, as well as various AR filters, masks and animated content.

● Oversaw the creative part of Nito’s face tracking engine integration into Kanvas camera.

● Created and presented animation tech concepts and proposals.

● Collaborated with the development team to improve the facial mapping tech. Nito, 3D Designer

New York, NY, United States (Aug 2014 - Mar 2016)

● Designed and animated original 3D avatars for face and facial feature tracking.

● Teamed up with clients to animate their characters with the Nito face tracking tech for various apps, events and projects. Some clients include Family Guy, Nickelodeon, Mattel and Swyft Media.

● Collaborated with developers to improve the Nito face tracking engine.

● Nito was acquired by AOL, Inc in March 2016.

Yogurt Computer Technologies, 3D Generalist

Istanbul, Turkey (Jul 2010 - Sept 2011)

● Created 3D environments and props for Yogurtistan, a virtual world app/game.

● Led the design and character animation on a Coca-Cola game campaign. PRESS

Little Black Book, interview about the Toms spot on production and mental health awareness, 2022 Bigumigu, interview about the short film Rabbit Blood, 2019 Skwigly, featured on Short Films section, 2016

CGMeetUp, featured on Showreels section, 2014

EDUCATION

School of Visual Arts, MFA in Computer Arts

New York, NY, United States (2011 - 2014)

● Rabbit Blood (Short Film), Director & Writer

Rabbit Blood is a dark comedy animated short film I wrote and directed at SVA New York as my MFA thesis. I led a small team of 3D animators, designers, riggers and look dev artists from SVA and other schools in the US. The film was screened at over 100 international film festivals in 2016 and 2017. Official Selections include New Orleans Film Festival, Montreal Film Festival, Istanbul Film Festival, KuanDu Animation Festival, Brooklyn Film Festival and In The Palace Short Film Festival. Awards

Watersprite Film Festival, Best Editing, 2017

Canlandıranlar Film Festival, Best Animation, 2017 West End Film Festival, Best Film, 2017

Kayseri Film Festival, Best Animation, 2017

Istanbul Short Film Festival, Best Animation, 2016 Sabancı University, BA in Visual Communication Design Istanbul, Turkey (2004 - 2010)

Awards

Yünsa Nationwide Poster Competition, Winner, 2010

SKILLS

Expert in Autodesk Maya and the Adobe Creative Suite products Photoshop, After Effects and Illustrator Fluent in English, German and Turkish

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