JUDY HUANG
GRAPHIC DESIGNER ANIMATOR
Website: yellowjuju.com
Experiences
Nickelodeon, New York, NY
Senior Design Animator, February 2021 - August 2024 Design Animator, February 2018 - January 2021
• Responsible for designing and animating all social brand assets, franchises, and in-house animated toolkits using After Effects Expressions (JavaScript) — including lower thirds, logo bugs, and captions — streamlining a complex approval process to a single round.
• Collaborated with Art Directors to redesign and recreate social toolkits including
“Nickelodeon Rebrand 2023”, “2022 Kids’ Choice Awards“ and “Nickelodeon: Instagram Story Toolkits 2022”.
• Concepted and designed thumb-stopping graphics and animations to promote and engage 70+ million followers across all social platforms, resulting in a 200% engagement rate above the benchmark.
• Created the highest-performing video at Nickelodeon, “SpongeBob: Go To Work”, with total views of 36 million across Instagram, TikTok, and Paid Social Ads.
Nickelodeon Spongebob The Broadway Musical, New York, NY Design Animator / 3D Modeler, September 2017 - January 2018
• Designed and animated 200+ social graphics and 100+ photo edits in 3 months, resulting in 100K growth in followers.
• Modeled and animated 3D key art used across all social platforms, on-air, and billboards.
• Illustrated 40+ custom emojis that are widely used across social platforms. Asian American International Film Festival, New York, NY Editorial Designer, January - August 2019
• Led the layouts and content for the 100-page festival program book published digitally and in-print for 200+ copies used at the festival.
• Assisted lead designer with creating social promotional graphics while working with limited unpublished film assets.
Visible Men Academy, Sarasota, FL
Motion Designer, April 2017
• Created two compelling 30-second animations based on the contents and styles of the poems written by local students.
• Worked closely with clients on school brand identity for fundraising events.
Achievements
• 2022 Honoree Nick Animation Studio Heritage Series Webby Awards
• 2020 Honoree Nickelodeon Team TikTok Launch Webby Awards
• 2019 Top Talent 36 Days of Type Adobe Design Achievement Awards
Education
B.F.A Motion Design, with honors Ringling College of Art and Design (2013 - 2017) Sarasota, FL, USA
Skills
Adobe Creative Suite:
After Effects
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
Premiere Pro
Character Animator
Motion Graphics
Graphic Design
Photo Compositing
Cel Animation
Illustration
Mogrt, AE Expression
Photo & Video Editing
Content Creation
Concept Development
Rotoscoping
Typography
Figma (CSS)
Javascript
Cinema 4D