Senior Designer / Associate Project Manager
Test Rite Products Corp - Ontario, CA
August 2018 to Present
• 2018-2019 Collaborate with Product & Sales Directors to create Branding Guidelines for 13 Unique brands, encompassing visual storytelling. Create product content for B2C launch (130 products, over 1200 images, 9 branding videos) )
• 2020 Rebranding 5 Leading Brands with higher fidelity listings (photoraphy, 3d rendering, more video content) Assist the creation of MotorHead.com HomeZoneSecurity.com & HomeZoneLiving.com images and videos.
• 2021 Optimize content creation across all brands, rebrand MotorHead Tools Produce collections of videos for product promotion and expanding private brand sub-categories content and advertising assets.
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• 2022 Project Management & Design:
• 2023-2025 US & European Rebranding, Optimize Video Production Pipeline, Project Management and Team Building, Optimize Graphics for E-Commerce Channels. Lead Design Department based on Admin Demands and Team Goals. Energizer, Home Zone Living, Landia Home, MotorHead Tools, Stanley Tools
(75 products launched, over 700 images produced ) E-Commerce Multimedia Assets. Manage Freelance Designers. Multimedia Production Designer
EZVIZ - City of Industry, CA
April 2017 to August 2018
• Create how to setup videos, features and benefits, use case scenarios. Presentations for major retailers: Costco, Best Buy,
Curacao, Walmart, etc. Produced over 50 unique how to videos ranging from 30 minute to 5 minutes. Also produced over 20 unique product Feature And Benefit videos with casting, models, lights, product placement, lighting and post-vfx work.
• Brainstorm ideas with Managers, Collaborate with Script Writer, Create Storyboard, Styleframes, Film products
• Custom VFX work for live action, 3d product composites, Composite 3d renders and real footage, Cinema4d, render in AE and Premiere.
• Edit voiceovers with Audition and Isotope RX.
• Design and animate custom-made titles sequences, animate graphics in After Effects and Cinema 4d. Edit motion graphs, After Effects scripting, upload to Youtube, Manage SEO, create End Cards, thumbnails, page banners, product use case images with stock footage and images. Translate english to Spanish, package projects for localization in different regions. Graphic Designer / Motion Graphics Designer
MagnaFlow Performance Exhaust Systems - Oceanside, CA January 2014 to April 2017•
• Wide range of design services from product catalog creation to video production
• Responsible for filming and editing products for DTC and B2B. 1-2 day turnaround time, 2-3 Vehicles per week.100+ Vehicles, Celebrity interviews, traveling and filming on location. SEMA Las Vegas, Joey Logano, Ronnie Renner, etc.
• Post editing & VFX for YouTube, Amazon, Distribution Channels & Official Social Accounts. Storybook Project Artist
Disney Publishing Worldwide - Glendale, CA
November 2012 to November 2015
Monsters University, Frozen, Brave and Tinkerbell Titles
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• Digital Asset Production, 3-5 full page spreads weekly. Independent Publishing
Prelysium Press - Los Angeles, CA
October 2011 to January 2014
Illustrated & Produced Galileo and the Moon, Print and e-book for Kindle, iPad and Nook. https://itunes.apple.com/bg/book/galileo-and-the-moon/id578100303?mt=11 Graphic/ Motion Designer
Sony DADC - Culver City, CA
April 2013 to June 2013
• Forsaken Planet Story App: Design assets, characters, background in Illustrator, imported them into AE, Animate for Devs Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration & Graphic Design Art Center College of Design - Pasadena, CA
September 2007 to April 2011
Skills Software
• File Organization
• Graphic Design
• Social Media Content
• E-Commerce Advertising
• Video Production
• Live Action Filming
Multimedia Designer: Video, 2D, 3D Motion Graphics, Branding portfolio **********@*****.*** Miami, FL 33158
• Branding
• Communication Skills
• Asset Maximization
• Visual Market Research
• Adobe After Effects
• Cinema 4D
Languages: English (Verbal & Written) Spanish (Verbal & Written)
• Project Management
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Product Vis-Dev • Corona, Redshift & Standard Rendering Daniel A. Gonzalez Sardi
WORK EXPERIENCE
Motion Graphics Designer - Owner
Western Metric Studios - Pomona, CA/ Miami, FL
January 2018 to Present
• Artema Labs 2021-2022 3d NFT Asset creation in ZBrush, C4d and Corona Rendering Engine for: MotorSports Network, F1 TV
• Deloitte 2022 On Call for After Effects Internal & External Motion Projects: Presentations, Decks, Social Ads
• SharkNinja 2024 On Call General Keyshot & Cinema 4D Projects: Product Vis and Animation: Features and Benefits + Use Case