Hello! My name is Kelly McNutt, a highly experienced creative professional with clients including Comedy Central, MTV, BBC, FOX Sports, Joe Murray Studios, Amazon, Google, and Hilton Hotels.
• Repeated success designing and developing engaging 2D, 2.5D animation, visual effects, and motion graphics for customer-facing commercial, film, and social media productions, as well as internal-facing corporate communications.
• Skilled in conceptualizing creative audience-engaging concepts and storyboards effectively communicating client messaging.
• Leverages strong organizational and interpersonal skills with a proven ability in leading cross-disciplinary teams producing expectation-exceeding and delightful results.
I am experienced in animation and motion graphics production, creative concept development, and storyboarding in addition to a deep understanding of brand adherence, design principles, motion, and color theory. Along with my background as a traditional animator, I am highly proficient in motion graphics and animation software such as After Effects and familiar with Cinema 4D. In my previous roles, I have collaborated closely with clients and cross-functional team members to develop innovative solutions that successfully meet client needs and exceed their expectations. I am a skilled communicator and listener, adept at translating complex concepts and ideas into visually compelling animation that tell powerful stories. I have also managed teams of freelancers, overseeing project timelines and budgets to ensure the on-time delivery of high-quality work for both customer-facing products, internal-facing employee training and informational campaigns, and executive C-suite communications.
Some highlights:
• 7+ years in-house creative studio experience
• Successful collaboration with multiple art directors and business units to create customer-facing productions
• Guide teams to identify project goals
• Creatively explore and create hundreds of minutes of custom motion graphics, animation, and video each year
• Gigantic nerd for version control and naming conventions
• Regularly led projects from concept to delivery including
• Pitching concepts
• Storyboard creation
• Preproduction art creation
• Production art asset creation
• Manage content vendors
• Final export and delivery
• Create GIFs for social media campaigns
• 10+ years successful remote work
• Animation for customer-facing products, social media campaigns and internal-facing employee training
• Edit video, music, edit/create sound effects
• Direct/edit voiceover
• Extensive experience in working within brand guidelines
• Extensive experience in working with After Effects and Adobe Creative Cloud
Above all, I am highly enthusiastic about all forms of visual narratives, and I am committed to delivering exceptional results on every project. I’m excited for the opportunity to use my production experience to contribute to the success of your project.
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