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Hi, I'm Jon Rom, a motion designer and character animator with extensive experience in 2D and 3D animation. I've worked on a wide variety of projects including broadcast television, corporate videos, commercials, episodic cartoons, films, and video games. I pride myself on collaborating closely with teams and clients to bring creative ideas to life with motion graphics and character animation. I've had the opportunity to lead and supervise animation teams, design characters, create storyboards, rig characters, and animate across multiple platforms. Whether working on large scale LED screen graphics or interactive apps, I bring passion and a keen eye for storytelling to all my projects. I look forward to continuing to create engaging animated content that connects with audiences.…Hi, I'm Jon Rom, a motion designer and character animator with extensive experience in 2D and 3D animation. I've worked on a wide variety of projects including broadcast television, corporate videos, commercials, episodic cartoons, films, and video games. I pride myself on collaborating closely with teams and clients to bring creative ideas to life with motion graphics and character animation. I've had the opportunity to lead and supervise animation teams, design characters, create storyboards, rig characters, and animate across multiple platforms. Whether working on large scale LED screen graphics or interactive apps, I bring passion and a keen eye for storytelling to all my projects. I look forward to continuing to create engaging animated content that connects with audiences.

Jon Rom

Animator, Motion Graphic Designer, Animation Director, +2

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Hi, I'm Jon Rom, a motion designer and character animator with extensive experience in 2D and 3D animation. I've worked on a wide variety of projects including broadcast television, corporate videos, commercials, episodic cartoons, films, and video games. I pride myself on collaborating closely with teams and clients to bring creative ideas to life with motion graphics and character animation. I've had the opportunity to lead and supervise animation teams, design characters, create storyboards, rig characters, and animate across multiple platforms. Whether working on large scale LED screen graphics or interactive apps, I bring passion and a keen eye for storytelling to all my projects. I look forward to continuing to create engaging animated content that connects with audiences.…Hi, I'm Jon Rom, a motion designer and character animator with extensive experience in 2D and 3D animation. I've worked on a wide variety of projects including broadcast television, corporate videos, commercials, episodic cartoons, films, and video games. I pride myself on collaborating closely with teams and clients to bring creative ideas to life with motion graphics and character animation. I've had the opportunity to lead and supervise animation teams, design characters, create storyboards, rig characters, and animate across multiple platforms. Whether working on large scale LED screen graphics or interactive apps, I bring passion and a keen eye for storytelling to all my projects. I look forward to continuing to create engaging animated content that connects with audiences.

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Hi, I’m Jon Rom, a motion designer and character animator with extensive experience in 2D and 3D animation. I’ve worked on a wide variety of projects including broadcast television, corporate videos, commercials, episodic cartoons, films, and video games. I pride myself on collaborating closely with teams and clients to bring creative ideas to life with motion graphics and character animation.

I’ve had the opportunity to lead and supervise animation teams, design characters, create storyboards, rig characters, and animate across multiple platforms. Whether working on large scale LED screen graphics or interactive apps, I bring passion and a keen eye for storytelling to all my projects. I look forward to continuing to create engaging animated content that connects with audiences.

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Founder, Motion Designer at Jon Rom, LLC

December 1, 2021 - Present

Designed and animated motion graphics for large scale LED screens to air on live broadcast news. Collaborated with television producers and directors on a daily basis. Supervised and trained incoming talent on stylistic and technical direction.

Senior Motion Designer at Merit Street Media

April 1, 2024 - Present

Motion Designer at Linkedin Learning

February 28, 2018 - July 24, 2025

Motion Design for online courses per supervisor direction.

Character Animator at Brazen Animation

March 31, 2016 - July 24, 2025

3D character animation (Maya)—facial and body hand-key animation for cinematic sequences in video games per supervisor direction.

Character Animator at Counterpunch Studios

August 31, 2018 - July 24, 2025

3D character animation (Maya)—facial and body hand-key and MoCap cleanup—for gameplay and cinematic sequences in video games per supervisor direction.

Motion Designer, Character Animator at Mass FX Media

May 31, 2020 - July 24, 2025

Animated motion graphics and characters for commercials, feature films, and web ads, primarily in After Effects and Cinema 4D from drawing board to finishing touches. Took creative lead on character-driven projects, including feature and short films and advertisements, often drawing storyboards and editing animatics as the team’s designated story artist. Rigged characters using a multitude of methods and tools, in Blender for 3D characters or After Effects tools for 2D characters.

Motion & Interactive Designer, Character Animator at Marcolina Design Inc

November 30, 2021 - July 24, 2025

Animated motion graphics and characters for various client videos, apps, advertisements, explainer videos primarily in After Effects and Cinema 4D. Created 360° VR animation for a client. Created various interactive animated minisites and apps for clients using Adobe CC tools. Programmed and designed multimedia content for an interactive iPad magazine using Adobe InDesign Digital Publishing Suite. Coded HTML/CSS/JS web pages.

Character Animator, Key Posing Artist at Big Jump Entertainment

April 30, 2022 - July 24, 2025

Animating 2D character puppet rigs using Toon Boom Harmony for a television series production. Adding key and breakdown poses as per animatics and Director notes. Creating new drawings and patch nodes when necessary.

After Effects Artist, 2D Animation Generalist at Night Kitchen Interactive

August 31, 2023 - July 24, 2025

Animated interactive sequences for touch-screen interfaces using Adobe After Effects to be displayed in museum exhibitions. Managed and optimized client assets for usability using design tools. Met with clients on location to discuss User Experience design strategies and solutions.

Interactive Designer at PointRoll Inc

April 30, 2015 - July 24, 2025

Designed, animated, and coded rich media banner advertisements for automotive companies and other major clients using Adobe Flash/Animate, Actionscript 3.0, APIs, HTML/CSS, and dynamic XML elements. Developed user-activity tracking code.