Elizabeth Starkey

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I'm an award winning freelance Creative Director, Art Director, Designer, Videographer, Animator, and Artist with eighteen years of experience in creative.

About

I’m an award winning freelance Creative Director, Art Director, Designer, Videographer, Animator, and Artist with eighteen years of experience in creative. My client roster encompasses NBCUniversal, Paramount brands including Comedy Central and MTV, AMC Networks, Food Network, the New York Post, People, Entertainment Weekly, the Upright Citizens Brigade, Edelman, AKA, Situation, VidMob, and many other entertainment and media brands and agencies. My experience includes key art, print and digital design, stop motion and experimental video, motion graphics, content creation, and everything in between. I’m a strong collaborator who enhances visual and narrative projects with personality, spirit, character, and humor. I’m in the process of launching Blazing Fig, a stop motion and experimental video studio that embraces analog creative processes as fresh and unique creative approaches within evolving modern landscapes. Work samples are available at Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup

Industry experience

  • Media & Entertainment
  • Other
  • Professional Services
  • Retail

Projects · 40

This creative promoted Emmy voting for Comedy Central's Nathan For You, The President Show, and The Daily Show throughout New York and Los Angeles. View the full project with more samples here: https://www.twine.net/signin adobecreativecloud comedy comedycentral design entertainment television graphicdesign photoshop print billboard advertising emmys nathanforyou thepresidentshow thedailyshow

  • Art Director
  • Designer
  • Graphic Designer

These designs were created to support the Isle of MTV live event. The teaser GIF was used on social media to announce DNCE's performance, referencing the song "Cake by the Ocean". The countdown and talent images were used to promote the event on social media. Live GIFs of the concert were created and posted during the event. View the full project with more samples here: https://www.twine.net/signin adobecreativecloud animation design graphicdesign gif isleofmtv mtv social vector viacom contentcreation socialmedia socialcontent instagram twitter facebook

  • Animator
  • Designer
  • Graphic Designer
  • +1

“Power In Numbers” is a stop motion music video that I directed, produced, and edited for Second Shift. This well-received video won several awards including the Paper Magazine & Jack Spade Un-Hollywood Digital Film Contest, and it screened at a number of film festivals, venues, and on television. Watch the video here: https://www.twine.net/signin animation musicvideo stopmotion stopmotionanimation video videoart

  • Director of Photography
  • Film Director
  • Film Producer
  • +2

These images are from a series of portraits of the journalists for Comedy Central's The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper. Original photos were shot by Mary Ellen Matthews and manually manipulated by me through Photoshop to achieve the glitch effects. View the full project with more samples here: https://www.twine.net/signin adobecreativecloud comedy comedycentral design entertainment glitch graphicdesign photoshop portrait theopposition photography

  • Designer
  • Graphic Designer

Shapes and the City was created with Post Studios as sponsored web content for Ronzoni, with New York facts, pasta recipes, motion graphics, and more. The first video features seven short motion graphic pieces that I animated and composed, bringing to life original illustrations by Nick Fesinstine. The second video showcases the animation in context on the New York Post website. Play speed and frame display are controlled by scroll position to integrate the animation throughout the web experience. Watch the videos here: https://www.twine.net/signin adobecreativecloud advertising design graphicdesign animation motiongraphics aftereffects photoshop media newyorkpost ronzoni pasta

  • Animator
  • Art Director
  • Designer
  • +2

As part of Edelman’s social team for TJX, I concepted and directed social content for both T.J.Maxx and Marshalls. Leading much of the creative ideation and social content creation for Instagram, I played a key role in establishing a strong relationship between agency and clients. Select Instagram video and still photography content is featured here, much of it incorporating stop motion animation. Below the Instagram examples are select TikTok videos to which I contributed as art director. T.J.Maxx content has been recognized by the platform as best-in-class. Watch the videos here: https://www.twine.net/signin adobecreativesuite retail fashion dragonframe stopmotion stopmotionanimation video animation instagram tiktok social contentcreation socialmedia socialcontent

  • Animator
  • Art Director
  • Creative Director
  • +4

These playful stop motion videos promoted Oxygen's crime series on air and on social media. Watch the videos here: https://www.twine.net/signin adobecreativecloud advertising animation entertainment candy crime onair oxygen stopmotion stopmotionanimation television valentine valentinesday instagram facebook contentcreation socialmedia socialcontent

  • Animator
  • Art Director
  • Film Director
  • +3

These are design samples for MTV's European Music Awards, including responsive web design for the 2016 EMA and digital sponsor integration and promotional units for the 2015 EMA. View the full project with more samples here: https://www.twine.net/signin adobecreativecloud awards design ema entertainment europeanmusicawards graphicdesign mtv music television viacom webdesign

  • Designer
  • Graphic Designer
  • Web Designer

These front of house designs were created for the Broadway revival of David Mamet’s American Buffalo through entertainment agency AKA. View the full project with more samples here: https://www.twine.net/signin adobecreativecloud advertising design entertainment graphicdesign photoshop broadway theatre experiential frontofhouse event print

  • Art Director
  • Designer
  • Graphic Designer

This key art is for season 1 of Oxygen's The Battle of the Ex Besties and represents its millennial, multicultural, and female-driven cast and audience. Also shown here is art sized at a 16:9 ratio for digital assets and two ad units. View the full project with more samples here: https://www.twine.net/signin adobecreativecloud design entertainment graphicdesign keyart oxygen photoshop television print

  • Art Director
  • Designer
  • Graphic Designer

This is art for the April 2018 campaign for Comedy Central's The Daily Show as well as The Daily Show's The Yearly Show 2017. View the full project with more samples here: https://www.twine.net/signin adobecreativecloud billboard comedy comedycentral design entertainment graphicdesign keyart photoshop print television thedailyshow

  • Designer
  • Graphic Designer

These samples of key art include Killision Course, Homicide for the Holidays, Three Days to Live, Policewomen Files, and Crime Time Weekends. Crime Time on Oxygen creative emphasizes the emotional connections of the network's crime series through provocative imagery. View the full project with more samples here: https://www.twine.net/signin adobecreativecloud crime design entertainment graphicdesign keyart oxygen photoshop television

  • Designer
  • Graphic Designer

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Film and Video · Atlanta College of Art2006

• Summa cum laude honors, GPA 3.8 • Numerous academic scholarships and student awards

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