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I am a Senior Designer/Art Director with over 20 years experience in media development including 3D, animation, instructional design, and art direction with a focus on creative storytelling, and attention to project timelines and details. My reels highlight a wide range of project types, subject matter, and audiences. I continue to develop designer and motion graphics skills by adapting to current trends including virtual production and responsible AI implementation.…I am a Senior Designer/Art Director with over 20 years experience in media development including 3D, animation, instructional design, and art direction with a focus on creative storytelling, and attention to project timelines and details. My reels highlight a wide range of project types, subject matter, and audiences. I continue to develop designer and motion graphics skills by adapting to current trends including virtual production and responsible AI implementation.

Daniel Rodriguez

Motion Graphic Designer, Art Director, Designer, +2

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I am a Senior Designer/Art Director with over 20 years experience in media development including 3D, animation, instructional design, and art direction with a focus on creative storytelling, and attention to project timelines and details. My reels highlight a wide range of project types, subject matter, and audiences. I continue to develop designer and motion graphics skills by adapting to current trends including virtual production and responsible AI implementation.…I am a Senior Designer/Art Director with over 20 years experience in media development including 3D, animation, instructional design, and art direction with a focus on creative storytelling, and attention to project timelines and details. My reels highlight a wide range of project types, subject matter, and audiences. I continue to develop designer and motion graphics skills by adapting to current trends including virtual production and responsible AI implementation.

Available to hire

I am a Senior Designer/Art Director with over 20 years experience in media development including 3D, animation, instructional design, and art direction with a focus on creative storytelling, and attention to project timelines and details. My reels highlight a wide range of project types, subject matter, and audiences. I continue to develop designer and motion graphics skills by adapting to current trends including virtual production and responsible AI implementation.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Expert

Expert

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Expert

Intermediate

Stop Motion Animation

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Freelance Designer at Mod Rocket

January 1, 2011 - Present

Freelance designer collaborating with agencies to interpret creative briefs, develop concept drawings, animations and explainer videos for aerospace and communications industries; extensive motion graphics work with Cinema 4D and Adobe products; design and develop 3D game environments for training; video shooting/editing for marketing, hospitality, entertainment, and technical training; collaborate with remote production teams and perform multiple roles including video editor, photographer, illustrator, animator, designer, and technical writer.

Visual Designer at The Great Courses

March 1, 2016 - June 30, 2024

Design and develop title graphics and look-and-feel packages for The Great Courses video series; collaborate with Creative Director and subject matter experts to illustrate educational media; create illustrations and animations for video courses and marketing; implemented fair use policy and AI pipeline options; introduced remote work solutions for Graphics department; evaluate media partnerships for collaboration; create, develop, and animate technical 3D models for interactive and video projects; maintain standards of style, quality, and teaching objectives; develop storyboard processes for production teams.

Lead Designer at Carney

January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2011

Directed video shoots of technical training scenarios and promotional videos for government clients; designed and developed educational video courses on healthcare, cybersecurity, military equipment, and industrial processes; archived project assets and templatized common production tasks in After Effects and Cinema 4D; taught junior designers; educated development team on production processes to leverage the strengths of the Design team and to recognize best practices in the workflow; organized, prepared, and managed client/team meetings to present design ideas and align visions and expectations for Carney projects.