Hey! my name is Juan Manuel and I am a Colombian illustrator and graphic designer eager to keep learning and improving. My style is colorful, dynamic and using the composition to tell stories. Since I graduated as a Graphic Designer at Universidad del Valle, I have worked as a background artist for animated series, such as Sirirí for the studio mambo.studio.tv. As a 2D Layout Artist for the second season of Work It Out Wombats! on PBS where I had the opportunity to polish my skills. And finally I had the opportunity to be part of the layout and backgrounds team for a series of animated shorts for CDI SNAP (child development institute) within the animation studio Wolley Studios. I love challenges because those are the moments where I have grown the most throughout my career, illustration as a medium to tell stories gives us endless possibilities to convey ideas and feelings and I hope it will be the bridge for us to create amazing things together

Juan Manuel Madrid

Hey! my name is Juan Manuel and I am a Colombian illustrator and graphic designer eager to keep learning and improving. My style is colorful, dynamic and using the composition to tell stories. Since I graduated as a Graphic Designer at Universidad del Valle, I have worked as a background artist for animated series, such as Sirirí for the studio mambo.studio.tv. As a 2D Layout Artist for the second season of Work It Out Wombats! on PBS where I had the opportunity to polish my skills. And finally I had the opportunity to be part of the layout and backgrounds team for a series of animated shorts for CDI SNAP (child development institute) within the animation studio Wolley Studios. I love challenges because those are the moments where I have grown the most throughout my career, illustration as a medium to tell stories gives us endless possibilities to convey ideas and feelings and I hope it will be the bridge for us to create amazing things together

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Hey! my name is Juan Manuel and I am a Colombian illustrator and graphic designer eager to keep learning and improving. My style is colorful, dynamic and using the composition to tell stories.

Since I graduated as a Graphic Designer at Universidad del Valle, I have worked as a background artist for animated series, such as Sirirí for the studio mambo.studio.tv. As a 2D Layout Artist for the second season of Work It Out Wombats! on PBS where I had the opportunity to polish my skills. And finally I had the opportunity to be part of the layout and backgrounds team for a series of animated shorts for CDI SNAP (child development institute) within the animation studio Wolley Studios.

I love challenges because those are the moments where I have grown the most throughout my career, illustration as a medium to tell stories gives us endless possibilities to convey ideas and feelings and I hope it will be the bridge for us to create amazing things together

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Language

Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
English
Intermediate

Work Experience

Storyboard artist at Mambo.Estudio.Tv
May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023
Worked as storyboard artist for the animated series Sirirí. Composed comic pages creatively and accurately, including coloring, texturing, and setting pages according to story regions.
Background & Layout Artist at Mambo.Estudio.Tv
July 1, 2023 - October 31, 2023
Served as background artist and props artist for the animated series Sirirí.
Layout artist at Pipeline Studios
July 2, 2024 - June 13, 2025
Layout artist for the second season of the animated series Work It Out Wombats! Worked remotely while supervised by the Canadian office, delivering high-quality layout work with technical skill and attention to detail.
Layout and color artist at Wolley Studios
December 5, 2024 - April 13, 2025
Worked as layout and color artist for SNAP, a government-funded project for vulnerable youth based in Vancouver, Canada.
Design Assistant at Faculty of Education and Pedagogy, Universidad del Valle
October 1, 2022 - August 31, 2023
Design assistant in communications office; created graphic pieces for social networks, print materials including banners, catalogs, folders, and flyers.
Teacher at Universidad del Valle
May 1, 2022 - June 30, 2022
Instructor for a basic comic workshop extension course in the department of Visual and Aesthetic Arts.
Graphic Designer at La cola de la Rata
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Main illustrator for the documentary comic 'Nosotros también tenemos derecho a estudiar', responsible for composing comic pages with coloring and texturing.
Graphic Designer at Universidad del Valle, ARTGRABLAB
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2021
Created advertising graphic pieces for social networks and designed an artistic book for the seed group ARTGRABLAB at the Visual Arts Department.
Senior Designer at Monday with the Arts, Universidad del Valle
December 31, 2019 - December 30, 2022
Designed graphic pieces for social networks in the Formative Extension area of the Visual Arts Department.

Education

Licenciado at Universidad del Valle
September 18, 2014 - June 13, 2020
Diseñador Gráfico at Universidad del Valle
February 8, 2017 - June 13, 2024

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Non-Profit Organization