| Brandon Sugiyama Motion Graphic Designer Brooklyn, NY and San Francisco, CA |
| EMPLOYMENT | Freelance: Brooklyn, NY and San Francisco, CA Motion Graphic Designer Lead motion designer and editor for in-game videos for Maxis/Electronic Arts Darkspore. Designer and animator for Microsoft’s Mediaroom marketing video and Medtronic’s 2009 corporate branding video. Animator and editor for Sony’s Bloggie Touch Camera product videos. Production companies include: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, Bonfire, Elastic Creative, Bongo Post, Hotbed Media, Westernized Productions, Group Delphi, The Kenwood Group, Urge Productions and Creative Lift for clients including Apple, Microsoft, Sony, Sony Ericsson, HP, Seagate, Cisco, and Applied Materials. |
2009-present |
| Gunshop: San Francisco, CA Designer / Producer Managed projects including client communication, delivery schedules and workflow for a team of designers. Involved with the design process from initial concept through final delivery. Projects ranged from show packages for broadcast to multi-screen environmental experiences. Worked closely with agencies including McCann; Goodby, Silverstein and Partners; Venables Bell & Partners; Method; Publicis & Hal Riney and Hoffman York. Client list ranged from Sprint, Nascar, Verizon, HBO Sports and Microsoft to MTV and VH1. |
2008-2009 |
| Asian American Journalists Association: San Francisco, CA Student Programs Coordinator Managed scholarship, internship and training programs for journalism students. Coordinated logistics for multi-day programs including venue reservations, technical equipment, travel and lodging. |
2001-2002 and 2004-2006 |
| Rotten Tomatoes: Emeryville, CA Producer Produced, maintained, and updated regular features for a movie news and reviews website by creating graphics, performing online searches for content, and editing HTML code. |
2000 |
| Design Reactor, Inc.: Emeryville, CA Director of Business Development, Project Manager and Production Artist Created project proposals and budgets for clients and managed production schedules. Worked on production for projects for major entertainment companies, including Warner Brothers and Disney. |
1999-2000 |
| HONORS AND RECOGNITION | |
| Competitor: Motion Design Cut & Paste - San Francisco Selected as one of five competitors in the motion design category at the San Francisco Cut & Paste Digital Design competition. |
2009 |
| Music Video Production: Alexis Harte Band’s President First Place Winner, 2008 Motion Awards, Motion 08 Conference Sketched storyboards, inked illustrations and painted watercolors for a 3 and a half minute music video. Animated characters and motion tracked graphics. Shot, directed green screen video footage with a Panasonic HVX200. Edited and composited video using Final Cut Pro and After Effects. Collaborated with a team of three students. |
2008  |
| Webby-in-Motion Contest: Services Category Finalist, Adobe’s Webby-in-Motion Competition, 12th Annual Webby Awards Illustrated and animated a 20-second category introduction for the Webby Awards using Illustrator, Photoshop and After Effects. Project was shown during the 12th Annual Webby Awards ceremony in New York and featured on Webbyawards.com/adobe. |
2008 |
| EDUCATION | Ex'pression College for Digital Art: Emeryville, CA Bachelor of Applied Science, Motion Graphic Design Class Valedictorian, Graduated with Honors |
2006-2008 |
| University of Oregon: Eugene, OR Architecture and Allied Arts, Planning, Public Policy and Management 1997 Jewel Bell Award, 1996 Laurel Scholarship, 1995 Office of Multicultural Affairs Excellence Award |
1993-1997 |
| Beijing Tiyu Daxue (Sports University): Beijing, China Foreign student studying Wushu (Chinese martial arts) Ranked 1st place in Taiji at the Winter 2002 Tonji Bisai (University ranking competition) |
2002-2003 |
| CERTIFICATES | Apple Certified Pro Final Cut Pro 6, Level 1 |
2008 |
| SPECIALIZED TRAINING | US National Taiji (Tai Chi) Champion; 1999 US Wushu Team (Chinese martial arts) team member. Ranked 12th in the world in Taiji. |
| *Reference available upon request. |