Kevin R. English
Seasoned multimedia designer and video editor with 15 years of diverse experience in web, mobile, post-production, motion graphics, animation, and publishing for television, books, packaging, and advertising.
Brigade Marketing
06/2021 – 05/2022 Designer, Multiplatform Production, New York, NY
Created static and motion graphics for multiple entertainment companies such as ABC Network, Lionsgate TV & Film, Saban Films and Vertical Entertainment. Highly focused on content for ABC Network to boost online presence and fan engagement.
Designed templates and workflow to help streamline the creation and exporting of Gif Files for social media with a focus on branded content for ABC and other media companies.
Researched and collected video clips using ABC’s internal editing/downloading program to be used internally with team members for brainstorming sessions and product creation.
Worked closely with the Social Media team to create fun, entertaining and informative graphics to promote specific shows and story arcs ranging from celebrity appearances to special events.
Maintained clean file structure and collection for end of project archiving.
Properties included ABC Network shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, Station 19, A Million Little Things, Black-ish, American Idol and Supermarket Sweeps. Lionsgate TV & Film campaigns for Moonfall, The Protege, Love Life and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. Saban Films campaigns for Twist, Zone 414 and The Colonys.
Freelance
11/2019 – 06/2021 Designer, Multiplatform Production, Morristown, NJ
Multi-platform graphics development.
Text flow and design for print textbooks and magazines.
Pre-press and packaging files.
Clients include: 95 Percent Group, QBS Learning, Stoke FM public radio.
Viacom: Comedy Central and Paramount
05/2014 – 10/2018 Designer, Multiplatform Production, New York, NY
Maintained and organized asset library across multiple brands
Developed branding for Comedy Central and Paramount’s presence on mobile,
web and app platforms including, Amazon, Roku, Apple TV, Android, iOS and HuluMaintained cross platform assets to ensure graphics were updated according to
current on-air programming schedulesProperties included Yellowstone, Ink Masters, Waco, Rest in Power, South Park,
The Daily Show, Inside Amy Schumer, Drunk History, @Midnight, Workaholics,
Broad City, Tosh.0, and All Paramount movies ranging from Batman Begins to RockyDesigned assets for tent pole events like Comedy Centrals Clusterfest, Stand Up
for Cancer, Roast of Bruce Willis and Jeff Ross Roast BattleCreated web and mobile graphics web for sponsored content for outside brands
including Action Point, Hershey, and Slim JimsCreated graphics for the Comedy Central Presents Collection, CC Stand Up Library
and Comedy Central Short Form
Robots & Cupcakes
01/2010 – 01/2014 Animator/Production Designer, Hoboken, NJ
Electronic production for interactive white boards
Text flow and design for print textbooks and magazines
Created animations for presentations and demo reels
Collaborated with designers, clients, and art directors to create activities, games,
and animations for interactive whiteboard, print material, storyboards, illustrations
for 2D animation and stop motion animationPreflight of all files and screens for several whiteboard activities and creation
of PDFs for print vendorsTrained team members in entry to mid-level Flash/Actions Script3
Clients included McGraw-Hill, HMH, Maybelline, Oxford, and John Wiley & Sons
Bill Smith Group
01/2006 – 01/2009 Production Designer, New York, NY
Electronic production of student and teacher textbooks, workbooks and state testing
manuals utilizing various programs for text book layout and productionCollaborated with designers, art buyers, photo researchers, project managers
and editors to compose style sheets, master pages and state specific editionsPage layout, flow of text and Prepress
Preflight of all files and creation of PDFs for print vendors
Clients included: World Almanac, Harcourt Houghton, John Wiley & Sons, SRA, Glencoe, McGraw-Hill, Scholastic, Nelson Publishing, Cengage, The Wright Group, Hampton Brown, Prentice-Hall, Workman Publishing, and Holt-Mcdougal
Four Lakes Color Graphics
01/2005 – 01/2006 Production Designer, New York, NY
Worked with clients, production directors, and editors for all aspects of jobs, from thumbnails to final PDFs, collaborated with designers, art buyers, photo researchers, project managers and editors to compose style sheets, master pages and state specific editions
Comp sketches for illustrated books
Pre-press, and packaging files for printer
Handled formatting layouts, execution of page design, copy flow and in-house
colour correction on all images featured in the bookClients included: Harcourt, Houghton Mifflin, SRA, Macmillan McGraw-Hill,
and Glencoe
Tell-A-Graphics
01/2004 – 01/2005 Lead Production Artist & Designer, New York, NY
Managed in-house work flows
Magazine layout, digital coloring, photo retouching, art correction and production
Pre-press, and packaging files for printer
Trained new employees in company workflow
Software
Adobe Creative Suite Confluence Promethean
Final Cut Pro Dragon for Stop Motion Jira
Digital Skills
Retouching Colour Correction Compositing
Masking & Silhouette Web & Mobile resizing Key Light
Traditional Skills
Stop Motion Watercolour Oils
Pen & Ink Wire/foam build up Mold Making
Silicone molds Sculpting Life casting
Education
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, AB
Joe Kubert School of Cartoon & Graphic Art, Dover, NJ