Chino is an executive-level creative director eager to collaborate with artists and organizations interested in using motion graphics to engage and inspire people.

MTV Networks, CBS, Obama for America, Draftfcb, Food Network, Blue State Digital, Estée Lauder, BMW, Ford, Deutsch, American Red Cross

Chino is an award-winning creative director and manager of creative teams with 12 years of professional graphic design and motion graphics experience for film, television, web, mobile, and out-of-home projects.

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EXPERIENCE

Director of Art & Motion Design / Animoto Productions (2010 - PRESENT)

Principal / Countershade, LLC (1999 - PRESENT)
Freelance clients include: Food Network, CBS, Brand New School, Attik, Aspect Ratio, Deutch LA,
World Leaders Entertainment, ACLU, Presidential Transition Team, Circumstance LLC, Duffy & Shanley, Inc.

Director of Motion Graphics / Blue State Digital (2009 - 2010)
Clients included: MLB, Sierra Club, American Red Cross, Partners in Health, and Budweiser Select 55

Motion Designer / Obama for America (2008)
Designed and animated graphics as part of the campaign new media department’s video team in Chicago

Group Creative Supervisor, Motion Graphics / Draftfcb Healthcare (2007 - 2008)
Developed multimedia collateral for pharmaceutical advertising; managed team of animators, designers, and developers
Clients included: Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, and Boehringer-Ingelheim

Creative Director / Adspace Networks, Inc. (2006 - 2007)
Supervised production of advertisements across nationwide digital network; managed team of staff and freelance animators
Clients included: MTV Networks, BMW, Porsche, Estée Lauder, Macy’s, and Buena Vista Pictures

Animator / Aspect Ratio (2005)
Film and television titles included: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, The Fog, Sky High, Happy Feet,
Family Guy, Bob the Builder, Get Rich or Die Tryin, The Sentinel

Artist / Walt Disney Internet Group / Disney Mobile Studios (2004 - 2005)
Designed and animated mobile products such as screensavers, and episodics featuring Disney-licensed characters


EDUCATION

MFA, Film, Video and Computer Animation / University of Southern California
John C. Hench Division of Animation + Digital Arts

BFA, Graphic Design / Rhode Island School of Design 

2011, Sundance Film Festival, Circumstance (Main Title Design)
2010, Pollie Award, Silver - Hope Not Hate, Not In My Name (Web Animation/Web Video)
2008, In-Awe Award, Gold - Novartis Glivec DVD (Medical Education, Innovative Program)
2007, Chitrakatha International Film Festival, Phôs
2006, First ‘Boards Award, Finalist (Broadcast Design)
2005, SIGGRAPH, Exhibit Presenter (Adobe Booth)
2005, USC First Look Film Festival, Main Title Design and Blue Notebook #10
2004, Stash Media GSA Award, Semi-Finalist (Broadcast Design)
2004, Cinema Paradise Film Festival, Phôs
2004, Visual Communication Film Festival, Circumstance, Phôs
2004, USC First Look Film Festival, Main Title Design and LA:XSI
2004, American Graphic Design Award (Identity Design)