Education
The School of Visual Arts | 2015-2019
Bachelor of Fine Arts, GPA: 3.883
Dean’s List for Freshman and Sophomore Year
Experience
Freelance Graphic Designer | 2023 - PRESENT
Creative X Entertainment
Designing social media ads, digital display assets, motion graphics, and internal pitch decks/presentations for companies like Rolling Loud, The Shade Room, and Petco.
Freelance Motion Designer | 2022
Worked on a variety of promotional animated clips on Instagram to promote films and shows like Keeping Company and Kingdom Business. Created static carousel assets for 1091 Studios for use on Instagram.
Graphic Designer | 2023
Fox News Media
Designed original key art for new shows on Fox New Media's streaming service Fox Nation. Assisted in delivering key art in various sizes meant for digital ad applications and printed media campaigns.
Contract 3D Animator | 2022
New Kino - Luna Market Inc
Worked on character animation for an ad promoting NYX/EsteeLauder’s partnership with popular Metaverse clothing designers.
Contract Motion Designer | 2022
Darwin Software
Designed and animated various video ads for various clients like Utz, Ryderwear, and VetPet Box. Worked with Darwin’s team of data analysts to create effective visual adverts for social media and improve consumer engagement/feedback with a client’s product or service.
Motion Graphic Designer | 2021
Major League Baseball
Helped in designing static and animated graphics to be used in a variety of social media postings. Worked on title cards, lower thirds, and other animated assets for event promotion, sponsored games clips, interviews, and adverts. Animated new content to be used on MLB Originals shows and MLB’s alternate social media pages. Responsibilities ranged from a 2D rotoscope animation to animated vector illustrations to location hopping transitions. Designed video templates for Postseason 2021 the 2021 World Series.
Animator | 2019 - 2020
Nickelodeon
Worked on character animation for a Baby Shark television promo and contributed reusable animation of the characters to Nickelodeon’s animation library for future use. Animated Bubble Guppies characters for a Hand Washing PSA from Pinkfong.
Worked on play-along episodes of Blue’s Clues & You for the Noggin App. Responsible for character animation on cutscenes, cycling animation for interactive sections, and background/transition elements.
VR/AR Assistant | 2018
New Reality Company
Managed demos for New Reality Company's VR experience, Tree. Modeled and textured assets and props for the prototype of New Reality Company's latest VR project, Breathe.
3D Generalist | 2017
Humble-Postal TV
Assisted in modeling 3D props, texturing, and animating for Facebook's Support Business mobile ad campaign and Bevespi Aerosphere's Neon Lights ad
3D Animator Thesis Assistant | 2016-2017
Illuminosity | Moral Compass | Yuanfen
Assisted seniors with animating several shots from the student shorts
Club President/Treasurer | 2016-2018
SVA 3D Animation Club
Managed the club’s finances, planned club lectures and events, managed the club's social media, and hosted its animation podcast.
Product Illustrator | 2015
Bluprint
Drew a series of simple line drawings of Tusk’s new product lineup.
Contact
kennethrosen519@gmail.com
Software
Maya, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, ToonBoom Harmony
Skills
Animation, Motion Graphics, Graphic Design, Deck/Presentation Design, Key Art Design, Illustration