Motion Designer/Art Director  
 
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Michael Ricker

360 Bush St., Issaquah, WA 98027 Cell: 253.431.1828

Email: michael@rickerstudios.com


Employment History


CBS Television Group (K.S.T.W, CW11-Seattle)
  Art Director/Motion Graphics Designer  2008 – present

  • Create/Design/Animate all station 2D/3D broadcast motion graphics using Cinema 4D, After Effects, Photoshop, Avid, Final Cut Pro, Illustrator and Flash
  • Maintain Station brand identity through the use of graphics/animation
  • Produce motion graphic spots for station promos and local/national advertisers
  • Provide images as the station photographer for web and on/off air promos

Pixel Fire Productions
  Creative Director/Senior Motion Graphics Designer 2006 – 2008

  • Design/Animate 2D & 3D  motion graphics (using After Effects, Cinema 4D, Motion, Photoshop, Illustrator and Final Cut Pro) for advertiser spots for video billboards in Times Square, New York. Clients I’ve designed/animated Time Square advertising spots for include Walgreens, JVC,  Capital One, Method, Dove, Axe, Bayer, Lysol, Johnson & Johnson, Dial, Maybelline, Air Wick, Boost, Arm & Hammer and many more
  • Shoot/Edit Video, Design graphics, look/feel for Flash based interactive websites
  • Assist company with sales of postproduction services to New York Advertisers/Ad Agencies

JellyBarn, Inc.
   Motion Graphics Designer 2003-2006

  • Integrated Video, Photography and Graphics into interactive Flash applications
  • Animated graphics using Flash, After Effects, Cinema 4D, FCP Studio, Adobe Studio
  • Designed application UI design

 

Ricker Studios (Freelance)
   Photographer/Videographer, Web Designer/Motion Graphics 1998-2003

  • Shot Photography/Videography for Weddings and Corporate events
  • Graphic design and Flash presentations for Microsoft            
  • Edited Video with Final Cut Pro, Authored DVD’s with DVD Studio Pro and Adobe Encore
Created motion graphics with After Effects and Macromedia (Adobe) Director, Photoshop, Flash
Education 

Green River Community College, Auburn, WA
   Multimedia Program-Graphic Design, Computer Animation, Traditional Art


Interests



 Spending time with my amazing wife and kids.  Art, Photography, Music, Skateboarding, Snowboarding and Surfing