motion | art direction work by andres payan

Profile

Andres is a Motion/Product Designer with over ten years of design experience across diverse types of creative: entertainment, sports, news, finance and advertising with management and leading experience of creative teams.

Prior to joining the motion design world Andres graduated with an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design and a BFA in Product Design from Los Andes University.

If you’re interested in contacting me, hit me up via email at payandesigner@gmail.com

Experience

The Walt Disney Company

Senior Product Designer

Oct 2022 – Present, New York City, NY

- Support a team of 8-10 designers, ranging from middle to director level.

- Contribute to the successful delivery of design from concept to deployment.

- Lead as and provide design guidance, documenting and socializing best practices for artwork workflows related to motion design, video production, and interactive prototype production.

-Work directly with developers and cross-organization Product Managers - supporting and enabling smooth processes of delivering motion specifications & design assets for production, provide high fidelity interactive prototypes for proof of concepts and motion design animations.

- Demonstrate deep knowledge of device platform best practices and guidelines.

- Adhere to and help shape design system and brand guidelines, ensuring a high-level of quality, establishing a consistent look and feel throughout the product.

- Collaborate with peers in research, product, engineering, and marketing on cross-functional projects.

- Help manage assets and incoming work from the team to design compelling next level presentations.

ABC News

Motion Designer

Feb 2020 – Oct 2022, New York City, NY

-Concept, direction, animation and design of supporting graphic elements for ABC News Live. -Take the lead in conceptualizing promos and development of graphic packages.
-Establish initiatives that improve workflows and ensure all deliverables and deadlines are met.
-Establish and communicate with producers and editorial best ways to execute design and digital solutions for each request

Yahoo Finance

Senior Motion Designer

October 2018 – Jan 2020, New York City, NY

-Oversee a team of motion designers with various experience levels. -Project management and ensure all deliverables and deadlines are met. -Concept, direction, animation and design of supporting graphic elements for different shows at Yahoo Finance.
-Take the lead in conceptualizing promos and developing graphic packages for all shows.
-Collaborate and communicate effectively with other junior designers to share learning experience and establish initiatives that improves workflows.
-Work daily with project coordinators to ensure all deliverables and deadlines are met.
-Establish and communicate with producers and copywriters best ways to execute design and digital solutions for each request.

Motion Designer (Freelance)

April 2018 – October 2018, New York City, NY

Concept, direction, animation and design of supporting graphic elements for different shows at Yahoo Finance, entertainment and lifestyle

Major League Baseball

Motion Designer

March 2015 – March 2018, New York City, NY

-Concept, direction, animation and design of supporting graphic elements for all MLB teams and sponsors.
-Collaborate with other designers
-Create and develop social media graphic elements for editorial on several social platforms, web and other digital media
-Video treatment such as rotoscoping, compositing, color correcting among others.

Viacom/VH1

Junior Motion Designer

January 2013 – February 2015, New York City, NY

-Create, art direct, design and animate show logos and packaging for On-Air content including bugs, banners and promo elements reflective of the channel brand.
-Art directed multi-platform campaigns.
-Lead and help out graphic interns understand the different graphic packages for each show and oversee their work.