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B O Y D E N & Y O U N G B L U T T
From 2020-2022, I was the Motion Graphics Director at Boyden & Youngblutt Marketing, an award winning advertising agency with 30 years of established marketing experience. Here at B&Y, I'm part of a video team that masters live action and motion graphics in collaborative projects for our nation's healthcare industry. That doesn't tie me to the desk though, as I'm the Plant Managing Partner (literally managing all our office plants) and point person for setting up our podcast studio space.
Because of the nature of our industry, some videos are not publicly available. Please contact me if you'd like to see more examples of my recent work.
U N I V E R S I T Y O F S A I N T F R A N C I S
In the spring of 2021 and 2022, I taught Motion Graphics at my alma mater, the University of St. Francis. Being an adjunct professor was never something I anticipated doing, but turned out to be an exceptional learning experience! My students met the same software I work in every day with new, fresh perspective and the process invigorated me to create more unique animations and lessons to teach them in increasingly effective and engaging ways.
ART248-S22_JMcKibben_Exercise 10_Instructor.mp4B L U E P O N Y
I designed and animated for Blue Pony Digital for 5 years and to say there was never a dull day is an understatement. Covering a wide range of styles, I mastered motion graphics problem solving every time a new challenge appeared. Projects at BP were often unusual digital canvases to display signage or map projections on stage sets or buildings with a lot of technical jargon and design logistics, but that only made it so coming back to a 16x9 frame felt like home.
My favorite project while at Blue Pony was creating the content for the dual-columned installation in Civic Plaza, the gateway to the Indianapolis International Airport. We worked with the building and marketing teams to decide on the themes for the content, the schedule for playback, and the best way to display content on the pillars. The LED panels are custom fit to the openings in the façade, and the content was fit to those panels. I created the template file and three themes of content to start with: Indy 500, Ambient Skies, and Scenes of Indianapolis.
A N D B E Y O N D
Not every day is filled with billable work, but I find the downtime is useful to keep exploring the tutorials, plugins, and inspirational work of other creators to sharpen my skills, find new tools, and keep working as efficiently and effectively as possible.