Animators (In-house or Remote) 

- Ben Bentsman: Reel
Benjamin Bentsman started in film at Emmy-award-winning Stick Figure Productions. Since then, he has worked with brilliant creatives on theatrical documentaries, national commercials, experimental installation videos, social media ads, and theatrical narratives. Growing up, he loved Werner Herzog's idiosyncratic stories and Chris Cunningham's visual-auditory aesthetic. He has a BA in philosophy from The University of Chicago and an MA in English Education from Columbia University, so he brings a lot of thought to the ideas and language in his work. A Snickers ad he edited and animated won this year's prestigious Comm Arts award.

- Dominika Nicman: Reel
Dominika Nicman is a New York City based Motion Designer with a passion for telling stories through visuals. She works with Motion Graphics and Animation, Broadcast Design, Graphic Design, Typography, Storyboarding, After Effects, Photoshop, and Illustrator.

- Erika Bernetich: Reel
Erika is a free spirited motion graphics artist. She has lived everywhere in the US but now she is back to the big city.

- Juwan Lim: Reel
Jwan Lim graduated from Parsons the New School for Design with a BFA in Communication design. He is a passionate filmmaker based in New York. His background in motion graphic design has broadened his area of expertise in filmmaking. Juwan is a “one-stop-shop” for directing, editing and motion graphic design. He has produced music videos, fashion commercials, experimental dance films, sport videos, and more. His past clients include Nike, Verizon, Coach, Starbucks and Vogue Magazine. 

- Nate Kim: http://www.natekimanimation.com/ 
Nate is an art director, illustrator and animator. He is a huge animation fan and his greatest influences include Friz Freeling, Chuck Jones, Ralph Bakshi, Katsuhiro Otomo, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. He is a team player and has great enthusiasm to work on new projects with new teams. He truly believes these co-creative collaborations feed his process and keep him fresh.

- The Dutch: http://thedutch.tv
With over a dozen years of design, animation and editing experience on two continents, covering broadcast, digital media for web and mobile devices and print, has given him a firm grasp managing both large and small scale projects and organizing efficient workflows for recurring projects under extremely tight deadlines. Additionally, his career at HBO as Sr. Graphic Artist and his position as adjunct faculty at Parsons have prepared him to manage, mentor and effectively utilize the skills of individuals at various levels of expertise.

- Stephanie Swart: Reel
Stephanie is an animator, director, and illustrator based in Brooklyn, New York. She loves combining the warmth of handmade techniques with the refinement of digital tools. She specializes in 2D animation, motion design, and compositing for freelance commercial and editorial projects, and enjoys experimenting with techniques and styles in her personal short films and music videos. Originally from Atlanta, she left her southern roots to study at Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University, where she fell in love with the medium of animation and created her first animated short film. Since then she has worked as a freelancer to animate, direct, and illustrate for clients including Adult Swim, Vice, the New York City Ballet, and TED Conferences. When she’s not in the studio, she’s probably drawing in her sketchbook, working on her plant collection, or exploring the city.

Animators//illustrators (Remote ONLY)

- Adriana Bosco: Reel
Adriana has an artistic soul since childhood. She studied oil painting, watercolor and crayons and graduated in Graphic Design with a Qualification in Visual Communication and Marketing at one of the best colleges in Brazil: ESPM São Paulo. She studied 3D animation at Melies College and her unique visual style and use of innovative techniques led her to work with 3D modeling, cartoon style modeling and texturing for companies such as Heinz, Cremer, Mattel, and more.

- Cristianne Ly: https://cristiannely.co
Cristianne Ly graduated in Graphic Design and works as a Motion Graphics art director, designer and illustrator. Ly works with animation for over a decade and her experience includes creating projects for clients such as Sony Entertainment, AXN, TNT, Boomerang, MTV Brazil, Havaianas, Allianz, Google, HP, Red Bull, and more.

- Louis Wes: https://louiswes.com
Louis is an animator & designer with a passion for nostalgia & bright colors. He is currently based in New Jersey but his heart is always in the California dreams.

- Leandro Beltran: https://www.leandrobeltran.com
Leandro is an Art Director//Animator living in Brazil’s concrete jungle: São Paulo. He enjoys embarking in 3D projects, as a creative or an artist, or both.
He is design-driven and enjoys minimal concepts. Leandro has worked for brands such as Listerine, Microsoft, Kraft and many more.

- Marina Corbane: Reel
Marina is a full time remote motion graphics freelance based in São Paulo, Brazil . Marina has graduated in Digital Design and started working with motion graphics at the age of 19. She has a passion for everything that involves motion and character animation. After being hired by Hogarth WorldWide, she became a Senior Motion Designer and personally took care of multiple advertising projects, dealing with clients from all around the world.

- Nathalia Okimoto: Reel
Nathalia has graduated at the Federal University of São Carlos Film School and soon was seduced by motion graphics. She has been working in the advertising industry for a decade with clients such as Nivea, Canon, Ensure, Google, … She is passionate to find ways to deliver the perfect motion + design balance, finding the perfect flow with the narrative.

- Rafaela Pioto: Reel
Rafaella Pioto is a 2D animator, born and raised in São Paulo - Brasil. She works as a freelancer and runs her own animation studio, Moxo.tv, where she creates advertising videos and games for clients such as: Havaianas, Gympass, Google Allo, and more.

editors

- Benjamin Bentsman: Reel
Ben is a hybrid talent: editor/ animator who brings a lot of thought to the ideas and language in his work.
A Snickers ad he edited and animated just won this year's prestigious Comm Arts award.

- Hanne Vaughn: Reel
Hanne Vaughn is a multiple Emmy Award-winning video editor and sound designer.  Hanne started early. She has over 20 years of experience in multiple formats: from advertising and promos to documentary, feature film, and television production.  She is an expert on numerous platforms and programs in a wide range of graphic and narrative styles.  Hanne can also pull projects out of the fire.  She is fast, collaborative, and story-driven editing to the highest professional and creative standards.

- Jonah Oskow: Reel
Jonah will make you laugh. He is a comedy editor with visual effects skills and he doesn’t settle for “good enough”. Jonah doesn’t believe in “it is what it is”. He earned his stripes at the boutique NYC editorial shop Red Car. Since then, he has gone on to work with a large selection of NYC ad agencies, production companies and motion design firms. He had his work featured in the One Show, One Screen, The Webbys, Creativity Online, the Clios, Cannes, California Shorts, Deadline, The Wrap and your iPhone. Most recently, he co-edited a full season of the half-hour scripted comedy show We Are CVNT5, currently airing on Go90. He has also recently edited work for Comedy Central, Above Average, NBCU and performed additional editorial on what The Wrap called a “Netflix gem”, Undecided: the Movie.

- Jacob Sillman: Reel
Jacob hails from Sudbury, MA. He went to NYU for Film and Television Production and graduated in 2012 with a B.F.A. in Film and TV Production. Jacob is a hybrid director/ editor and his skills led him to make commercials and branded content for companies such as GE, LG, Sundance, Scholastic, Shutterstock and more. He has sold an online DocuSeries “Cyborg Nation”to Wired online and is currently in production on an upcoming Unscripted Series called "Divided We Stand".

- Juwan Lim: Reel
Juwan is a passionate filmmaker based in New York. His background in motion graphic design has broadened his area of expertise into film making successfully in recent years. Jwan is a “one-stop-shop” for directing, editing and motion graphic design.

- Lucas Valente (Cabu): Reel
Lucas Valente, aka Cabu, is a Brazilien multidisciplinary artist living in Brooklyn. He is an editor, DP/ Director who moved to NY to make things happen and that's what he's been doing.

- Luis Valdes: Reel
Luis is a NY based hybrid editor / animator. He currently works on Premiere, After Effects and Davinci Resolve. Having a background in mathematics and philosophy, Luis has discovered that his passion was visual and performance arts, studying film, theater and music production. He has worked with agencies and post-production houses such as BBDO, TBWA/CHIAT, Ogilvy, Grey, W+K, Y&R, BBH, Bikini Edit, Northern Lights, and Sundial Pictures doing Broadcast Commercials, Branded Content, Luxury/Fashion, TV Shows, Reels, Pitch Videos, Animatics.

- Margo Hyde: Reel
Margo Hyde is a Brooklyn based editor with a vast experience in the advertising industry.
Margo is a hybrid editor/ animator and an outstanding storyteller.

- Natalie To: Reel
Since going freelance at the end of 2019, Natalie has taken on projects with 1st Ave Machine, Boston Dynamics and @AllVotingisLocal.
Natalie has worked as a Senior Multiplatform Motion Designer at Oxygen/NBC. Before that, she worked at other networks such as Bravo, truTV, VH1, MTV & Turner Broadcasting. She received her MFA in Broadcast Design from Parsons School of Design in 2004.
She is a hybrid animator/ editor who can design storyboards, create motion graphics for promos, show opens, explainer videos and special presentations. She can effectively communicate with internal and external clients, composers, ... to complete the delivery. Natalie can create custom content for social media, user experience design for mobile & interactive, and animate robots in Cinema 4D.

- Neil Miller: Reel
While still performing as a professional drummer, Neil sat in on a film edit for a music video that he appeared in. From that moment on, he saw editing in his future.
As an editor, Neil’s main concentration has been in advertising. Recent collaborations have been with Grey Group, Craft, 360i, Dentsu, Anomaly, JWT, TBWA/Chiat/Day, Humble, Bunker and Slamm! Media Group. In addition to broadcast work, Neil has also worked on long form projects for The Beastie Boys, Canon, American Express, USA, Syfy, MasterCard, BrakhaX2, Sony Music and Parkwood Entertainment. Neil graduated from New York University then toured and recorded as a drummer. He returned to Manhattan to start his editing career, where he currently resides with his wife.

- Paul San Fillipo: Reel
Paul San Filippo is a New York based creative & technical professional. Paul has a comprehensive background in editorial and creative direction for digital production and post-production. Professional experience ranging from commercial/branded, promotions, narrative, documentary, broadcast, experimental, web series, and TV.