Jen Rizzo

Current

• Contract 3D Animator & Technical Coordinator at Bars+Tone
• Designer at Freelance (Self-employed)

Past

• Motion Graphics Designer at Transvideo Studios
• Teaching Assistant at University of Cincinnati
• Photographer at Freelance (Self-employed)

• 3D Designer at FRCH Design Worldwide
• 3D Architectural Visualization at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

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Education

• University of Cincinnati

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Industry

Design

Jen Rizzo’s Summary

I'm a motion graphics designer, relocated to San Francisco as of September 2008. I've been privileged to spend my time here so far getting my hands dirty with a number of firms on a variety of different projects, mostly focusing on product design and corporate work.

I'm sort of a nerd.

Jen Rizzo’s Specialties:

Cinema 4D, 3D Studio Max, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Macromedia Flash

Jen Rizzo’s Experience

• Contract 3D Animator & Technical Coordinator

  Bars+Tone

  (Design industry)

  October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  Regular contractor with Bars+Tone, responsible for writing scripts and producing 3D Animation for all tutorials and overviews of phones on Sprint's website.

• Designer

  Freelance (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Media Production industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

  Freelance designer; specializing in 2D/3D animation. Available for on- or off-site work. Select clients include Bars+Tone, Westernized, Elastic, Cisco, Fitness Anywhere, AUX, F&W Publications and Northlich.
  
  http://www.jenrizzo.com

• Motion Graphics Designer

  Transvideo Studios

  (Media Production industry)

  December 2008 — February 2009 (3 months)

  Storyboarding and animation at the largest full-service broadcast video production house in Northern California. Part of the little-but-mighty motion graphics team.

• Teaching Assistant

  University of Cincinnati

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 2005 — June 2008 (3 years 6 months)

  Teaching assistant for Digital Design Fundamentals, a required class for all incoming DAAP freshmen. The quarter I teach covers Adobe Illustrator and Cinema 4D. The class consists of a large lecture on Monday taught by April Mann, and two back-to-back labs on Fridays led by a crew of 12 teaching assistants.

• Photographer

  Freelance (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Photography industry)

  January 2005 — June 2008 (3 years 6 months)

  Freelance wedding and portrait photography.

• 3D Designer

  FRCH Design Worldwide

  (Privately Held; Architecture & Planning industry)

  March 2007 — February 2008 (1 year )

  Specialized in architectural visualization and fly-throughs using Cinema 4D and After Effects.
  
  Accounts included Under Armour, Virgin, Sunglass Hut, Godiva, Tween Brands, Columbia Sussex & Hampton Inn.

• 3D Architectural Visualization

  Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

  (Architecture & Planning industry)

  March 2006 — December 2006 (10 months)

  3D visualization in the conception stage for the Moynihan Station team in New York, NY.

Jen Rizzo’s Education

• University of Cincinnati

  BS , Design , 2003 — 2008

  Studying digital design while participating in the cooperative education program, alternating quarters of work and study in a studio environment.

Additional Information

Jen Rizzo’s Interests:

3d, architecture, animation, interactivity, photography, writing, sports, cycling