Brandon Sugiyama

Motion media design professor

Graduate Certificate, entrepreneurial journalism, The City University of New York
B.A., motion graphic design, SAE Expression College

Professor of motion media design, Fall 2021–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

Lead animator, 2018–19, "Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj," New York
Developed 3D animated sequences, particle simulations, toolkits and animated map sequences. Winner of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Motion Design.

Freelance art director and senior motion graphics designer, 2011–18 and 2020–21, New York
On the launch team for "Answered by Vox," a daily explainer series on the mobile-only video platform, Quibi. Worked closely with directors to design and animate graphics for ACORN and the Firestorm and Midsummer in Newtown, both documentary films that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Led the motion design for The Age of Aerospace, a documentary series covering the history of aviation and space exploration for The Documentary Group. Concept, design and animation using 3D models, archival photos and documents. Designed and animated event videos, session and speaker titles for the TED Unplugged 2018, TED Global 2017, TEDSummit 2016 and TED Women 2016 Conference. Served as lead animator and compositor on promos for HBO's Game of Thrones, The Food Network's The Next Iron Chef, ITVS's Futurestates, and The History Channel. Edited and animated The New York Times "Best of Multimedia" presented by executive editor Jill Abramson at the Davos World Economic Forum. Produced animated sequences for documentary films The Naked Brand, Schooled: The Price of College Sports, and Death by Design.

Freelance motion graphic designer, 2009–11, San Francisco
Served as the sole animator for in-game sequences providing a back story for each level of Darkspore, a science-fiction role playing game created by Maxis/Electronic Arts. Led the design and animation for marketing and branding videos for Medtronic and Microsoft Mediaroom. Designed interface concepts and animation for Sony and Apple.

Junior designer and producer, 2008–09, Gunshop, San Francisco
Managed project production and client communication with agencies including: McCann; Goodby, Silverstein and Partners; Venables Bell & Partners; and Hoffman York. Designed, animated and edited projects for clients such as: Sprint, NASCAR, Verizon, Microsoft, Cisco, MTV, and VH1.