ODED NAAMAN
creative director | art director | animator | video creator
- |-| www.odednaaman.com | U.S Citizen
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Creative Director with over 20 years of experience specializing in transforming complex ideas into compelling visual stories through
video, animation, design, and illustration working in corporate, academic, and studio settings.
CORE STRENGTHS
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Creative & Art Direction
Video & Animation Production
Storytelling & Illustration
Graphic & Identity Design
o Trial Graphics and Visual Advocacy
o Project & Budget Management
o Performance & Progress Tracking
o Training, & Development
o Team Management
o Strategic Planning & Execution
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Creative Director | Dubin Research & Consulting – NYC
February 2020 – June 2024
Served as the creative manager for the design studio for a legal consulting firm with responsibility for
Production
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Transform complex legal concepts into high-end visual demonstratives into courtroom presentations, mock trials, and trials under tight
deadlines and budget constraints
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Contributed to the success and wins of large nationwide cases: Dominion v. Fox News, Sean Rad v. Match, In re NFL Sunday Ticket
Antitrust Litigation, Casa Tradicion S.A. de C.V. v. Casa Azul Spirits, LLC, U.S. v. Khoury
Studio Operations
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Creatively and artistically guide and direct design, marketing, and animation projects in the studio
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Streamlined internal and external studio workflow, communication protocols, and project timelines, including the workflow processes
to transition to work-from-home during the pandemic
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Grew team from 5 to 11 designers and illustrators
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Managed creative projects that ranged from $50,000 to $1M in production costs
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Introduced new technology like One Drive and Microsoft Teams to improve collaboration across firm
Creative Director (Freelance) | Oded Naaman – NYC, Tel Aviv and Toronto
September 2009 – February 2020
Worked on a diverse range of creative projects for clients in government, nonprofit, retail and technology
Developed various creative projects for public and private clients including promotional videos, animations, commercials, websites, banner ads,
visual identities, integrated marketing campaigns, and printed materials .
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Columbia Business School Center of Global Brand Leadership (2009 - 2017):
Served as Freelance Art Director for all marketing, communications, and conference materials. Edited videos for YouTube channel.
SHUFFLE Concert -)
Worked with the Musical Director of the ensemble to create all marketing, promotional and concert materials, including logo, album
cover design, on stage videos and website design.
Acme Smoked Fish Company (2011)
Worked with the Chief Operating Officer to create marketing and branding video for their corporate website and YouTube channel
The New York Office of Emergency Management -)
Worked with the Regional Catastrophic planning team to produce 5-minute animated training videos for emergency field managers.
Budget $100,000
True Value Hardware -)
Worked with the marketing and communications team to create employee engagement and training videos and a campaign to
promote their loyalty program shown in all retail stores.
US Council on Foreign Relations (2015)
Worked with the video production team on post-production and animation projects
Vynopsis -)
Worked with the CEO on creating the UI/UX of the company’s product - a real-time financial news broadcasts aimed at brokers, trading
platforms and financial websites.
VIEWPOINT IL (2018)
Collaborated with a national celebrity as a Creative Director to produce a visualization project worth over $150,000 for a renowned
luxury apartment building in Tel Aviv that featured extensive use of green screens and complex visual effects.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE c o n t ’ d
Creative Director (Contract)| VideoHead Ltd. – Tel Aviv, Israel
October 2016 – May 2017
Supervised freelance teams for a video and animation company with commercial and non-profit clients
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Intel: created internal communications videos for employee engagement
Estee Lauder: Produced a social animated short video promoting a new line of gift boxes.
Pelephone (Israeli Telecom): produced social videos to launch new Samsung phones on YouTube and Facebook as well as a video
prompting the company’s new cyber security features.
Cameri: produced a promotional/marketing trailer for The Third Floor, a theatrical drama
PROVISION ISR: Produced a marketing video aimed at new distributors
Mekorot (Israel's National Water Company): Produced a video promoting their annual global water tech conference.
Cielo: Produced a promotional video for conferences promoting the company’s inertial guidance system
July 2007 – July 2009
Animator & Animation Director | Pil Animation Ltd. – Tel Aviv, Israel
Executed animation projects for various global broadcast and digital channels at the full-service animation studio
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Draco: Directed episodes for the 2nd season for the wildly popular pre-schhol show Paint
Me a Story: Managed 2 Designers as the Lead Animator and project manager of the international TV show
Pitz’s Juice: Served as the lead layout artist and animator on the straight to DVD animated film
Animator & Animation Director | Smartoonz Animation Ltd. – Tel Aviv, Israel
December 2006 – July 2007
Created and directed animation for children’s TV shows for an animation studio specializing in pre-school viewers
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Little Fables: Acted as the Lead Animator for 7 episodes during the 2nd season of the children’s television show
Special Assistant to VP of Marketing | Spiritus Trading Ltd. – Rosh Ha’ain, Israel
2005 to 2007
Created
direct email marketing materials for the company’s products
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EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts in Film | Columbia University – NYC, NY
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Graduated with Honors
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Bachelor of Fine Arts, Animation | Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design – Jerusalem, Israel
2007
TEACHING EXPERIENCE & VOLUNTEER
Assistant Professor | Montclair State University– Montclair, NJ
Jan 2020 to May 2020
Instructed a course on the fundamentals of After Effects and Motion Graphics
Assistant Professor | CUNY, Hostos Community College – NYC, NY
Sept 2015 to Aug 2016
Served as a full time, tenure track, professor in the media and design program including development if curriculum and students’ advisement
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Courses taught: 3D Design | 2D Design | Motion Graphics | Video Editing | Digital Design 101
Adjunct Professor | Marymount Manhattan College – NYC, NY
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Animation Instructor | Igal Alon High School for Arts & Sciences – Israel
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Feb 2015 to Dec 2015
Instructed a Digital Animation class on the fundamentals of animation, storyboarding, and design
Sept 2007 to July 2009
Instructed animation classes to up to 40 students and mentored groups during their senior year film projects
Co-Founder & Producer | ANIMIX: Israeli Animation, Comics & Caricature Festival – Tel Aviv, Israel
2001 to Present
Co-founded the annual 4-day animation festival that features animation screenings, workshops, and artist booths
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Successfully grew the festival attendance year-over-year with up to 10,000 annual guests from all over the world
Volunteer Artist | The Inkwell Foundation – NYC, NY
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Oct 2009 to Present
Volunteer artist at a non-profit that sends cartoonists and animator to draw with hospitalized children
TE C H NI CA L S KI L LS
Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects, Animate\Flash, Illustrator & InDesign) | Figma | HTML | CSS
Final Cut Pro | Final Draft | Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word, Excel) | Animation (Flash, hand-drawn, stop-motion) | Filmmaking (directing,
writing, shooting, video editing) | Illustration | Graphic Design | Web Design
GE NE RA L I NF O RM A TIO N
Professional Languages: English | Hebrew
Citizenships: USA | Israel
