Michael Fonteabo Chavez
Is an animator and graphic designer based in Los Angeles. He grew up drawing and drafting architecture in sketch pads with colored pencils. As time passed into adulthood, Michael focused taking his passion into a career involving digital arts and animation. His love for art and storytelling has allowed him the ability to organize and present ideas visually in unique ways.
Michael Fonteabo Chavez
Is an animator and graphic designer based in Los Angeles. He grew up drawing and drafting architecture in sketch pads with colored pencils. As time passed into adulthood, Michael focused taking his passion into a career involving digital arts and animation. His love for art and storytelling has allowed him the ability to organize and present ideas visually in unique ways.
Michael Fonteabo Chavez
Is an animator and graphic designer based in Los Angeles. He grew up drawing and drafting architecture in sketch pads with colored pencils. As time passed into adulthood, Michael focused taking his passion into a career involving digital arts and animation. His love for art and storytelling has allowed him the ability to organize and present ideas visually in unique ways.
Michael Fonteabo Chavez
Is an animator and graphic designer based in Los Angeles. He grew up drawing and drafting architecture in sketch pads with colored pencils. As time passed into adulthood, Michael focused taking his passion into a career involving digital arts and animation. His love for art and storytelling has allowed him the ability to organize and present ideas visually in unique ways.
Michael Anthony Fonteboa Chavez | Visual Designer
EXPERIENCE
Warner Bros. Discovery
Multiplatform Production Graphic Designer
2022 - Current
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Create various graphic assets like logos, illustrations, icons, and animated content for social media platforms.
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Collaborate with Producers and Content Strategists to develop engaging social content plans and maintain the distinctive tone, voice, and imagery of various franchises within the Warner Bros. Discovery brand.
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Manage multiple projects with tight deadlines and quick turnarounds.
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Design data-rich internal presentations.
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PROJECT HIGHLIGHT: Created a collection of unique animated gifs/stickers for
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Puppy Bowl XIX; the top three garnered over 211M views.
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Swanlings Entertainment
Producer and Production Artist
2020 - Current
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Collaborate on script writing for compelling storytelling.
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Create key art, including sketches, storyboards, character designs, and environment illustrations.
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Design pitch decks for animated and live action projects.
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FIDM – Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
Multi-Media Designer
2017 - 2022
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Developed educational and marketing presentations across various platforms, assessing their effectiveness on multiple devices.
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Formulated marketing strategies to enhance brand voice, promote diversity, and conducted trend research targeting Millennial and Gen Z audiences.
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Facilitated interdepartmental communication to maintain consistent brand guidelines.
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Quartermain Media
Lead Graphic Designer; Motion Designer
2017 - 2023
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Created original artwork for print and digital publications.
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Developed visual layouts for magazine articles.
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Organized tasks for the design team and reviewed deliverables as the visual editor.
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Rocket Road Pictures
2D Animator; Illustrator
2018 - 2019
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Developed key art, illustrations, and background designs.
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Coordinated between Los Angeles and Copenhagen.
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Digitally animated frame by frame animation.
EDUCATION
Santa Monica College
Certificate
2016-2017
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Gained a comprehensive understanding of entertainment marketing, with essential skills needed to design on and off-air promotions, plus digital media strategy and storytelling.
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The Art Institute
BA
2010-2015
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Focused on media arts and production with an emphasis on writing, illustrating, storyboarding, and marketing for animation.
SKILLS
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Adobe Creative Suite, Google Workspace, Microsoft Office and Keynote
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Animation, Branding, Graphic Design, Illustration, Storyboarding, Storytelling
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Presentation Design, Content Development, Marketing Strategies, Organization and Planning