As a VP Marketing Lead, I Led and managed a team of motion graphic designers that produced original video content for internal and external platforms, including Chase.com, JPMorgan.com, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
I also collaborated with executive directors, project managers, and producers to create omni-channel, best-in-class creative executions for multiple lines of business across various platforms, including web, mobile, social, print, direct mail, emails, retail, presentations, events, and video.
Motion Graphics was the first love that brought me into the world of Advertising. Starting with Macromedia Flash and eventually moving on to After Effects, motion graphics is the best way to combine video, motion, and sound into exciting and engaging content. I designed all of the animation below using Photoshop, After Effects, and Cinema 4D.
As a hands-on creative, conceptual design and storytelling is something that I enjoy immensely. My strength is developing and visualizing ideas for clients and translating creative briefs into highly detailed visuals and videos. I work in various mediums, including drawings, photography, graphic design, and 3D renders.
Case Study:
Bristol-Myers Squibb needed a 20 minute video program to educate health care providers about Erbitux, it's first-line treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer. The challenge was filming 3 separate speakers in 2 separate locations while making them interact with each other on film. After creative directing video shoots in New York and Las Vegas with 3 doctors during the course of a month, I then composited the footage making them appear like they where occupying the same space with one another.
Beautiful, effective, easy-to-use HR software for growing businesses, GetHired is designed to help your business run efficiently, save money, and stay compliant. I concepted, designed, storyboarded, and animated this 2 minute explainer video to showcase the company’s capabilities.
California Martial Athletics is the only World Thai Boxing Association accredited gym in San Francisco. Muay Thai Kickboxing is known as the “Art of Eight Limbs," as it is characterized by the combined use of fists, elbows, knees, and shins.
The founders, Dave Engel & Joe Chernay, reached out to me about their need for improving branding, marketing, design, and video. For the past year I’ve consulted and designed interiors, posters, social media posts, photography, motion graphics, and video.
For over a decade I worked as an Art Director creating websites, landing pages, banners, and interactive flash experiences. The focus has always been to impact the viewer with beautiful visuals, animation, and simplify the user experience. Among some of the notable projects where Flash websites for Sony, Electronic Arts, Hewlett Packard, Suzuki, Clorox and Macy's.
I was known as a "Flash Ninja".
Below are some of the numerous logos I've animated throughout my career. Among them, concepting, animating, and designing animation templates for Apple's mgfx program, "Motion" was a highlight. My motion graphics process starts with concept, storyboards and ends with animation in After Effects & Cinema 4D.
Urban music and culture is something that has been a part of my life since I was a kid. I started DJing in junior high school and later designed graphics and websites for Motown, Universal Records, ITF (International Turntable Federation), Hip-Hop.com, Tribal Gear Clothing, and Upper Playground. I feel it's important to keep my finger on the pulse of youth culture in order to produce creative that appeals to the 18-30 demographic.
Case Study:
ASCO is an annual convention in Chicago that brings together more than 30,000 oncology professionals from around the world. I was tasked with creating a best in class Virtual Reality experience for the convention. The concept was showing a patient's journey from diagnosis to remission while the environment cycled through the 4 seasons.
We shot actors playing patients on green screen and integrated them into 3D CGI environments representing summer, fall, winter, and spring. Next, the footage was downloaded onto Samsung phones and integrated with Samsung VR Gear headsets. The program was approx. 3 minutes but it hit all of the right emotional notes. Some attendees even communicated that they got choked up and one Dr. was brought to tears.
2021 BIBA Best Cover Design
A beautiful Ethiopian princess must use courage, strength, and leadership to conquer a dangerous enemy set on destroying the wealthy Kingdom of Sheba.
This African Fantasy Epic is beautifully written and illustrated for both grade school children as well as fans of afrocentric anime, comics, and graphic novels. Get Makeda the Queen of Sheba today to experience her incredible journey from young princess to legendary African Queen.
Written & Illustrated by Marlon McKenney
Case Study:
Viscira wanted to tell a story about the company and how it's work ultimately makes an impact on health care providers and patients to make their lives better. The main challenge was wrangling employees for a video shoot, designing multiple graphic user interfaces and compositing them together with a limited budget. The final video resulted in wide enthusiasm from clients, employees, and the business development team.
Case Study:
When Depomed commissioned us to produce a 15 minute Cambia video program with a very small budget, it was challenging. The result was shooting the video inside the Depomed offices and eliminating the need for expensive post production. Motion graphics where utilized sparingly and despite the small the budget the program still felt premium.
Case Study:
In 2012 Corning created a 5 minute short film highlighting it's specialty glass, with companion technologies, and how it could enable an overarching vision for the future. I collaborated with a greater team by designing motion graphics for various scenes throughout the video.
Case Study:
BookTrack's Artificial Intelligence automatically creates soundtracks for any text or any voice. The client wanted to include subtle graphics of BookTrack's benefits without being too over the top. The result was designing clean understated graphics incorporated into the video environment to enhance the story.
Case Study:
NUCYNTA is indicated for the management of pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment. Because many opioids can be addictive, it was important that this 15 minute informational video educated the benefits as well as the side-effects of Nucynta while delivering the message in an entertaining way. The concept was turning a non-engaging slide deck presentation into an exciting cable news program. With flashy motion graphics and original branded imagery, the video program was a success and the client requested more videos done in this fashion.
