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K. Kypers is an award-winning director who has utilized her skills as an animator, storyboard artist, video editor, writer, and illustrator to contribute to a wide range of projects for online and television.

FREELANCE HISTORY

Ogilvy
DIGITAL MOTION PRODUCER MARCH 2024-PRESENT
Freelance video editor and animator on a variety of client projects (Premiere, After Effects)

Studio Rx

VIDEO EDITOR MARCH 2022-JANUARY 2024
Freelance on-call video editor (lead editor or assistant editor as needs may be) on a variety of client projects (Premiere, After Effects)

VIDEO EDITOR MAY 2021
Collaborated with team editing video (Premiere)

MORE Advertising
ANIMATOR MAY 2023-FEBRUARY 2024
Videos for social media for Massachusetts Behavioral Health Help Line (After Effects); videos for Massachusetts Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program

ANIMATOR MARCH-OCTOBER 2022
Videos for social media for Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health promoting vaccination & boosters for COVID-19 and promoting awareness of ACCESS law (Animate CC); videos for social media for MassHousing (After Effects, Animate CC)

ANIMATOR AUGUST-NOVEMBER 2021
Series of videos for Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health promoting vaccination & boosters for COVID-19 (Animate CC)

Mechanism Digital
ANIMATOR FEBRUARY-APRIL 2022
Animator on whiteboard animations

Shadow Lion
DIRECTOR/ANIMATOR NOV 2021-JAN 2022
Created ten short animated videos for social media promoting the Man In The Arena Podcast from Religion of Sports and ESPN+ (Animate CC)

ANIMATOR JULY 2020
Character and graphics animation (Animate CC)

ANIMATOR APRIL-MAY 2020
Character and graphics animation (Animate CC)

The People’s Joker
ANIMATION DIRECTOR/ANIMATOR NOV 2020-SEPT 2021
Lead animator and animation director on a sequence in the independent feature The People’s Joker directed by Vera Drew; organized production of the sequence, supervised the work from a team primarily composed of student interns (Animate CC)

Hero4Hire Creative
ANIMATOR   MARCH-JULY 2021
Character animation on series of videos (Animate CC)

STORYBOARD ARTIST   JUNE 2018-JUNE 2019
Storyboards/animatics (Animate CC)

STORYBOARD ARTIST   JANUARY-MARCH 2018
Storyboards/animatics (Animate CC) for Everfi
Compassion Project animated shorts

Clever Creative
ANIMATOR MAY-JUNE 2021
Created a series of short videos (in multiple aspect ratios) for client’s social media utilizing the brand’s library of assets (After Effects, Photoshop)

Siena Liggins
ANIMATOR DEC 2020-JAN 2021
Animation for music video (Animate CC)

ANIMATOR MARCH 2020
Stop-motion content for social media
(After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere)

Cartuna
CLEAN-UP/COLOR ARTIST   JANUARY 2021
Cleaning up and coloring animation (Animate CC)

CLEAN-UP/COLOR ARTIST   APRIL-JULY 2020
Cleaning up and coloring animation for Magical Girl Friendship Squad animated series (Animate CC)

CLEAN-UP/COLOR ARTIST   AUGUST-OCTOBER 2018
Cleaning up and coloring animation for Liverspots & Astronots animated series (Animate CC)

Smoosh Media Productions
PRODUCTION MANAGER/VIDEO EDITOR AUG-NOV 2020
Coordinated with talent shooting user-generated content, edited footage (Premiere, After Effects) for client’s YouTube channel

FableVision Studios
ANIMATOR OCT 2019-FEB 2020
Character animation (Animate CC) for Paper Girls

STORYBOARD ARTIST AUGUST-OCTOBER 2019
Storyboards/animatics (Animate CC) for Paper Girls

Chefs Feed
ANIMATOR   JUNE-JULY 2019
Animator (Animate CC) for Chef Ink series

ANIMATOR   AUGUST 2018
Animator (Animate CC) for How To Tell Your Life Story: Chef Ink with Tu David Phu

ANIMATOR   NOVEMBER 2017
Animator (Flash) for No Experience Necessary directed by
Sachio Cook, part of the Worst Shift Ever video series

Amaze
VIDEO EDITOR JUNE 2019
Filmed, edited (Premiere, After Effects), and created
illustrations for Behind the Scenes video about
Jim’s Introduction to Gender Identity

ANIMATOR   MAY-JULY 2017
Animator (Flash) for Why Don't I Like The Way I Look?
directed by Rachel Gitlevich

DIRECTOR/WRITER/ANIMATOR   OCTOBER 2016-APRIL 2017
Jim's Introduction to Gender Identity (a.k.a. My Friend Is Transgender) (After Effects, Flash, traditional hand drawn)

ANIMATOR   MARCH-APRIL 2016
Animator (Flash) for Boobs and More
directed by Rachel Gitlevich

Todo Todo LLC
ANIMATOR JUNE 2019
Character animation (After Effects) for
Excessive Wealth Disorder independent film

ANIMATOR MARCH 2019
Character animation (Animate CC) on video honoring Habiba Ali for Vital Voices 2019 Global Leadership Awards

ANIMATOR SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2018
Animated assets (Animate CC) for Unbreaking America
short film for Represent.Us

Corgi Things
ANIMATOR   APRIL-MAY 2018
Turning still illustrations into animated stickers for mobile messenger app (After Effects)

 
 

BFF Girls
ANIMATOR   OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2017
Animated character and effects (Flash) for Brian Lonano's
live-action independent short film BFF Girls

HealthTrust Workforce Solutions
ANIMATOR   SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2017
Animated existing components (Illustrator, Flash, After Effects)
for informational video

Leading for Children
ANIMATOR   SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2017
Animator (Flash, After Effects) for video used to enhance promotional presentation

Surfer Blood
ANIMATOR   MAY 2017
Animator (Flash) for Taking Care of Eddy music video
directed by Sachio Cook & Niko Guardia

The Treatment Research Institute
ANIMATOR   MAY-SEPTEMBER 2016
Animator (Flash) on a collection of videos
directed by Sachio Cook & Niko Guardia

Pearson Education
ANIMATOR   DECEMBER 2015-MARCH 2016
Animated existing components (Photoshop, After Effects)
for informational videos

Novartis
ANIMATOR   JULY-SEPTEMBER 2015
Animated existing components (Illustrator, Flash, After Effects) for informational video

Post-it®/3M
DIRECTOR/ANIMATOR   DECEMBER 2014-MAY 2015
Working with ad agency Zeus Jones Ltd., directed/animated a series of holiday themed videos for Post-it® social media (Flash, After Effects, traditional hand drawn)

EMPLOYER HISTORY

The Peaks Pet Nanny
EDITOR   FEBRUARY 2016-JULY 2020
Design email newsletter, edit/write blog articles

Soup2Nuts
STORYBOARD ARTIST   SEPTEMBER 2013-OCTOBER 2014
Storyboards/animatics for TV series Astroblast!

Little Airplane Productions
DESIGNER   JANUARY-JUNE 2013
Digital designer for Small Potatoes social media, animation assistant on Sing It, Laurie!

Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails
ARTS COORDINATOR   JUNE-JULY 2012
Taught arts and writing, made a series of short stop-motion
films with children

John Serpentelli - Spleen McQueen
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR   AUGUST 2011-MAY 2012
Animated and coordinated shots/monitored progress of other
animators on John Serpentelli's independent film, Spleen McQueen

PUBLICATIONS

illustration for Checkerboard Goddess poem

illustration for Checkerboard Goddess poem

2021         Rock & Roll Whale (poem)
                  That’s All Folks (poem)
                 
Zilly: The Silly Magazine from Milkweed Poetry

2019         Interviewed for the essay Waiting On the Render
                 
by Sam Gurry published by the
                  Quickdraw Animation Society

2018         Caroll Spinney's Identity Crisis: How The Trash
                    Could Have Fallen Differently
(poem & illustration)
                    Milkweed Poetry Journal - Volume II

                    Checkerboard Goddess (poem & illustration)
                    Malt Adult #9

2017         Checkerboard Goddess (poem & illustration)
                    Milkweed Poetry Journal - Volume I

2012         Stacey-poo (poem)
                    iMemorandum (poem)
                    Underground Pool - issue 2 (2012)

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

2019          Jim's Introduction to Gender Identity
                   
OFFICIAL SELECTION
                    New Haven International Film Festival

Excellence in Education - ASIFA East Animation Festival 2018

Excellence in Education - ASIFA East Animation Festival 2018

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                    OFFICIAL SELECTION
                    PSA & Micro Shorts Competition 2019

2018          Jim's Introduction to Gender Identity
                   
EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION
                    ASIFA-East Animation Festival

                    BEST SHORT ANIMATION
                    Westfield International Film Festival 2018

                    1ST PLACE - MIXED MEDIA/EXPERIMENTAL
                    Florida Animation Festival

                    FESTIVAL FAVORITE
                    Cinema Diverse: LGBTQ Film Festival 2018

                    FINALIST
                    Peak City International Film Festival 2018

                    LGBTIQQ SEMI FINALIST
                    SPLICE Film Fest

                    OFFICIAL SELECTION
                    North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

2017          Jim's Introduction to Gender Identity
                   
BEST SHORT FILM
                    Warwick Summer Arts Film Festival

                    OFFICIAL SELECTION
                    Manchester Animation Festival

                    OFFICIAL SELECTION
                    Merlinka International Queer Film Festival

2011         Barbara Blondeau Memorial Grant

2011         Honorable Mention
                    Lorraine & Benjamin Alexander Award

2008         Promising Artist Scholarship
                    University of the Arts

EDUCATION

University of the Arts
BFA - Animation (2008-2012)
Philadelphia, PA

Vernon Township High School
2004-2008
Vernon, NJ