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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
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
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