1. P RODUCTION ARTIST
MRM/McCANN - Birmingham, MI (May 2 0 10 - present )
• Lead production artist on GM vehicle web campaigns.
Responsibilities primarily include photo re-touching, asset
preparation and web design. Also heavily involved in internal
promotional videos, with roles in direction, script writing,
animation, animatics and storyboarding.
• Radically streamlined the asset-management process by writing
a series of automated actions that resized/reformatted hundreds
of images in record time.
Clients: Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, General Mills
C ON CEPTUAL DES IGNE R (freelance)
ES3 - Rochester Hills, MI (Aug 2010 - Jan 2 0 11)
• Personally oversaw the completion of more than sixty conceptual
art pieces designed to illustrate live promotional events. Consisting
of fully-rendered color concepts, clients were given a variety of
stylistic options, with fast turnaround time to requested changes.
• Adapted a sense of open, clear communication with
art directors and project managers.
• Developed a user-friendly PSD folder-format, enabling in-house art
directors to reverse-engineer last-minute alterations, thereby
raising the expectations and standards of their clients.
Clients: Fiat, Kia, Dodge
DIGITAL ART DIREC TOR (s hort -term contract)
Team Detroit - Dearborn, MI (Feb 20 10 - Mar 2 0 10 )
• Assigned to the launch of the Bosch “Light ‘Em Up” campaign,
and tasked with designing storyboard sequences for homepage
animation. Assisted in the construction of assets and skins
for the “Light ‘Em Up” iPhone app.
• Comfortable presentation performances conveying sequential
information in team meetings and client reviews. Strong ability to
operate on a team while interpreting creative criticism
with constructive results.
Clients: Bosch
FLASH AN IMATOR / PRODUC TION ARTIST
BBDO - Troy, MI (Oct 2009 - Jan 2 0 10 )
• Produced numerous e-learning courses and routines (Master
Service and Parts, and iShowroom). Duties involved asset
preparation, timeline animation, and syncing visual displays to
audio material.
• Gained first insight to agency life, securing a solid network of
colleagues, technical expertise, and day-today-agency knowledge.
First acclimation to basic HTML, CSS and Actionscript coding.
C OLLEGE FOR C RE ATIVE S TUDIE S
Bachelor in Fine Arts - Detroit, MI (Graduated: May 2 0 0 9)
• Concentration in digital and graphic design, with
a major in Illustration and a minor in Creative Writing.
E D UCATION
W W W . K E N K R E K E L E R . C O M
K E N K R E K E L E R @ G M A I L . C O M
248.915.06921711 E. 14 MILE
UNIT D
BIRMINGHAM, MId e s i g n / i l l u s t r a t i o n
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S t o r y b o a r d i n g
C r e a t i v e W r i t i n g
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V o i c e A c t i n g
• First place winner of
the 2009 Goldwasser
competition for
Excellence in Writing
• Published two full-color
graphic novels and one
ongoing comic book series,
all of which distributed
globally through Diamond
Distribution and met with
high critical acclaim