Aharon Rabinowitz is the head of marketing for Red Giant based in New York City. During our conversation, we discussed the importance of work life balance, his start as a production intern at Sesame Street and why artist’s feel personally offended when you reject their work.
Links:
Red Giant- http://www.redgiant.com/
Website- http://allbetsareoff.com/
Twitter- https://twitter.com/ABAOProductions
Leaky Timbers Video - https://vimeo.com/191184006
Highlights:
-Psychology major
-Intern at Sesame Street
-Not a puppeteer
-Saw a behind the scenes Star Wars program
-Teaching intercity art programs
-Back to Sesame Street as a technical manager and animator
-Nickelodeon Digital as a producer
-Workshops/Podcasts
-Taught classes to professionals
-Dreaming about coding problems
-Head of Marketing at Red Giant
-Pick up someone else’s trash kind of culture
-My biggest problem is reining my team in
-Understanding products is a large part of the job
-Writing
-Budgeting
-Leaky Timbers video
-Old/New
-Executive producer role
-Personal artwork
-Artist’s rejection
-Time is the only thing you can’t have back
-Working well with people is most important
-Work hard, be a life long learner
-Work life balance
-Dream Client: Red Giant Film Projects
-Favorite Animated Movie: Tron
-What does your family think you do: “the actor!” “teacher” “movie maker”
-Animalator: Cat
Luca and Ilenia are the founders of Illo, a studio based in Turin, Italy. During our conversation, we discussed their self-driving video bot named Algo, how Illo was formed and how they’ve crafted a unique office culture.
Links:
Website- http://illo.tv
Twitter- https://twitter.com/illotv
Vimeo- https://vimeo.com/illo
Algo- algo.illo.tv
Highlights:
-How they met
-Studied communications
-Focused learning on start-ups
-Started in a small apartment
-Hired one person to learn animation
-Computer coding
-Algo
-Producing 100 videos in a weekend
-Hiring someone good with expressions for Algo
-The future of Algo
-Growing their company
-3 persons per year on average
-Creating a good and unique working culture
-Every two weeks they change their desks
-Ideation process
-Swedish brainstorming sessions
-Delegating & working as a team
-Good & great projects
-Future of their work
-Working with start-ups allowed them to try lots of new things
-Get started tips
-Learning how to lead creatives
-Dream Client: Fashion brand
-Favorite Animated Movie: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
-What does your family think you do: videos
-Animalator: French Bulldog