Joe Hurley 



email- joehanimation@gmail.com 

  

Hey there!

I'm Joe, I'm an animator and story board artist living around Atlanta, Georgia.

I'm experienced in both 2D animation (rigged and traditional), and Storyboarding, and I'm presently open for work!

Below you will see my resume and most recent experience from the Industry and Freelance world of Animation!


You can also find me at the following pages where I post more frequent updates



Resume PDF - Link

Skills__________________________________________________ 

  • Skills:  Traditional 2D animation, 2D Rig Animation, Storyboarding, 2D Character Rigging, Motion Graphic Design, 3D Animation 

  • Software: Toon Boom Harmony, Toon Boom Storyboard Pro, Flash, Animate, Photoshop, Premier, Illustrator, After Effects, Maya, TVPaint, Clip Studio Paint, Google Suite, Dropbox 

  • Hardware: Mac OSX, PC, Tablets (Wacom and XP – Pen Intuos/Cintiq) 

 

Education______________________________________________ 

  • Rochester Institute of Technology – MFA – Film and animation - 2015-2018 

  • Roger Williams University – BA – Visual Arts – 2011-2015 

 

Experience________________________________________ 

 

Kennesaw State University – Part Time Instructor  

January 2024 - Present 

  • Teaching classes for Digital Animation Production (Toon Boom Harmony) 

  • Providing animation demonstrations 

  • Grading student projects  

 

Newscape Studios inc.– 2D Animator and Compositor (Fulltime/Contract) 

August 2023 - Present 

  • Tasked with producing 2+ minutes of animation per week (Toon Boom Harmony) 

  • Compositing effects onto animated footage (Toon Boom Harmony) 

 

Apartment D – After Effects Animator (Freelance) 

September 2023 – October 2023 

  • Character animation with Duik rigs, and file setup for assigned shots (After Effects) 

 
Oni Studios - 2D Animator and Rig Artist (Fulltime/Contract) 

February 2022 – April 2023 

  • Produced traditional and 2D rigged character animation for Oni Studio’s promotions and the SypherPK YouTube channel (Toon Boom Harmony, Adobe Animate) 

  • Gave technical help and troubleshooting sessions with animators learning the Toon Boom Harmony software 

 

Giraldofilm, LLC - Storyboard Artist (Freelance) 

October 2022 - December 2022 

  • Developed storyboards for assigned sequences for independent pilot, and revised boards based on script revisions from client (Toon Boom Storyboard Pro) 

 

Bento Box Entertainment - 2D Animator (Harmony) (Full time) 

December 2020 - October 2021 

  • Produced 2D animation for The Prince on HBO Max and Mulligan on Netflix (Toon Boom Harmony) 

  • Set up character rigs, background elements and props in shots based on storyboards  

 

Deep Sky – 2D Animator (Freelance)  

December 2021  

  • Produced traditional 2D animation and cleanup for assigned shots (Animate) 

 

Pencilmation - 2D Animation Revisionist (Freelance) 

January 2020 - July 2020 

  • Responsible for animation retakes, effects, and compositing (Adobe Creative Suite) 



Joe’sShockingToons – Founder (freelance animation services) (May 2015-Present) 

 

  • Poke Gravy Studios (December 2018- January 2019, June 2019) 

  • Freelance Animator – 2D animator and cleanup animator 

  • I Must Upgrade (2019) – 2D animator and background artist for a 3 minute music video 

  • Awards - “Best Music Video” - Festigious, “Honorable Mention” - LA Film Awards 

  • Wes Block – P1ay (2017) – Storyboard artist and 2D animator for a 2 minute video 

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