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Dan Hodges

Education --

I graduated from Parsons School of Design with a BFA in illustration and animation, and obtained my business master's degree at Babson, blending creative strategy and project management into my background.

Work --

Currently I work as a Senior Desinger for Havas’ PR division, leading brand activations, social content, and concepting. Working alongside our creative team while leading our design team, I support B2B, CPG, health, finance, tech and a variety of consumer facing brands. Responsible for executing pitch decks, art directing for experimental campains and new business, I simultanesously support our social media team creating original graphics for our clients -- including -- Keurig, Chase, KDP, Canada Dry, Dr.Pepper, Snapple, Turbo Tax, Merrel, etc.

After grad school l decided to transision into advertising. Moving back to NYC, I started at The Working Assembly, interning as a brand manager where I oversaw client/designer relationships, working with emerging brands. I built investor decks, marketing strategies and creative briefs for projects and CPG brands, like Sweet Nothings, and for retainer clients like MassMutual, Klarna, Redesign Health and more.

I was contacted by Adult Swim UK/WarnerMedia, where I directed my own commercial for, Rick and Morty. I was a production intern at Titmouse Inc. working under Disney Jr, in script and sound editing for post. I was a designer at PAOM, a custom CAD art and printing studio, where I created merchandise for several high-profile vendors including the cast of RuPaul's Drag Race, and designed in various mediums (hard prints, animation, gifs) that were distributed to TJ Maxx, HomeGoods, and other retailers.

My independent film, "Suppression," was a festival selection at Animation Block Party (Narrative Works, Independents, Local Filmmakers), Brooklyn, NY 2019; We Like ‘Em Short Film Festival, Baker City, Oregon, 2020

How would I describe my art? --

"Built with vibrant colors and careful line-work, cartoons have always fascinated me and influenced my style. My work pushes the boundaries towards a loudly false reality. With hyper-colored, overstimulated media, my animation feeds into this obsession while also breaking traditional values to glorify humor and distortion. I frequently converse with myself, “Make a caricature of something artificial.” “What’s ironically toxic in society?” My life goal is to send my audience into an inter-dimensional, physics-defying reality full of rainbow drenched cartoon characters.