About
Chris Hawk
Motion Designer & Video Producer · Oklahoma City, OK
Hey there — I'm Chris Hawk. I've spent more than fifteen years in multimedia animation and video production, on a foundation of script writing and content marketing strategy.
Whether it's animated explainers or professionally shot customer testimonials, I love telling stories that excite people through video and motion design.
I'm at home in high-pressure, deadline-driven production pipelines, and in the room with internal and external stakeholders making sure the work lands.
+30%
Yearly video views across American Fidelity
200%+
Course output growth at Digital-Tutors (12 → 35 a month)
$50K+
New video business generated at BigWing in 2018
200K
Subscribers on the Pluralsight Creative newsletter
Experience
Four companies, fifteen-plus years, one throughline: the story.
- IVJan 2019 — Present
American Fidelity
Multimedia Design Specialist
Creating realistic and stylized multimedia content for marketing efforts across the entire organization — end-to-end live and animated production, plus hundreds of custom video requests from remote sales staff across the U.S.
- Completed many full-pipeline productions, on set and on location across the country, with RED cameras and advanced video equipment.
- Increased yearly video views across the organization by 30%.
- Re-imagined the corporate animation style to include character animation using After Effects and DUIK Bassel.
- Introduced a Lottie workflow for animation, helping the development team ship it on the website.
- Managed tight deadlines and fast-turnaround projects while keeping stakeholders informed.
- IIIMar 2016 — Dec 2018
BigWing Interactive
Content Marketing & Video Strategist II
Led and supported strategy for video production, content marketing and social campaigns for agency clients.
- Launched and managed BigWing's digital marketing video service line.
- Ran the entire production process: script copywriting, pre-production, on-location shoots and post, including motion graphics.
- Generated $50,000+ in new video business in 2018.
- Integrated video into campaigns alongside content, social, SEO and programmatic teams.
- IIJul 2014 — Jan 2016
Pluralsight
Product Marketing Manager & Copywriter
Built product marketing strategy for Sales Enablement and B2B, writing articles, landing pages, video scripts and storyboards.
- Grew Pluralsight Creative's YouTube channel engagement by over 30%.
- Ran social campaigns on Facebook that drove follows and sign-ups.
- Managed production of the Pluralsight Creative newsletter, with 200,000+ subscribers.
- IJul 2009 — Jul 2014
Digital-Tutors
Production Manager & Jr. Motion Graphics Designer
Helped grow output from 12 to more than 35 courses released per month — an increase of over 200%.
- Managed the full production pipeline, with over two years of flawless daily releases.
- Fixed video issues for a team of nine-plus authors, cutting their production time by 20%.
- Kept 10+ terabytes of video and course data organized and accessible.
- Edited hundreds of hours of content in After Effects and Premiere Pro.
Crafts & tools
From call sheet to color grade.
Motion Design
Explainers, infographics, UI animation and character work — rigged in DUIK, shipped as video or Lottie.
Live-Action Production
From call sheets and travel logistics to on-set camera work with RED cinema cameras across the country.
Post-Production
Editing, color grading and sound — the finishing that makes a cut feel inevitable.
Story & Strategy
Scripts, storyboards and content strategy, rooted in a degree in Strategic Communications.
In the kit
- After Effects
- Premiere Pro
- Audition
- DaVinci Resolve
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- DUIK Bassel
- Lottie
- RED cameras
Education
University of Central Oklahoma
2009 – 2014
B.A. Strategic Communications
A blend of advertising and public relations: researching, developing and communicating effective written, electronic and graphic messages for target audiences.
Mostly irrelevant
…but somewhat interesting qualifications.
- I.Won an Oreo stacking contest at my local Kmart in 1997.
- II.Awarded “Most Dependable” by my high school football coach two years in a row.
- III.Self-taught unicyclist.
- IV.Saw The Return of the King in theaters four times during its original run.