Michael Ciacciarelli

About Michael Ciacciarelli

As Executive Creative Director at Optimus I try to get the very best out of myself and our design team for our clients. At different times I have been a designer, a writer, an animator, an editor, a director, or a manager. But at all times I work to bring about positive results from my work and from my leadership. New work and new clients bring about new challenges to elevate my own creativity and that of my team and these are the challenges I look for on a daily basis.

Experience

1. Executive Creative Director

   Optimus

   Jan 2012 — Present

   As ECD of Optimus I am responsible for providing creative leadership to our company at large: from our website, through social media, to pitch books and to all aspects of marketing. I want us to look our best and I strive to put our best creative work out where it matters most - in front of our clients. I have worked to take the lessons I learned from helping to build our Optimus Design Department to the entire company. I believe that we have so much incredible talent within our walls in Chicago and it\'s my job to help that talent shine as bright as possible. I work collaboratively with our producers, reps and marketing to do just that, and I coordinate efforts within our own teams and outside vendors to help our company reach its goals.

Education

• Northwestern University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Radio/TV/Film

  1991 — 1995

Skills

• Visual Effects
• After Effects
• Motion Graphics
• Art Direction
• Creative Direction
• Commercials
• Animation
• Post Production
• Compositing
• Television
• Film
• Video Production
• Video
• Final Cut Pro
• Film Production
• Dialogue Editing