# Kevin Ford > Product Designer | Visual Designer | Illustrator | 2D Animator | Concept Artist Location: Fairfield, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/kevinford I'm a Character Animator/2D Artist who works hard to produce layouts and high quality stylized and/or realistic animations. I work and communicate very well collaboratively and independently, and have great time management skills for meeting deadlines. Prior to my 2D/3D art studies, I also have skills in video production, which I believe adds to my animation skill set. For my long term goal I would love to pass my knowledge of character animation, that I've been fortunate enough to obtain for some years, to those who love life and creation as much as myself. Portfolio Website: kevinfordart.weebly.com ## Work Experience ### Visual Arts Teacher @ Education for Change Public Schools Jan 2024 – Present | Oakland, California, United States ### Visual Designer @ POTRERO HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INCORPORATED Jan 2012 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area - Recreated website, update for events, programs, and classes - Update, upload and create content and graphics for Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/neighborhoodhousesf/ - Create flyers and social media poster for community events - Advocated posters for safety during Covid outbreak - Created Paint Night for adults ### Freelance Visual Designer @ Unknown Jan 2023 – Present ### Book Author @ 707kev Books Jan 2024 – Present | San Leandro, California, United States I wrote and illustrated 3 books now based off of my 3 kids.My first book is We Are Monster Trucks my second Blast Off Ava and my latest Chomp Chomp Hooray for Amari. My books are in three different languages to cater to all kids. I also self published through KDP, Barnes and Noble & Ingram Spark. ### Book Author @ Unknown Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Livermore, California, United States ### Para-sub @ San Leandro Unified School District Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Leandro, California, United States ### Animator @ Oakland Rising Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Oakland, California, United States Create a series of animations for three political education campaigns: Know Your DA, Know Your BOS, and Democracy Dollars. I helped bring characters to life also, my animations which may include digital ads and educational shorts for our campaign webpages. My animations for this position should be colorful, engaging, and appropriate for audiences of all ages, reading levels, and multiple languages. ### Videographer - Mayor Candidate of San Leandro, CA @ Bryan Azevedo- Mayor Candidate for the city of San Leandro, CA Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Leandro, California, United States My task at hand is to create, produce, and edit videos for his campaign in 2022 for mayor of San Leandro. I have been capturing video content, throughout his campaign which started in July 2022. Updated* The newest mayor for San Leandro 2022 ### Paint Artist @ Wine & Design HQ Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Oakland, California, United States Teaching, marketing, and creating paint nights for this location. ### Social Media Director @ San Leandro Black Business Council Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | United States ### Marketing / Graphic Coordinator @ Roots Community Health Center Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Oakland, California, United States Media & Graphic Design Coordinator Nov 2021 - June 2022 -Create visual graphics for the People's Health Briefing, a weekly broadcast about COVID-19 news created by our CEO. I also edit the video using Final Cut Pro X and communicate all edits using Frame.io and upload to all social media platforms using Restream - Build weekly social media strategies (on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram) reflecting Roots’ policy advocacy platform, publishing and sharing content, building meaningful connections, and inspiring community members to take action and use of offered services -Create, video shoot, and capture images and events using drone footage - Represent and dictate Roots Community Health Center’s perspective in key collaborations with 5 local organizations to produce significant publications, such as newsletters, brochures, flyers, to elevate and fund Roots development goals and services ### Community Worker II @ San Mateo County Health Dept Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Mateo, California, United States - Receive referrals from Discharge Planning nurses or CD Contact Tracers for placement into AHS site - Contact referent and interview to determine if meet AHS site requirements - Complete hotel placement referral form and submit to HSA - Collaborate with a Public Health Nurses (PHN) and Contact Tracers (CT) to ensure safe isolation and quarantine for COVID-19 affected residents - Knowledge and application of HIPAA laws - Ability to problem solve various situations related to COVID positive and COVID negative patients in upholding local public health and CDC guidelines. ### Media Specialist @ CITADEL OF PRAISE BAPTIST CHURCH Jan 2013 – Jan 2022 | 1850 15th Street San Pablo, CA 94806 - Created logo for our home church and international church - Designed and created our website - Managed and update website on a weekly basses - Create social media post, flyers, and banners promoting the church - Created our Youtube page and manage all visuals for the church - Help create content and connect our 2 churches in Kenya, Africa and Kakinada, India ### Media Specialist @ CITADEL OF PRAISE BAPTIST CHURCH Jan 2013 – Jan 2021 | 1850 15th Street San Pablo, CA 94806 - Created logo for our home church and international church - Designed and created our website - Manged and update website on a weekly basses - Create social media post, flyers, and banners promoting the church - Created our Youtube page and manage all visuals for the church - Help create and connect our 2 churches in Kenya, Africa and Kakinada, India ### Social Media Manager @ PhinanceUs Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Oakland, California, United States Create and edited content for 1 video message for all of there social media platform. ### Reebok Human Rights Award (live painter) @ Reebok Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | United States Contracted to created a original piece for the Reebok Human Rights Award 2021. Alabama State University and ACLU are also apart of this event. I am representing my University and Visual arts department. https://www.reebok.com/us/human_rights_award ### Design Manager Assistant & CO-OP Designer @ HealthyPets, Inc. Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Union City,CA • Drive CO-OP strategies, design multiple emails, social and print marketing • Design, code and optimize HTML newsletter emails for NaturalPets.com • Approve and assign projects with our design team • Design & code e-commerce front-end base web pages, banners & promotions. • Coordinate design mailers with our 9 vet clinics with EDDM • Coordinate and design flyers and magazine ads for our two local stores Waggin Tails and Pets Delight ### Visual Designer @ HealthyPets, Inc. Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | Union City, California • Design, code and optimize HTML newsletter emails • Set up & implement programs, automations and behavioral messages targeted base B2C • Design & code e-commerce front-end base web pages, banners & promotions. • Design poster, labels and newsletters for local pharmacy's ### Interactive Designer @ Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area Execute the merchandise strategy for the channel product strategy and visual website merchandising strategy for specific product departments and functional areas of website. Execute business strategies and visual merchandise strategies to maximize and drive sales and profit. Identify opportunities and recommend new concepts for the channel to enhance the brand. ### Visual Designer @ Medibag Pharmacy Promotions Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Ramon,CA At Medibag I create promotional ads on medicine paper bags using Adobe programs. I'm responsible for editing logos, retouching photos and other aspects the customers send us. Alongside designing, I am also responsible for calling customers and making sure that their ad designs are approved and ready to go to press. ### Raster Production Modeler @ Aechelon Technology Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 • Enhanced photos with tools, removed buildings and clouds from images, also used clone tool to retouch photo in Photoshop • Designed 2D images into 3D for military flight simulators ## Education ### Teaching California State University - East Bay ### Digital Arts Chabot College ### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Media Arts and Animation The Art Institute of California-San Francisco ### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Graphic Arts Alabama State University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kev-van-ford - Portfolio: http://kevinfordart.weebly.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/kevinford JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/kevinford/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13