# Mike Lathrop > Video and Motion at Triple Whale Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/mikelathrop Michael Lathrop is an award-winning Creative Producer and Filmmaker, based in San Francisco, California. He's worked across a broad spectrum of industries starting with design and illustration and eventually moving into motion graphics and visual effects in film and music videos. With over 10 years industry experience spanning web and mobile UI and UX, motion graphics, visual effects, graphic design, copy writing and film direction and production. His passion is in telling compelling stories across a broad and varied canvas. Creating content that excites and engages. He's successfully launched several viral marketing campaigns that have garnered millions of views online. His first film as Director, Boxroom, premiered at SXSW film festival 2014 and has received acclaim from around the world. Since SXSW, Boxroom has been screened at major film festivals around the world including Winterthur, an OSCAR® Qualifying Film Festival and has been seen by tens of thousands in theaters worldwide. As a graduate of fine art and multimedia he's worked with the some of the world's leading companies, helping them to design and bring to market meaningful products and visualizations. Michael is currently a Senior Video producer and Motion Designer at Chime. Find out more about Michael Lathrop: https://www.myke.co/ Specialties: Filmmaking, screenwriting, directing, creative direction, brand identity, storyboarding, visual effects, motion graphics, product design, concept art, character design, environmental artist, 3d modeling, 2D/3D rendering. ## Work Experience ### Video and Motion @ Triple Whale Jan 2025 – Present | United States Crafting compelling visuals and dynamic storytelling to bring cutting-edge, AI-driven products to life. ### Lead Motion Designer @ Chime Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area Mentor, manager and Lead Motion Designer at Chime. Creative strategy and ideation for performance marketing. Working closely with channel owners to develop, test and optimize creatives that delight, engage and convert across a broad channel spectrum including Facebook, Tiktok, Snap and Google properties. Built out our internal video tech-stack and developed a foundation for asset storage and organization. Full-stack video production from storyboarding and cinematography to visual effects and color grading. ### Senior Video Editor and Motion Designer @ Chime Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area Full-stack video production @chime ### Video Producer @ InVision Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area End-to-end video production. Crafting beautiful, cinematic video content through VFX, motion graphics, color grading and more. Creative Lead on Design Systems: Mastering Design at Scale, a 6-part design systems master class featuring Josh Clark, Dan Mall and Brad Frost. - Pre-Production: Project management, scheduling and location scouting. - Episode outlines and series treatment. - Generation of storyboards and moodboards for stakeholders. - Cinematography involving multi-cam, 4K setup. - Post-production: Video Editing, color-grading, sound mixing. - Development, ideation of 3D title graphics and in-episode motion graphics. - Creation of social assets: Series trailers and episode trailers, website photography. Key outcomes: - Recipient of Marketing spotlight award for my work on this series. - Significant business impact surpassing goals by over 400% - Youtube trailer reach of 133K+ views - Trailer maintains 86% viewer retention Created video content for key product launches including: - Animation Handbook - Design Better Library - InVision Mobile App (2019) - InVision Enterprise (2020) - Design Systems: Mastering Design at Scale - InVision + Atlassian (2019) - InVision: Total economic impact - Forrester (2019) - VFX and Motion Graphics for Squads (film) ### Founding team and Creative Director at Wishlife @ Wishlife Jan 2013 – Jan 2018 | san francisco bay area - Lead UI and UX designer across a multi-platform suite. Wire-framing, storyboarding, high resolution mocks and concept renderings. - Director/ producer of key video-based sales tools utilizing 3D&2D animation, motion graphics, complex rendering and compositing techniques. - Brand development, Digital marketing - Designer of digital and analogue promotional materials, eco-systems & interfaces, including mobile, website, environmental & tablet experiences - Product strategy - helping to shape the future of the service and help craft the communication to the team and larger organization - Incorporation of business strategy and target audience insights into designs and experiences - Oversee the creation of strategic materials and demos to internal and external teams ### Director @ Boxroom - Short Film Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Ireland I'm the Director and Writer of Boxroom, a short film that premiered at SXSW film festival 2014 and has been screened at major film festivals around the world including Winterthur, an OSCAR® Qualifying Film Festival. Produced by David Lester Mooney and shot by Narayan Van Maele. The film was shot in Ireland and stars David Joseph Magee and Erika McGann. "This Cronenberg-esque short was among the best of the bunch. Some great creature effects and very good acting make it creepy, atmospheric and unsettling"​ - SXSW midnight shorts 2014 "BEST SHORTS - MILE HIGH HORROR FILM FESTIVAL ROUNDUP"​ - www.writtalin.com "10 STANDOUT MOMENTS FROM THE 2014 MILWAUKEE FILM FESTIVAL" - Milwaukee record Screenings: World premiere at SXSW film festival 2014. Stanley film festival 2014 Maryland film festival 2014 Milwaukee film festival 2014 Mile high horror film festival 2014 Telluride horror show 2014 Mayhem film festival 2014 Cork film festival 2014 Winterthur film festival 2014 Florida film festival 2015 Idaho horror film festival 2015 Imagine Film Festival Amsterdam 2015 Underground Film Festival Ireland Zubroffka Film Festival Poland 2014 Etrange Film Festival France 2015 Court Métrange Film Festival France 2015 ### Visual Effects Artist @ Michael Lathrop Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 | Dublin, Ireland Visual effects director on a number of short films and feature films and music videos. Pre-vis storyboarding, 3D modeling, rigging, animating, rendering and compositing. Color keying, point, planar and 3D tracking, wire removal, general cleanup and rotoscoping ### Freelance Lead Designer @ Another Avenue Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 Design and Illustration for Failte Ireland ### Illustrator/Designer @ Comparebookpass Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 ### Freelance Motion Graphics @ Another Avenue Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Dublin, Ireland ### Freelance Visual Effects Artist @ d.a.d.d.y Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Dublin, Ireland ## Education ### BA in Fine Art Media National College of Art and Design ### Bachelor's degree National College of Art & Design ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/michael-lathrop - Website: https://www.myke.co - Website: https://vimeo.com/michaellathrop --- Source: https://flows.cv/mikelathrop JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/mikelathrop/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05