Top Talent like Chris are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specilaized talent, while giving talent more flexibilty and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Chris Bancroft

Creative & Brand Strategist •
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts
Full-Time Roles
Creative/Art Director at Supercell
With a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Computer Animation from Ringling College of Art and Design, I have built a dynamic career in animation and art direction. Currently, I serve as the Marketing Art Director at Supercell, where I shape visual direction and marketing strategies for their games. Previously, I was the Animation Lead at MZ, where I managed a team to produce high-quality animations for creative ads and games, achieving significant improvements in install volume and revenue. My experience also includes senior animation roles at Iloura and Baobab Studios, where I contributed to Emmy Award-winning projects and enhanced animation pipelines. At Evil Eye Pictures, I worked on Oscar-nominated projects, utilizing innovative techniques for VR storytelling. My career reflects a commitment to pushing creative boundaries and optimizing animation processes across various platforms.

Work History

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Marketing Art Director

SupercellAs a Marketing Art Director, likely contributed to the visual direction and marketing strategies for Supercell's games, collaborating with teams to enhance brand presence.
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Animation Lead

MZSep 2016 - Mar 2019 • 2 yrs 7 mosManaged a cross-functional team to produce animation for creative ads and MZ's games, continuously pushing the quality bar. Defined the animation style for marketing art and game and streamlined creation flow via pipeline and rigging enhancements; provided documentation and mentorship to develop the team. Designed and directed ad creatives, producing the highest IPM, install volume, revenue, and ROAS for multiple months. Scaled the development process by structuring a project leading system to add efficiencies to cross-team workstreams and improving output velocity. Established collaborations across marketing and game art, front/back-end production, artists, engineers, and external vendors to define deliverables, milestones, and timelines for timely execution of work.
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Senior Animator

IlouraFeb 2016 - Apr 2016 • 3 mosLed animation development for the Rock Concert Ghost storyline, capturing the intensity of the interactions with the live-action cast for the movie trailer.
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Senior Animator

Baobab StudiosNov 2015 - Jan 2016 • 3 mosInaugural team member of VR startup's Emmy Award-winning short film. Developed future episodic ideas that maximize the storytelling abilities of the VR medium and the unique features of the HTC Vive. Enhanced the character animation pipeline and streamlined rigging processes, optimizing the technical integration of animation sequences into the game engine.
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Animator

Evil Eye PicturesAug 2015 - Nov 2015 • 4 mosConstructed concurrent-timeline performances for multiple characters utilizing the 360° audience viewpoint of Google Cardboard for Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning short.

Education

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Ringling College of Art and Design

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Computer Animation2001 - 2005

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We’ve distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea’s AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company’s niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea’s fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team’s capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We’ve combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that’s unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

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Creative/Art Director at Supercell
With a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Computer Animation from Ringling College of Art and Design, I have built a dynamic career in animation and art direction. Currently, I serve as the Marketing Art Director at Supercell, where I shape visual direction and marketing strategies for their games. Previously, I was the Animation Lead at MZ, where I managed a team to produce high-quality animations for creative ads and games, achieving significant improvements in install volume and revenue. My experience also includes senior animation roles at Iloura and Baobab Studios, where I contributed to Emmy Award-winning projects and enhanced animation pipelines. At Evil Eye Pictures, I worked on Oscar-nominated projects, utilizing innovative techniques for VR storytelling. My career reflects a commitment to pushing creative boundaries and optimizing animation processes across various platforms.

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call

Top Talent like Chris are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specilaized talent, while giving talent more flexibilty and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Chris Bancroft

Creative & Brand Strategist •
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Contracts
Full-Time Roles

Work History

S

Marketing Art Director

SupercellAs a Marketing Art Director, likely contributed to the visual direction and marketing strategies for Supercell's games, collaborating with teams to enhance brand presence.
M

Animation Lead

MZSep 2016 - Mar 2019 • 2 yrs 7 mosManaged a cross-functional team to produce animation for creative ads and MZ's games, continuously pushing the quality bar. Defined the animation style for marketing art and game and streamlined creation flow via pipeline and rigging enhancements; provided documentation and mentorship to develop the team. Designed and directed ad creatives, producing the highest IPM, install volume, revenue, and ROAS for multiple months. Scaled the development process by structuring a project leading system to add efficiencies to cross-team workstreams and improving output velocity. Established collaborations across marketing and game art, front/back-end production, artists, engineers, and external vendors to define deliverables, milestones, and timelines for timely execution of work.
I

Senior Animator

IlouraFeb 2016 - Apr 2016 • 3 mosLed animation development for the Rock Concert Ghost storyline, capturing the intensity of the interactions with the live-action cast for the movie trailer.
B

Senior Animator

Baobab StudiosNov 2015 - Jan 2016 • 3 mosInaugural team member of VR startup's Emmy Award-winning short film. Developed future episodic ideas that maximize the storytelling abilities of the VR medium and the unique features of the HTC Vive. Enhanced the character animation pipeline and streamlined rigging processes, optimizing the technical integration of animation sequences into the game engine.
E

Animator

Evil Eye PicturesAug 2015 - Nov 2015 • 4 mosConstructed concurrent-timeline performances for multiple characters utilizing the 360° audience viewpoint of Google Cardboard for Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning short.

Education

R

Ringling College of Art and Design

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Computer Animation2001 - 2005

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We’ve distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea’s AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company’s niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea’s fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team’s capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We’ve combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that’s unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call
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