about
Art director who still does the work.
With my 2024 Colorado Broadcasters Association Award of Excellence for Best Commercial.
I make the on-air promos, packages and 3D for KKTV 11 News, the CBS affiliate in Colorado Springs. Three to five finished spots a week, script to master, most of them due the day they are briefed. I storyboard fast, build the graphics package in templates the producers can run, and still hand-finish the work.
Before the station I spent six years as Art Director at Blue Gorilla Digital, directing campaign creative for 30-plus automotive dealers and brands: brand systems, email and web, broadcast spots, instructional video, and the designers and freelancers who made them with me. Before that, JM Family, JobSite123, Royal Caribbean and the Catamaran Company, where I went from designer to art director and took the company through the birth of the web.
I build in After Effects, Cinema 4D, Blender and Unreal Engine 5. Claude, ElevenLabs, Higgsfield, Seedance and Nano Banana sit in my pipeline for concept boards, scratch voice, image variants and cleanup. The design decisions, animation, edit and final art are mine, and I say which is which on every project.
In 2026 I wrote, art-directed and shipped a game, Ashe & Granite, in Godot, with AI-painted art and AI narration, plus its site, press kit and launch campaign. It is the clearest proof I have that I finish things end to end. I also teach Gravity Sketch, Blender, Unreal Engine 5 and the Adobe suite, and I am a Gravity Sketch Certified Trainer.
What I want next: a senior hands-on role on a broadcast, brand or real-time graphics team where I set direction and still make the work. Full-time first; contract and contract-to-hire welcome. Remote or in Colorado.
Experience
Where I've worked.
2024 – now
Creative Producer, KKTV 11 News (CBS · E.W. Scripps), Colorado Springs. On-air promos, commercials, 3D animation, the station logo treatment and news-open package.
2018 – 2024
Art Director, Blue Gorilla Digital, Jupiter FL (remote). Automotive creative for 30+ dealer and brand clients; brand systems; mentored designers and freelancers.
2016 – 2018
Graphic Illustrator, Avid4 Adventure, Denver. Camper passport program and the leadership poster series.
2011 – 2016
Senior Designer, JVS Marketing, Jupiter FL. Dealer campaigns: email, banners, brochures, logos, commercials.
earlier
Web and motion graphics, JM Family Enterprises · Art Director, JobSite123 · Art Director, The Catamaran Company · Art Director, Sunsail Worldwide Sailing.
Recognition
Awarded, certified, current.
Colorado Broadcasters Association Award of Excellence, Best Commercial, 2024, with the KKTV 11 News team
Creative Services Employee of the Year, 2025, KKTV 11 News, chosen by my peers
Part of the KKTV 11 News team behind 2026 Emmy-winning commercials and promos
Adobe Certified Professional ×5: Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Video Design, Visual Design
Gravity Sketch Certified Trainer and Instructor
Adobe Creative Educator Level 2
University of Alaska Anchorage, B.A. Theatre & Art
Teaching
Classroom-friendly, assume nothing.
Gravity Sketch, Blender, Unreal Engine 5, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere and InDesign, taught to beginners and working designers.
Teaching is also why I can explain a pipeline to a producer in one breath, which turns out to matter on a deadline.
Contact
Hiring? Email is fastest.
email
andre@andrebruni.com · I answer within one business day.
where
Colorado Springs, Colorado. Remote across the US, or in person or hybrid along the Front Range.
phone
On the resume.
Hiring? Email is fastest.