Sermin Kaynak is a freelance motion designer and art director based in Munich, Germany. With a keen eye for details and a passion for motiongraphics, she has been working in various fields, from broadcast design, trade shows through commercials. She had the privilege to collaborate with studios like Aixsponza, Arri Commercial, Perfect Accident, Sunday Digital, Tantrum, Text und Bild, Velvet Mediendesign and Weare1188.

She works with Cinema 4D and After Effects but also loves to experiment with different techniques and styles to give every project a unique touch. Thriving at working both independently and as a team, many projects have been solely created and managed from concept to completion.

If you are interested in working with her please don´t hesitate to get in touch.

SOFTWARE

Maxon Cinema 4D, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro.

CV

Since June 2015 back in Munich, Germany
2014 – 2015 freelance as motion designer and art director in Toronto, Canada
2011 freelance as motion designer and art director in Munich, Germany
2010 Internship at Aixsponza in Munich, Germany
2010 Internship at Feedmee Design in Cologne, Germany
2007 Internship at Sinefekt Postproduction in Istanbul, Turkey
2004-2009 Mediadesign Studies at Georg-Simon-Ohm University in Nuremberg, Germany

AWARDS | SCREENINGS

Berlinale Film Festival Germany 2014,
21. Bamberger Short Film Festival Bamberg, Germany 2011
x-Science International Short Film Festival, 2011
23rd Premiers Plans Film Festival Paris, France 2011
Screening in Channes 63. Film Festival, France 2010
10th Film Festival “Goeast” Wiesbaden, Germany 2010
18. Yasujiro Ozu International Film Festival Sassuolo, Italy 2010
8th Kalpanirjhar International Short fiction Film Festival Kolkata, India 2010
30th Warsaw Film Festival Warsaw, Poland 2010
18. Yasujiro Ozu International Film Festival Sassuolo, Italy 2010
Non Stop Film Nueremberg, Germany 2010
German Films Festival Buenos Aires, Argentina 2010
German Films Young Talent Collection “Next Generation”, 2010
ECU Paris, France 2009
Aniwow Peking, China “Best Motion Graphic Design”, 2008
ITVA Award “bronze”, 2008
ITFS Stuttgart, Germany 2008
ITVA Award, “bronze”, 2007
Eyes & Ears Award “Best TV Design”, 2007
Kurz und Schön “TV Design, 1st place”, 2007
AOL Video Award “1st place”, 2006