Danny Kim

General Motors · Warren, MI

• • Built a touch-based interactive prototype viewer that lets visual designers demo live concepts on any tablet, replacing a multi-week engineering APK build cycle with instant self-serve validation — announced across the design organization and now rolling out across vehicle software departments.
• • Integrated generative AI tools into early 3D concepting pipelines, using prompt-driven ideation to compress the creative path from concept to presentable keyframes before committing to production builds.
• • Designed and animated a data-driven navigation interface in Mapbox with live route tracking, validating in-vehicle UX concepts against real map telemetry rather than static comps.
• • Led 3D design development for UX Creative Direction, establishing modeled, textured, and look-developed asset libraries adopted as shared standards across multidisciplinary production teams.
• • Developed a Maya shader automation workflow that preserved look-development intent across DCC applications while cutting manual re-authoring from full days to under 30 minutes.
• • Delivered motion studies, animated visual concepts, and 3D scene composites for executive milestone reviews and live events, translating complex design systems into executive-ready narratives.

Independent Systems & Software · Metro Detroit, MI

• • RangeCoach (High-Speed Android App): Built a native Android camera app for golf swing analysis combining 240fps video capture, hands-free acoustic strike detection, and radar telemetry integration.
• • Rift SensAI (Desktop AI Overlay): Built a transparent desktop overlay for League of Legends that connects locally to the game client and surfaces contextual tactical coaching powered by Claude and Gemini.
• • Salon OS (Salon Operating System): Engineered and deployed a full-stack salon management platform for a private Metro Detroit studio, replacing Vagaro with custom multi-chair scheduling, automated client reminders, and Square payments.

Faraday Future · Gardena, CA

• • Produced 2D and 3D motion graphics using Trapcode Suite and X-Particles for brand storytelling and vehicle visualization; optimized assets for VR/AR and Unreal Engine pipelines.
• • Delivered high-resolution renders and animations for investor decks and external marketing.

VTpro Design · Los Angeles, CA

• • Designed experiential environments and physical installations for the Arcane premiere on the Riot Games campus—including the Hextech entrance, screening theatre, guest pathways, Jinx container workshop, and fabrication CAD drawings.
• • Developed 3D environments, lighting schemes, and styleframes in Cinema 4D, bridging architectural schematics and physical set construction for the campus premiere.

Silent House Productions · Burbank, CA

• • Designed and delivered motion visuals, real-time Unreal Engine environments, and live digital activations for global enterprise brands and headline concert tours including Taylor Swift, BTS, Drake, Samsung, and CrowdStrike.
• • Collaborated closely with creative directors, animators, and tech teams from pitch through final staging, building custom Python and Xpresso tools to streamline agency production pipelines.

Times10 · Burbank, CA

• • Designed and animated fully rigged 3D characters and visual assets for high-engagement social media campaigns, owning end-to-end post-production, typography, and compositing.
• • Composited live-action commercial footage and built 3D elements matched to plate — camera, lighting, and perspective — delivering finished spots and social campaign content end to end.

Beats by Dre · Culver City, CA

• • Designed Point of Purchase (POP) retail displays for Beats products that became a standard across U.S. electronics retailers nationwide; rigged production models to accelerate design turnaround.

Origin · Burbank, CA

• • Designed 200+ brand environments and campaign displays for Epson, Microsoft, Jamba Juice, and NYX; led the complete fixture redesign for Jamba Juice's brand refresh.
• • Built modular 3D workflow templates adopted team-wide that cut design-to-delivery turnaround from several weeks to days; earned the Design of the Times (DoT) Silver Award for the Epson Endcap program.