Episode 28: Aharon Rabinowitz

Animalators

Aharon Rabinowitz is the head of marketing for Red Giant based in New York City. During our conversation, we discussed the importance of work life balance, his start as a production intern at Sesame Street and why artist’s feel personally offended when you reject their work.

Links:

Red Giant- http://www.redgiant.com/

Website- http://allbetsareoff.com/

Twitter- https://twitter.com/ABAOProductions

Leaky Timbers Video - https://vimeo.com/191184006

Highlights:

-Psychology major

-Intern at Sesame Street

-Not a puppeteer

-Saw a behind the scenes Star Wars program

-Teaching intercity art programs

-Back to Sesame Street as a technical manager and animator

-Nickelodeon Digital as a producer

-Workshops/Podcasts

-Taught classes to professionals

-Dreaming about coding problems

-Head of Marketing at Red Giant

-Pick up someone else’s trash kind of culture

-My biggest problem is reining my team in

-Understanding products is a large part of the job

-Writing

-Budgeting

-Leaky Timbers video

-Old/New

-Executive producer role

-Personal artwork

-Artist’s rejection

-Time is the only thing you can’t have back

-Working well with people is most important

-Work hard, be a life long learner

-Work life balance

-Dream Client: Red Giant Film Projects

-Favorite Animated Movie: Tron

-What does your family think you do: “the actor!” “teacher” “movie maker”

-Animalator: Cat