Michael Haughton

Background

About Michael Haughton

Videographer and motion graphics artist at SSDM Digital Marketing Agency, Troy, Michigan, USA. Sound Designer, Music Producer and Freelance Motion Graphics artist. Achieved an Excellent grade for a university Diploma in Music Production at PointBlank University and studied 2 years at Bournemouth university for computer visualization and animation achieving 2:1. Then, a further year studying BU's Computer Animation degree. Software: Nuke, Maya, Blender, Element3D, Cinema4D, FL Studio, Ableton Live, Izotope RX, Red Giant, Wix Studio, Wrike, Slack, Google workspace, Davinci Resolve, Capcut, Descript, Sapphire, OBS, Opus AI, JDownloader, an extensive number of third-party plugins and scripts. Adobe: After Effects, Premiere Pro, Audition, Animate, Lightroom, Photoshop, Character Animator, Illustrator, InDesign, XD. AI Software Sora, Runway, ElevenLabs, Chat GPT, Dall-E, Gemini, LTX, Magnific. Programing languages C++, Python, JavaScript, MEL, Delphi Pascal. Furthermore, I've started my own brand of music performance visualization, called 'Abyssal Visuals' which I've worked freelance, completing work for 400+ musicians. This includes animated music videos, social media content, 360 and VR video, album artwork, and projection visuals. Other relevant skills and achievements: Google Ads, Meta Ads, 360 and VR content, marketing, Wix Studio, Sharpspring, UX and UI design, Lottie animations, GIFs, creative project management, and direction. Live performance and DJ. Achieved a Royal British Arts scholars award and sold a painting with the RBA. Achieved a DotCOMM Gold Award for video editing, 2023.