Rachel Yonda is the senior
graphics producer for The Late Late Show with James Corden based in
Los Angeles, California. During the conversation, we discussed her
transition from television to freelance and back to television, how
to escape creative dry spells and where to go for creative
inspiration.
Links:
Website: rachelyonda.com
Twitter: twitter.com/rachelyonda
Highlights:
-Obsession with animated
characters as a kid
-NYU
-First Internships
-Little Einsteins
Rigs
-Transition into
freelance
-TV motion design vs. studio
work
-CTN Expo
-Transition back to
TV
-Overlap from freelance
career
-The Late Late Show with James
Corden
-Senior Graphics
Producer
-Day to day work - games,
headlines, etc.
-Role changes every
hour
-Collaboration within the
workplace
-Being a lifelong
learner
-Creative dry spells
-”You can’t animate life if you
don’t live life.”
-Places for
inspiration
-Dream client: Find illustrators
and animators I admire and work with them
-Favorite animated film: The Big
Snit
-What do the people you love
think you do: actually doing the Late Late Show allowed for a lot
of clarification.
-Animalator:
caterpillar