WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Interface Group has hired designer/animator Carol Hilliard and editor Ruth Cooper.
Hilliard comes over to the creative services department of the Washington-based post/effects house from Big Shot Productions, Baltimore, where for the past year she was a designer/animator specializing in 3-D animation and created special effects graphics for such clients as Discovery Channel, MCI and the National Aquarium. Prior to working at Big Shot, Hilliard was at OT Sports/ABC Interactive, Hunt Valley, Md., where she was a designer/animator creating opening animations and flying logos for computer games including ABC Sports’ "Monday Night Football" and "Heroes of the Gridiron." Two of her animations were included on the 1997-’98 Alias/Wavefront reel.
From 1994-’97, Hilliard also was a designer/animator/illustrator at Totally Incorporated, Alexandria, Va., where she created graphics for broadcast, corporate presentations, virtual walk-throughs, print and multimedia. Her work earned her both a ’95 Telly and a ’95 Invision award.
Hilliard has also freelanced as a designer for Base Productions, Vienna, Va., where for the past three years she has created packaging and promotional artwork for independent films and sports video magazines.
Cooper
Prior to joining Interface, Cooper spent six years at Washington-based Roland House, where she edited long-form projects. She joined Roland House as an editor and was promoted two years later to senior editor. Before her stint at Roland House, Cooper spent two years as an assistant editor at Producers Video, Baltimore.
The Interface Group’s services include graphics design, computer animation and special effects production, compositing, editing, studio production, film-to-tape transfer and duplication.
