Jordan Bruner is an award-winning creative director, designer, and illustrator who has worked with some of the world's most influential brands.

Working out of her own studio, Jordan partners directly with clients as well as with top advertising agencies like Arts & Letters and Havas, tech companies including Google and Informatica, and renowned production studios like Imaginary Forces, BUCK, and m ss ng p eces.

She's an Emmy nominee and recipient of the Art Directors Club Young Guns Award. Her films have screened at festivals including Pictoplasma and the LA Film Festival, while her illustrations have been recognized by the Society of Illustrators and American Illustration. Recent projects include digital art exhibitions at CADAF Miami and public installations for NYC's MTA Arts and Design program. In 2023, she held her first solo painting exhibition, and in 2024 her work was featured in the Made in Virginia Biennial at the Virginia Contemporary Arts Center.

Jordan has taught at Virginia Commonwealth University, mentored MFA thesis students at the School of Visual Arts, and co-founded the Richmond Animation Festival in 2023. After over a decade in NYC, she now lives in Richmond, VA with her husband Zack Williams and their two very spoiled whippets, Zukini and Cezar. When she’s not painting or staring at a computer, she loves traveling, cooking, reading, hiking, and watching Love Island UK.

Contact.

jordan@jordanbruner.net
+1.804.387.7862

Partizan
Commercial Representation in the US & UK
Angela Foster
angela@partizan.us

Sunday Afternoon
Illustration Representation
Audrie Poole
audrie@sundayafternoon.us

Troublemakers
Representation in Europe
James Hagger
james@troublemakers.tv

Clients Include
Google | Warby Parker | The New York Times | The Atlantic
hims & hers | Jet Blue | Bon Appétit | MTA Arts + Design

Awards & Recognitions

  • D&AD | Google Pixel | Wood Pencil | Crafts for Advertising | Animation & Illustration for Digital Marketing | 2018
    Asifa | Craft Award : Excellence in Design | Honorable Mention | 2018
    Asifa | Commissioned Films over Two Minutes | 2018
    American Illustration | International Motion Art Awards 6 | Conception | 2018
    D&AD |Crafts for Advertising - Sneaker Dreams Campaign | 2016
    D&AD |Outdoor Advertising - Sneaker Dreams Campaign | 2016
    Society of Illustrators 58 | ADC Rare For a Reason | 2016
    CLIO Silver |Sneaker Freaker – Sneaker Dreams Campaign (Rockets, Adorable, Float, Grip, Soft) – Print Technique Illustration | 2015
    CLIO Bronze |Sneaker Freaker – Sneaker Dreams Campaign (Rockets, Adorable, Float, Grip, Soft) – Print Technique Art Direction | 2015
    CLIO Bronze |Sneaker Freaker – Sneaker Dreams Campaign (Rockets, Adorable, Float, Grip, Soft) – Out Of Home Poster | 2015
    KINSALESilver | Sneaker Freaker - Print Campaign | 2015
    KINSALE Bronze | Sneaker Freaker - Poster | 2015
    ADC Young Gun | 2013
    Best Animated Film, Commissioned | Tourniquet by Hem | SoDak Animation Festival, Billings, SD | 2013
    Special Mention Award | Tourniquet by Hem | Fest Anca | Zilina, Solvakia | 2013
    Best New Media | Music Video Category | Tourniquet by Hem | World Arts Film Festival, Jacksonville, FL | 2013
    Emmy Award Nomination, Outstanding Individual Achievement In A Craft | Graphic Design And Art Direction | 2008 | New York, NY

  • Visual Arts Center | 2D Character Design and Animation | Richmond, VA | 2024
    VCU School of the Arts | Adjunct Professor, Animated Storytelling | Richmond, VA | Spring 2024
    VCU School of the Arts | Adjunct Professor, Animated Storytelling | Richmond, VA | Fall 2020
    School of Visual Arts | MFA Thesis Advisor | NYC | 2015 + 2016| Richmond, VA

  • VCU School of the Arts | Commencement Speaker | Richmond, VA | May 2023
    San Francisco International Film Festival | 2020
    University of Indianapolis | January 2018
    Pictoplasma NYC | November 2017
    Playgrounds Festival | Amsterdam | November 2016

  • Selected Screenings
    Conception
    Pictoplasma | Berlin | May 2018
    AFI Festival | LA | November 2018

    And Then We Were Jumping
    Northwest Animation Festival | Portland, Oregon | May 2015
    CutOut Fest | Querétaro, Mexico | 2014
    Animation Block Party | Brooklyn, NY | 2014
    SoDak Animation Festival | South Dakota | 2014
    London International Film Festival | 2014
    Fest Anča | Žilina, Slovakia | June 2014
    Pris Ars Electronica | Linz, Austria | 2014
    World Festival of Animated Films Animafest Zagreb | June 2014
    Pictoplasma | Berlin | April 2014
    Anima Festival | Brussels | Feb 2014

    Tourniqet
    Short Shorts Film Festival | Tokyo, Japan | May 2014
    Northwest Animation Festival | Portland, Oregon | May 2014
    World Festival of Animated Films Animafest Zagreb | June 2014
    Anima Festival | Brussels | January 2014
    CinAnima | Espinho, Portugal | 2013
    anim'fest | Bucharest, Romania | 2013
    CutOut Fest | Querétaro, Mexico | 2013
    Zwiebeln Animation Festival | Düsseldorf, Germany | 2013
    Córdoba International Animation Festival | Córdoba, Argentina | 2013
    SoDak Animation Festival | South Dakota | 2013
    Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival | Bristol, UK | September 2013
    Fest Anča | Žilina, Slovakia | June 2013
    LA Film Festival | Los Angeles, CA | June 2013
    World Arts Festival | Jacksonville, FL | April 2013 | Winner - Best New Media
    Speakeasy Cinema | Melbourne, Australia | February 2013
    Festival de Cine CreatRivas | Madrid, Spain | February 2013
    Transitions Film Festival | Melbourne, Australia | January 2013

    Anklebiters
    World Festival of Animated Films Animafest Zagreb | June 2014
    Anima Festival | Brussels | January 2014

    Travelbird
    Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film | Stuttgart, Germany | April 2014

    The Leaf Woman and the Centaur
    Filmwerkplaats | WORM | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 2013
    Animation Block Party | New York | 2011
    James River Film Festival | Richmond, VA | 2011
    Wassaic Summer Festival | Wassaic, NY | 2011
    SoDak Animation Festival | South Dakota | 2011
    Best of Animation Block Party | Los Angeles | 2011

  • Solo Exhibitions
    Wild Women in the Wild | Pairos Gallery | Richmond, VA | May 2023

    Group Exhibitions
    Cabin Fever | 1708 Gallery | Richmond, VA | 2024
    Grand Central Madison Station | MTA Arts and Design | NYC | 2023
    Yungspace Gallery | NYC | 2020
    Fulton Center | MTA Arts and Design | NYC | March 2020
    CADAF | Miami | December 2019
    ANNY Best of Fest AR Exhibit | NYC | 2019
    ANNY Best of Fest AR Exhibit | NYC | 2018
    Women Who Draw | University of Indianapolis | 2018
    Then We Were Animating | Fine Arts Building Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA | 2014

  • RiverRun Film Festival Jury | Winston Salem, NC | 2024
    ADC Young Guns 21 Jury | NYC | 2023
    Scholastic National Art Juror | Film & Animation | NYC | 2019
    ADC Young Guns 16 Jury | NYC | 2018

Whippets Zukini and Cezar