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
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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 2013Anklebiters
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 2023Group 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 -
2024 | RVA Mag
2023 | MTA Arts + Design
2023 | VCU
2022 | NYTimes
2019 | Nasdaq
2018 | Stash
2017 | Variety Magazine Nov 2017
2015 | Creativity Online
2014 | Communication Arts Magazine | Design Taxi | Tin House | Stash
2013 | Fubiz | Girl Crush | IMVDb | 1.4 | Motionographer | Creative Review
2012 | Boooooooom | Citylikeyou
2011 | Style Weekly