Hi! My name is Martin, and I’d like to create graphics and animations for your business.

  • I’m a project manager who specializes in change management.

  • I also love telling stories through animation.

  • I also like to kick it old school, and turn my RGB in for good old fashioned CMYK with print-design.

A little bit about who I am and what I can do for you

In addition to having over 20 years of graphic design experience, I’m also an accomplished project manager. If you’re in need of a creative professional who can take a vision, develop a roadmap to make that vision a reality, and is obsessed with meeting deadlines, I’d love to speak with you.

On a more personal note, I was born and raised in San Francisco, I’m an Eagle Scout, I’m half Mexican and love cooking slow Mexican food, I majored in philosophy in college, I love surfing, I love hiking (I’ve hiked two different Camino de Santiago routes), I love punk rock and opera, and am pro Oxford-comma.

Graphic Design & Animation

  • Logo design and vectorization
  • Animated advertisements
  • Illustrations
  • Photo-editing
  • Video-editing
  • Historical photo restoration

My Services

Project Management

  • Enterprise software change management
  • Creative direction

Online Learning

  • Learning Management System and Online School Development
  • Instructional Video Creation

Print Design

  • Magazine cover design
  • Flier design
  • Prototype design

Web Development

  • WordPress management
  • Website development
  • Learning Management Systems

My Tools: Adobe PremierPro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Animate, Adobe InDesign, Adobe DreamWeaver, Canva, Venngage, Notion, HTML & CSS, JavaScript

Animation

Animation

Thanks for checking out my portfolio featuring a mix of former clients and practical exercises in animation technique that I’d like to showcase.

Intro for Chasing Life podcast
I noticed that the cover for this podcast looked like it needed to be animated.

Mileage Plus Exercise
Although I’ve never worked for United, I’ve always enjoyed following the evolution of their branding (I was very glad when United settled on the sans-serif traditional United font)

Target Ad
The big design trend in 2022 was moving collages, so I tried my hand at one.

Vatican II Intro for Online Class
I founded an online school for pastoral studies and this was the opener for the class on Vatican II

Logo Intro for Archdiocese of San Francisco
Instead of having a simple fade in, I thought it would be better to highlight the individual features of the logo.

AT&T 5G
The most fun thing for me about this video was replicating the logo intro fade in animation

Corn Flakes Mini-Ad
This 5 second ad was optimized for mobile phones

Logo Intro for Diocese of Oakland
Instead of having a simple fade in, I thought it would be better to highlight the individual features of the logo.

What is a White Mass?
A two minute video explainer for an annual Mass honoring doctors and care givers

BART Map Intro
A BART logo reveal intro which starts out with BART’s system map

Print

Print

What People Are Saying

Martin Ford’s work sparkles with creativity, originality and intelligence – and he gets project done quickly and well. He understands deadlines and often beats them.

— Valerie Schmalz
Director Archdiocese of San Francisco

Martin has a knack of presenting challenging concepts using simple language and images.  Best of all, each important issue he addresses or story he tells is succinctly presented.  His creations offer quick, convincing analyses of unusual realities and attract a crowd.

— Rev. John Piderit, SJ
President Emeritus University of Chicago

Get in touch.

Please email me using this form, or send an email to martin@martinford.com. Or you can call me on WhatsApp at +1 (415) 608-7337.