Jackson currently works as an Animator for GRL Content, working directly with Michigan State University’s MTH102 course (Quantitative Literacy II). Duties for this position include creating simple textbook graphics, the creation of a textbook mascot, as well as animating explainer-style video lectures. This work was described as transformative for this course. All featured work is published by Great River Learning.
“Flippy” Textbook Mascot
After showing work from Jackson’s upcoming mobile game to MTH102’s development team, Jackson was asked to create a mascot for the course textbook. The above mascot, Flippy, is soon to be implimented along with several variations and animations.
Graphic Asset Examples
Above are a few examples of graphic assets created using Adobe Illustrator. These graphics, among others, were direcly implemented into the course textbook.
Explainer-Style Video Lectures
Above are a few examples of 50+ animated videos. This process involved a large quantity of audio editing. These videos were direcly implemented into the course textbook.