Art Director & Creative Lead creating engaging educational games

Photo of me, Michelle Bond

I’m an Art Director and Creative Lead with over a decade of experience shaping the visual identity of award-winning educational games. At Age of Learning, I shaped the look and feel of hundreds of titles across platforms including ABCMouse, My Math Academy, Adventure Academy, and the Logical Thinking Project. My work spans from designing characters, backgrounds, and UI to directing teams of artists and animators, always with the goal of making complex subjects fun and approachable for young learners. Whether leading style development or getting hands on with animation and compositing, I focus on building playful, engaging worlds that bring education to life.

Illustration: Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator), Affinity (Designer, Photo) Figma, Procreate

Animation: Adobe (Animator, After Effects), Rive, Unity

Other: Miro, JIRA, Slack, Trello

My Math Academy

Led visual direction and art production for a large-scale, live educational game used across PreK–5th grade. Owned visual quality across multiple releases, including the expansion into upper elementary with a new visual identity and scalable art and animation systems.

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Adventure Academy

Led art direction and hands-on production for multiple shipped games within the Adventure Academy platform, owning visual style, gameplay flow, UI, and animation from concept through implementation.

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ABCmouse

Created artwork and animations for hundreds of educational games, contributing to playful UI, interactive storytelling, and engaging learning experiences across more than 150 titles for 1st and 2nd grade learners.

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Logical Thinking Project

Led the art and animation team through high-paced development, guiding visual style, gameplay layouts, and final compositions for a shipped educational game.

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Personal Work Gallery

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