TEDxFHSU

Fort Hays State University graduate Justin McClure will be one of six speakers for the TEDxFHSU conference in April.

McClure graduated from FHSU in 2000 with a B.F.A. in art and immediately went to work for Leo Burnett in Chicago, ranked one of the top 10 advertising agencies worldwide. He has also been a lead designer and animator for CMT/MTV Networks in Nashville and started an in-house motion graphics department at Barkley Advertising in Kansas City. Today, he is the owner and executive creative director at Justin McClure Creative, which he founded in 2008. Located in Wichita, the studio specializes in motion design, broadcast animation, video production and new media technologies. McClure’s portfolio includes work from national television networks ABC, CMT, the Discovery Channel, Disney, National Geographic and Syfy.

He has also worked for national consumer brands American Airlines, Beechcraft, Cessna, Chick-fil-A, Coca-Cola, Dell, MLB, NFL, Old Navy, Sonic, Sprint and Whole Foods. His work with these clients, as well as being the creator of Rerendered.com, a company that was purchased by Envato, Melbourne, Australia, and now boasts over 4 million users, has led him to become one of the most recognized motion design artists in the industry. Recognitions include awards from the Graphex 41 Competition, PromaxBDA, Telly Awards, Omni Awards, ADDY and the 2010 Wichita ADDY’s Rising Star award.

McClure and his wife, Shelly, have two sons, Bradyn and Charlie, and two daughters, Madelyn and Liliann. They live in Wichita.

The TEDxFHSU event is scheduled for Friday, April 24th at 10:30 a.m. in Eagle Communications Hall at the Robbins Center. Admittance is free, but limited to 100 students, who can pick up a ticket on March 11 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Student Service Center in the Memorial Union in exchange for a non-perishable food item.