Chris Do is the founder/president/executive creative director of Bind, Inc., a multi-disciplinary motion graphics design studio with offices located in Santa Monica and New York City.

Prior to forming Blind in 1995, Mr. Do worked briefly as an Art Director at Seattle Ad Agency, Cole & Weber, and as a designer at punk rock music label Epitaph Records. While at Cole & Weber he gained valuable insight, experiencing firsthand the challenges of being an agency Creative. It wasn't until he formed Blindthat he was able to fully utilize his Art Center training to combine his passion for design, typography, illustration and animation. Soon, he was working on feature film titles such as Eraser, Celtic Pride and The Island of Dr. Moreau, as well as a variety of commercials and broadcast identities.

Since then, Mr. Do's work has been nationally and internationally recognized by publications such as: Communication Arts, I.D., AIGA, Art Director's Club, Type Director's Club, The One Show, Broadcast Design Association, LA Weekly, New York Film Festival, Telly, Print, How, Res Fest, Ion Film Festival, British D&AD,and Mtv's VMA. He has lectured at a number of institutions including: California Institute of the Arts, LA Art Institute, Siggraph, Otis College of Design, Motion Graphics LA, Cal State Los Angeles and San Diego City College.

After more than a decade at the helm, Mr. Do continues to direct and manage, growing the company into a successful production/post-production company, and oversees Blinds creative and strategic vision. In addition to running the company, Mr. Do is an adjunct instructor at the Art Center College of Design and Otis College of Design, where he is helping to shape future generations of artists and designers.

Jessie Do has been a part of Blind since its inception in 1995, when she joined the team as a Creative Director. Hailing from Taiwan, Jessie moved to the United States to study design at Art Center, graduating with a BFA in 1994. Upon graduation, Jessie spent a year working for worldwide ad agency Weiden + Kennedy, then teamed up with Chris Do to form Blind. From 1995 to 2001, Jessie worked on numerous projects for Blind including campaigns for Mitsubishi, JC Penny, Voice Stream, Meth 911, Baroque, Microsoft, and E! Networks. While a designer for Blind, Jessie's work was featured in annuals for The Type Director's Club, Communication Arts and The Art Director's Club. In 2002, Jessie retired from design and production and currently serves as Blind's Treasurer and CFO, overseeing the Human Resources and Financial departments.

Over his 17 years in the industry, Kleinman has built a diverse background including live action and visual effects in commercials and feature films. Most recently, he played an integral role as part of a Research & Development VFX team working for James Cameron as he developed methodologies for his next two film projects. Prior to that, he worked as Executive Producer at L.A.'s Spoke Film and Santa Monica's Crash Films as well as line producing numerous commercial projects.

"Dave's experience in live-action film production and knowledge of film history are the perfect complements to the work we do at BL:ND," said Chris Do, president of BL:ND. "I am confident that his skills will allow us to move to the next level of design-integrated live action production." Do added, "Plus, he's just a great guy to work with. He has this funky, self-deprecating sense of humor. He thrives on a challenge ... he just smiles and rolls up his sleeves."

In his short time at BL:ND, Kleinman has recently overseen projects for Pringles, Chili's, the L.A. Marathon, Angie's List, Los Angeles Times, First National Bank, United Health Care, Baskin Robbins and Lexus.

Following an internship with MTV Promos in 1992, Nick moved permanently to New York City to accept a staff position at MTV Promos where he served as a producer creating various promo and image campaigns for the channel. Soon, he was given the opportunity to produce the pilot episode for "Beavis & Butt-head." This show went on to become a huge hit for the channel and effectively launched MTV Animation. Nick worked on all 5 seasons of "Beavis & Butt-head" as well as continuing to work on other series, such as Aeon Flux, The Maxx and Cartoon Sushi. During this time, Nick also consulted on video games, created packaging for MTV shows and the MTV Video Music Awards, directed and produced various animated image campaigns and channel ID's and continued to work with the MTV Animation Development department on ideas for new animated shows for MTV.

In 1999, he conceived and launched the MTV Commercials division. It enjoyed great success working with clients as varied as Weiden & Kennedy, Amsterdam, arnold worldwide in NYC and The Richards Group in Dallas, to name a few.

After almost a decade with MTV, Nick decided it was time to expand his horizons and formed Rogue Creative where he enjoyed continued success working with the above agencies as well as adding Ogilvy & Mather, the Gepetto Group, Publicis and Young & Rubicam to the growing list of clients. Additionally, MTV Marketing remained a client, with Rogue shooting various contest promotional spots that involved product sponsors (such as Oreo cookies, Snapple and Revlon) wherein Nick's vast experience with agencies was a noticeable asset to each project.

In 2006, Nick directed and produced the Star Trek "Still Kickin' It" stop-motion campaign for G4 Networks. The spots went on to win One Show, Promax and AICP awards, as well as becoming a finalist at the Cannes film Festivals commercial awards. In early 2007, Nick returned to the freelance producing world hooking up with the award winning production company, PSYOP, to produce the Global Fanta campaign, Cortal Consors, PPL Electric, and Guinness.

Joining Blind as an editor in 2001, and now as a creative director, Erik has continually made time to explore and experiment with different styles, ideas and techniques. He has focused on bringing a sense of humanity to computer graphics through the use of natural materials like watercolor, paper, pen and ink and the integration of live action photography with motion graphic design.

Originally from Wisconsin, Erik escaped to warmer climates and found work in Hollywood editing trailers for indie film studios, commercials and feature film title sequences. As an editor, highlights of Erik’s work include several television spots, main title sequences for “Lost Souls” and “The Thomas Crown Affair” and theatrical trailers for Dolby Digital Sound and “Saving Private Ryan.”

Recent directorial work includes national spots for Russell Athletic, Chili’s, Pringles Minis, Honda, Kyocera and First National Bank as well as award winning promos for SpikeTV, Fuse and many others.

With a background in print, illustration and character animation, Thomas has taken his talents and interests to the commercial, film and broadcast world to create a body of work with a unique voice.

As a graduate of Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Thomas Koh began at Blind in 2000 designing and animating some of the studios most recognized projects. Thomas soon moved on to become creative director from where has directed and led a variety of projects including XBox commercial campaign, Sony like.no.other brand relaunch, Dunkin' Donuts commercial campaign, NFL on Fox, Quiksilver, Specialized, Budweiser, MTV, NBC, FOX, G4, Fuse, Jet's "Look What You've Done", Riding Giants main titles, and Dogtown main titles.

Thomas' work has been honored by the BDA, The Type Director's Club, The Art Director's Club, and has been featured through Communication Arts, Boards, Animation Magazine, Res Magazine, the AIGA and various published books.

Vanessa’s career in motion graphics began at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, far from her childhood home of Bangkok, Thailand. Together with her twin sister, Vanessa moved to the United States to further her training in classical music at an arts high school. While in school, her dreams of becoming a classical pianist shifted when she was introduced to visual arts, a new passion that would shape her career.

After graduating with her BFA from Art Center, Vanessa worked as an art director in a variety of creative settings ranging from broadcast to small design boutiques. She was immediately recognized for her outstanding creative work and garnered an Emmy for the ESPN X Games show package she created while working at Fuel/Razorfish. Her early career as a creative director also included collaboration with some of her Art Center cohorts during a brief tenure as a member of the original Blind design team.

In 2001 Vanessa returned to Blind, and has since directed numerous commercial and broadcast projects, including campaigns for Nissan, Infiniti, Payless, CellularSouth, Angie’s List, Showtime and E! Networks. Recently Vanessa drew on her musical expertise in her creative direction of Justin Timberlake’s notable music video “LoveStoned” and Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy,” which won MTV’s VMA for Best Direction, BDA Gold, a One Show award, Telly Award Gold, and honors from Prix Arts.

In addition to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Vanessa has received awards from the Type Directors Club, the Art Directors Club, and The Broadcast Design Association.