Converge 25 | Inspire Leadership Network
Client
Inspire Leadership Network
Service
Motion Design
Date
August 2025
Converge is the premiere annual event for the Inspire Leadership Network and it's members, which include CIOs, CISOs, and CMOs from across the US and Toronto. Each keynote speaker requires their own introduction video, which is created to match the overall theme of the conference. 2025's theme was "Mem (Members) In Black", inspired by the original Men in Black film.
I was provided a script for each speaker, along with the logos for the event and the final lockup layout. I started by rewatching the original film and taking notes on what types of screens and design elements I could utilize. I then started building out the main shot of the oval and text boxes in Illustrator, and sent those as styleframes for approval. Once the layout was set, I imported everything into After Effects and started timing things out with the voice over, which was created with ElevenLabs by another member of my team. I pulled publicly available assets of Charles and his books from the internet, along with relevant logos.
Once the animation was complete, I sent it off for a final sound pass by my team. When this speaker's video was approved by the client I duplicated it so that it could become a template for the remaining 7 speakers for the event.
Converge is the premiere annual event for the Inspire Leadership Network and it's members, which include CIOs, CISOs, and CMOs from across the US and Toronto. Each keynote speaker requires their own introduction video, which is created to match the overall theme of the conference. 2025's theme was "Mem (Members) In Black", inspired by the original Men in Black film.
I was provided a script for each speaker, along with the logos for the event and the final lockup layout. I started by rewatching the original film and taking notes on what types of screens and design elements I could utilize. I then started building out the main shot of the oval and text boxes in Illustrator, and sent those as styleframes for approval. Once the layout was set, I imported everything into After Effects and started timing things out with the voice over, which was created with ElevenLabs by another member of my team. I pulled publicly available assets of Charles and his books from the internet, along with relevant logos.
Once the animation was complete, I sent it off for a final sound pass by my team. When this speaker's video was approved by the client I duplicated it so that it could become a template for the remaining 7 speakers for the event.
