Growing up, my family moved back and forth between the US and Japan. It was an unusual way to grow up, but it left me with a deep appreciation for both cultures and real gratitude for having lived in both.

After graduating from Bucknell, I spent a couple of years in Japan chasing a music career while working construction and a string of odd jobs. I came back to the US in 2008 to study design in Boston, then spent several years at a couple of small game startups, where I also independently developed three iOS titles.

In 2013 I joined DraftKings as one of its first 40 employees and spent the next 12 years watching it grow from a scrappy startup into a public company. I built and eventually led a small motion team, and over those years I worked just about every corner of motion design: broadcast television, stadium LED boards, in-product animation, paid digital ads, hype videos, and tutorials. 

Outside of work, I'm building apps and games on the side (pickleball analytics, multiplayer games for friends, chrome extensions), playing a lot of pickleball, making music, snow-hiking, and going on adventures with my wife and our two Shiba Inus, Pudding and Oppa (below).

kennethcooney@gmail.com