Draft:Sammy Coventry

Sammy Coventry
Samuel Hannen Coventry. Samuel, Sam or Sammy. born 9th November 1994. Son of Olympic bronze medalist Lynley Hannen and Olympic Rower Bill Coventry. Samuel a New Zealand born designer, known for his advanced skills in Photoshop, high level 3D visuals and unique artwork. He currently is the Creative Designer & Animator for Overtime. He uses an array of different mediums from Digital Art, 2D motion graphics to 3D animation. With notable brand creative work for McDonalds, Adidas, LEGO, Foot locker, Jordan Brand, Under Armor, GMC, & Ruffles, Amazon Prime, NFL, NFL Network, Coca Cola, Nitro Circus, TravisMathew, Dreamville , Circulate , Puma , Klutch Sports group , Gatorade, C4 Energy, Jack in the Box and 7Eleven. He created and curates an Instagram page OvertimeEdits with over 400K + followers positioned in the art/sport/cultural space. His art page OvertimeSammy has garnered over 13K + following with a more niche focus. His art has been shared and engaged with by some of the biggest artists in the world including, Drake, Travis Scott , Don Toliver , Trippie Redd, Yeat , and Kaash Paige. His Pokemon x Rap series caught some major steam, making its way around social media. His art is a constant source for major outlets and archival pages. Hidden NY, aplasticplant , ihategum , Complex  to name a few. Sammy attended Nelson College

Over the course of 3 years Sammy taught himself the 3D software Cinema4D. Elevating his digital and animation work to another level. He is behind the OTE & Amazon Prime broadcast Open. Capturing the essence of all 8 OTE teams in a creative way. NFL Network & OT7  and OTX & DAZN broadcast opens. He created the graphics for OneShot: Overtime Elite an exclusive show on Amazon Prime.

Sammy came from an athletic background as eluded too. He played rugby at an amateur level in Wellington for the Wellington Lions development team and was part of the Wellington Academy. His wellington club side was Old Boys University, winning back to back titles. He played 7s rugby for the Tasman Mako 7s team, winning the south island championship. His career was cut short by injuries.

Milestones
• Overtime IG 10.6M+

• Overtimeedits IG page 400K+

• Overtimeedits TikTok page 116K

• Overtime Billboard in Cleveland – “LaMelo Has Arrived.” & Overtime Billboard in Charlotte – “Future All-Stars..”

• 2023 Webby Award winner for ‘No Limits; YouTube show. Other winners, SZA and Sharon Horgan

• Finalist in best IGTV show

• Top Art Exhibition 2012

• Nelson College Best Art Design Award