WORK

2022-2024

Team: Harry Pierce / Clients: V&A Museum, Waitrose, Guggenheim, Thames&Hudson

Diverse animated content for the brand teams of several clients supporting brand development and refresh. Site specific animated posters, collection animations of existing design elements, screensavers, DOOH and in-store animations, social posts and main logo reveals.

2022 - 2024

Clients: PWC, Salesforce, Wyndham, Otelier

Animation and Graphic support for various event films, using stock footage and AI generated illustrations, stop motion simulation, bringing line art to life, infographics and video collages.

2023-2024

Clients: Amazon Studios, Unilever, King

Application Support Manager (FULL TIME)

After Effects specialist developing tools and workflows for Online Automation service.

Projects needed to reposition and reflow text to allow Language translations and image/footage replacement.

Customer tutorials and support for the online front end

Project, remote staff and asset management. 

Building and converting After Effects templates to allow automatic source file swapping and text editing and translation.

Liasing with Management and Developers

RAY LEEK DESIGN
2021-2023
Titles and graphics for various TV productions
CLIENTS: : ITV / Optamen / Cr8tive Row / Channel 4 / HBO

"Olivia Atwood: Troll Hunters"

Title Sequence / In-Show graphics

Developed and designed several routes for title card and graphic treatments

"At Home with the Furys"

Titles and Graphics for Netflix commisioned series

Lots of development work, alas not ultimately used.

"Olivia Atwood: Getting Filthy Rich"

Title Card / In-Show graphics

"Highlife" ("LondonLit" for International Distribution)
Title Sequence for Channel 4 Docuality Series
Animated crops of logo to highlight cast members.
Ad break logo transition bumpers.
Prepped Titles footage for online grade.
Removed fly from main shot
Stabilised credits shot.

ORCHARD POST
2020 - 2021

CLIENTS: Pizza Express / HubTV

UNTOLD STUDIOS
2020 - 2021

CLIENTS: MoneySuperMarket / John Lewis / Apple / Zalando / Nokia)

After effects for several projects within VFX pipelines for television adverts and wider social assets.
Endframe Animation / Logo Reveal / HUD and Control screen graphics / Phone and web UI animations / roto / camera tracking / language reversioning across multiple territories and formats.

Nokia - Phone UI animations for unreleased "No Time to Die" TVCs (dropped after Covid release delay)

MoneySuperMarket - Bull TVC - Nasa Control screen animation

John Lewis Xmas - Muppets TVC - unused logo animation

VICE
2018 -19

CLIENTS Viceland, Snapchat

Converted and automated broadcast templates for snapchat, developed workflows for using spreadsheet data to automatically populate and format graphic elements in After Effects, allowing quick output of multi language versioning. Refining expressions and working with Adobe to troubleshoot new data functionality.

PAYSAFE

2018

Long placement with Brand team.

Various high level behavioural animations, website development and Event graphics.

BROWNS DESIGN
2011 - 2018

CLIENTS Invesco / Dave Stewart / Studio Projects

Multiple brand guideline films to support rebrand and subsequent brand guardianship of Invesco global identity.
Moving Image support across the company


ACCEPT AND PROCEED
2011 - 2016

CLIENTS Nike / Google / Studio Projects

Animation, editing and compositing for several above the line brand films and In-store installations


DESIGN AND BUILD
2016

CLIENTS Stella McCartney / Nataal / Nicholas Kirkwood /Epara

Mock-ups demonstrating user interaction of ecommerce sites under development and rebrand

ALL CITY MEDIA
2014-15

Desiree - Film Titles
Combined existing Poster artwork and Film stills into neon Film titles

BFI London Film Festival
Filmed, Animated and Composited projection mapped BFI London Film Festival Ident used across the whole marketing campaign

See Saw Films
Developed and delivered Ident for Film Production company

The Babadook
UK film trailer graphics development

Charlotte Tilbury
Graphics for US launch film
various other pitches.


DIXON BAXI
2015

CLIENTS: Telemundo

Compositing for Telemundo Idents and Brand film


NOT ACTUAL SIZE
2013-2015

CLIENTS Dove

Animation and Editing supplied clips and storyboard into above the line brand film


DESIGNSTUDIO
2009-2012

CLIENTS Nokia / Royal Mint / General Studio

UI Animation, Endframe Design, Editing and Compositing for TVCs and brand assets
Broadcast testing and recommendation for Nokia global brand assets
Keying, rotoscoping, and colouring animation for new Hands Wake Up graphic proposal


WINCHESTER ART SCHOOL
2010 - 2011

As a visiting lecturer I assisted on the Moving Image pathway of the 1st year BA in Graphic Arts, presenting briefs, conducting tutorials and delivering lectures in After Effects.


CONNECTED PICTURES
2008 - 2010

CLIENTS Alcatel Lucent / Xerox / HMV / Travelport / Grant Thornton / Arcellor Mittal / Actemium

VFX and UI interface animations for various brand films


NATIVE DESIGN
2009

CLIENTS Microsoft

User Interface mock up animations for prototype Windows Phone device


HUB TV
2008 - 2009

MobiPro: Graphics for Golf tutorial based mobile application


ALBION
2008

CLIENTS Accurist / Remington

Animated DVD for launch of Accurist / British Real Time identity

Keying, edit, and animation for REMINGTON "Pet Man" desktop widget


NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC / BSKYB
2008
CLIENTS Stuff TV

Type animation for broadcast collaboration between
fX channel and Stuff magazine


IMAGINATION
2007 - 2008

CLIENTS Ford

Production of animations for several Ford Motor Shows.


MOVING BRANDS
2005 - 2007

Clients Nokia / Vodafone / Swisscom / J-Com / BP / Innovene / General Studio

Full time creative position assuming responsibility for design, development and production of moving brand assets.
Established Broadcast Testing workstream
Films played a key emotive role in winning several major pitches


METROPOLIS STUDIOS
2005

Senior Designer (FULL TIME)
Storyboarding and compositing for DVD based Postman Pat children’s game


FRESH MEDIA GROUP
2005

Animated menus for in house DVD


BLUNT FILMS
2005

CLIENTS Royksopp

Removal of eyeballs of main character in "49%" promo


ED HOLDSWORTH
2005

CLIENTS: 4Tet

Compositing of 3d renders, greenscreen footage and retimed live background plates for "High Fives"promo


CLEAR CUT PICTURES
2005

CLIENTS: BBC

Money Program graphics


HHCLRED CELL
2004

CLIENTS Birds Eye
Typography and motion graphics for the Nutrission Mission TVC


GUERILLA PRODUCTIONS
2004

CLIENTS FHM / Sony Playstation

Title Sequence design and animation for FHM magazine rebrand video
Visual Effects shots for Playstation Eyetoy advert
Title sequence and graphics for pilot TV show of popular FHM magazine article "Around the World in 80 Beers"


MEN AND MOTORS
2004
CLIENTS 2 Wheels Passport
Title Sequence for six part motorbike series


WISEGUY PRODUCTION
2003

CLIENTS ITV Wales

Title sequence for iTV Wales docusoap "Housemates" set in Cardiff


ALL CITY MEDIA
2002 - 2003

CLIENTS Optimum Releasing / Films of Record

Cinema identity and DVD menus for "DISCOVERIES" film season
"Lost in La Mancha" AND "9 Queens" Animated DVD menus utilising existing film poster graphics
Design and production of title sequence, captions and credits for "Rail Cops" BBC1 series
Title sequence, captions and credits for BAFTA award winning Channel 4 documentary "Feltham Sings"


LEAFSTORM
2002

CLIENTS Guardian / National Film Theatre

Redesign of identity sting screened in NFT bar and cinema for Interview series


BLUEFROG
2001 - 2002
CLIENTS Daily Mirror
Motion graphics and special effects for Daily Mirror television commercial, VHS and DVD of Jonathan Cainer’s year ahead


FILM UNIT AV
2000 - 2001

Studio Manager

College placement became full time job, leading to continuing freelance work
Though my main role was the development of After Effects and Flash content, I assumed responsibility for all aspects of running the studio