Steven Adams
Art Director / Sr. Motion Designer
Asheville, NC, USA
8285823655
greywoods.tv
Steven Adams is a multi-award-winning motion designer and art director with over ten years in art direction and twelve in motion graphics. He holds a bachelor's degree from Ringling College of Art and Design, one of the nation's top schools for motion graphics.
While working for Uber and Postmates, he helped to rebrand their animation style to something with flavor, charge, and action. While art directing, he has brought ideas to life with leadership, creative development, and often getting his hands dirty. He has been at the forefront of visionary leadership with Amazon Web Service, aiding in many of their explainer videos. He recently worked with Zilch, a virtual credit card company, where he designed, animated, and developed many of their social media campaigns and performance ads within the U.S. He describes his art style as rhythmic, colorful, and retro.
While working for Uber and Postmates, he helped to rebrand their animation style to something with flavor, charge, and action. While art directing, he has brought ideas to life with leadership, creative development, and often getting his hands dirty. He has been at the forefront of visionary leadership with Amazon Web Service, aiding in many of their explainer videos. He recently worked with Zilch, a virtual credit card company, where he designed, animated, and developed many of their social media campaigns and performance ads within the U.S. He describes his art style as rhythmic, colorful, and retro.
Work Experience
Grey Woods
Art Director / Sr. Motion Designer
As a freelancer, I have had unique opportunities. I've had the privilege of designing and animating for large-scale campaigns, building brand identities, informing startups on how best to push their content, and helping clients make insightful videos.
• Lead projects to the highest level of completion while maintaining budget and ensuring client satisfaction.
• Designed and illustrated characters, storyboards, products, and more through brand guidance and company traits.
• Completed 2D animation and frame-by-frame motion graphics for video content based on social media, emails, and website homepages.
• Lead projects to the highest level of completion while maintaining budget and ensuring client satisfaction.
• Designed and illustrated characters, storyboards, products, and more through brand guidance and company traits.
• Completed 2D animation and frame-by-frame motion graphics for video content based on social media, emails, and website homepages.
January 2014
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North Carolina, United States
Zilch INC
Art Director / Sr. Motion Designer - Contract
Zilch is a virtual credit card concentrating on pay in 4. My main focus was helping to bring Zilch to the US by pushing ads that would adhere to an American audience.
• Campaign for performance ads on “Buy Now Pay Later”.
• Animated and designed social media advertisements for Instagram and Facebook.
• Campaign for performance ads on “Buy Now Pay Later”.
• Animated and designed social media advertisements for Instagram and Facebook.
June 2022
- October 2022
United Kingdom
Hambone Collective
Art Director / Sr. Motion Designer
March 2019
- February 2020
Ohio, United States
Uber Technologies INC
Sr. Motion Designer
As the Senior Motion Designer for Postmates by Uber, I've worked on Postmates ads and Uber and Uber Eats. I've been at the forefront of the redevelopment of Postmates animation style. I have been involved in-app usage and had the ability to push forth new ideas and looks for Uber and Postmates.
• Animated and designed social media advertisements for Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Snapchat.
• Designed and created motion graphics for email and in-app development.
• Help set the animation style for The Receipts, an ongoing series about celebrities' wildest purchases.
• Animated and designed social media advertisements for Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Snapchat.
• Designed and created motion graphics for email and in-app development.
• Help set the animation style for The Receipts, an ongoing series about celebrities' wildest purchases.
November 2020
- June 2022
California, United States
Epipheo
Art Director
Epipheo is an explainer video production agency working in B2B, B2C, and Non-profit areas. While there, I provided direction, animation, and designs for the B2B team. My main focus was explainer videos for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Epipheo's largest client. I maintained coverage of the budget and made sure all videos stuck to the strict guidelines laid out by the AWS team and AWS brand.
• Art-directed designers, animators, and illustrators of motion graphics, B2B social media, and homepage website ads.
• Conceptualized, built assets, and animated the majority of all AWS videos from 2016 to 2018.
• Directed or animated all B2B motion graphics content.
• Art-directed designers, animators, and illustrators of motion graphics, B2B social media, and homepage website ads.
• Conceptualized, built assets, and animated the majority of all AWS videos from 2016 to 2018.
• Directed or animated all B2B motion graphics content.
April 2016
- March 2018
Ohio, United States
Education
Ringling College Of Art And Design
Bachelor of Arts
August 2011
- May 2015
Languages
English (Native),
Turkish (Conversational),
Awards
American Advertising Federation (AAF) - ADDY Awards
Silver National Addy Winner
2015
Adobe - Design Achievement & MAX Awards
Silver Award
2015
Skills
2D Animation,
After Effects,
Art Direction,
C4d ,
Figma,
Graphic Design,
Illustrator,
Leadership,
Lotti,
Motion Graphics ,
Photoshop,
Social Media,