Welcome to my world

Hi, I’m Jeffrey Hayes
I'm a Animator.

Animation is my passion! I specialize in creating visually appealing 2D/3D animations that engage your audience and deliver your message in a professional, fun and effective way.

a little about

What I Do

Social Content

Creating eye-catching social media content that will captivate and engage your audience.

HTML Display

Cutting-edge html display creation services for your banner advertising needs.

Video Production

Commercials, client presentations, client pitches, product demo's ... no matter the need.

Email animation

Emails get noticed and have a higher click-through rate with pops of motion.

Video editing

Taking already existing videos and resizing, repurposing.

28+ Years of Experience

My Resume

Savannah College of Art & Design

1990-1994

BFA Illustration
Minor Art History
Minor Graphic Design

Features

SkillS

ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS
95%
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
95%
ADOBE DREAMWEAVER
95%
FIGMA
75%
ADOBE AUDITION
65%
GOOGLE WEB DESIGNER
85%
 

 

ADOBE PREMIERE
85%
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
90%
ADOBE XD
65%
ADOBE INDESIGN
55%
FLASHTALKING
55%
GOOGLE STUDIO
85%

Motion Designer Lead

Merkle/Dentsu (2011 - Present)

As a Motion Designer I work with Creative Directors to create original and highly engaging social and display animation and video content for our clients. I'm responsible for ideation, creative development, and execution of the animation and/or video content. I create content within the rules and etiquette of social and display platforms and always willing to learn and explore new platforms.

  • Collaborated with Creative Directors to conceptualize, code and produce compelling motion graphics and animations.
  • Video, Animation and Audio editing using Adobe Creative Suite, AfterEffects, HTML 5, CSS, and Javascript.
  • Work with project managers and others to hit critical deadlines and initiatives.
  • Collaborated with Creative Directors to build storyboard based on creative and development best practices, and developed creation of animatics and style-frames for preproduction process.
  • Explore new platforms for Dynamic Content Optimization for display and video to determine development implementation and requirements
  • Dynamic video production via SundaySky platform, doing both manual from scratch production and template production
  • Managed off-shore and on-shore resources from a project management perspective
  • Email, landing page, microsite, full site development

UI/UX Designer & Developer

eBridge Technologies (1998 - 2006)

Front-End Developer / UX
  • Design & User Interface - internal & external web applications
  • Customer Experience - internal & external web applications
  • Page Engineering - internal & external web applications & sites
  • Branded designs for intranet sites and/or application front-ends, include such companies as Westvaco/Mead, GE, and ExpoPak (formerly International Paper).
Marketing
  • All in house marketing material: brochures, lunch & learns, interactive CD's
  • Creation of multi-media presentations for application CD demos for distribution and live presentation
  • Coordinated tradeshow events: booth rental, graphics, handouts

UI/UX Designer & Developer

GIS/BGC (2006 - 2016)

IT deparment
  • Design & User Interface - internal & external web applications spanning 2 companies and multiple project lines, all with unique workflows
  • Project management
  • Customer Experience - internal & external web applications
  • Page Engineering - internal & external web applications & sites
  • CSS - W3C Compliant - cross browser / cross platform
  • Mobile Responsiveness - phone & tablet
Marketing Department
  • Usability Testing – Omniture Test & Target
  • Trends
  • Conversion
  • Web Analytics
  • Promotional Campaigns
  • Email Campaigns/Blasts

Art Director

O'Neal Communications (1996-1998)

  • Design and production of PR/Marketing material (brochures, catalogs, websites, etc.)
  • Account management
  • Corporate identities: logo design, signage, corporate packaging
  • Coordinated photoshoots for products and/or services
  • Oversaw press runs / press checks
  • Coordinated trade show events; booth rentals, graphics, handouts & giveaways

Inbetweener/Cleanup Artist

Dungeon Ink & Paint (1995-1996)

Traditional animation studio. I took the animator's rough, blue line drawings and did fine line detailed versions, which were then scanned into the computer and colorized. Along with doing clean up art, I would assist the animator with background and scene design. While I was there, we worked on King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride ... My IMBD and the studio's Full Game Credits

What Clients Say

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Subway

Dave

Art Director

The Power of Mr. Hayes: the client totally nixed our social layouts, saying they looked "not exciting and flat" until we showed them your animations, and totally changed their mind. There are still changes, but they wanted to go a totally different direction before the saw the animation.

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Chase

John

Creative Director

Client just said your animation "looks AMAZING. I'm OBSESSED with it … I dont think I could be happier

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Subway

Dave

Art Director

The client said your Downgrading Households video looked GREAT. All caps. I have been on the account for 3.5 years. I have never gotten a GREAT.

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Burger King

Madison

Account Manager

The client loved your winter globe animation so much they want to use it in all their channels and media.

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Gerber

Jo

Art Director

Not only do you deliver amazing animations, but you take it to the next level and always WOW the client! That one little suggestion you add, makes a BIG difference. Awesome work, as always.