Jason Campbell

Work History

• Animator / Designer / Creative Lead

  Jason Campbell

  November 1993 - Present

  Offering more than twenty five years of creative services in animation, design and user experience.

• Lead Animator

  Spacez

  March 2023 - December 2023

  Lead the animation of a launch trailer for a not yet announced game title.
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  Sr. / Lead Animator

  FuseFX

  September 2021 - March 2023
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  Animator

  Encore VFX

  February 2021 - May 2021

  Burbank, California, United States

  Animator for several TV projects
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  Animator

  Nexodus

  August 2020 - December 2020

  For a exodus I served as both PreVis lead and Sr. Animator for the Ark II game launch cinematic.
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  Animator

  Day for Nite

  March 2020 - March 2020

  Burbank, CA
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  Previs

  The Third Floor

  October 2019 - January 2020

  Los Angeles, CA
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  Sr. Animator

  Moondog Animation Studio

  November 2018 - August 2019

  Charleston, South Carolina Area
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  Senior Animator

  Rainmaker Entertainment

  April 2018 - August 2018

  Vancouver, Canada
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  Animator

  Digital Domain

  August 2017 - March 2018

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  Thor: Ragnarok, Shadow, Wrinkle In Time, The Avengers Infinity War
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  Animator

  The Third Floor

  May 2017 - August 2017

  
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  Character Animator

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  February 2017 - May 2017

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Character animator on the feature film Emoji.

  
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  Animator

  Nitrogen Studios

  April 2016 - February 2017

  Trollhunters S1&S2;
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  Animator

  Nitrogen Studios

  February 2016 - February 2017

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Character animation for the Feature Film "Sausage Party" and Dreamwork's "Trollhunters" on Netflix
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  Animator

  Nitrogen Studios

  February 2016 - April 2016

  Sausage Party
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  Animator

  Bardel Entertainment

  August 2015 - January 2016

  Vancouver, Canada Area
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  Animator

  Rainmaker Entertainment

  February 2015 - August 2015

  Vancouver, Canada Area
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  Post-vis Animator

  Pukeko Pictures LP

  September 2014 - December 2014

  Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

  Animation of cameras, vehicles and story poses for series Thunderbirds.
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  Animator

  Karactaz Animation

  February 2013 - February 2013

  Wellington, New Zealand

  Commercial animator using Maya animating multiple creature characters for the Japanese market.
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  Creature ATD

  Wētā FX

  October 2012 - December 2012

  Assistant Technical Director for Creatures on The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey and Man of Steel. Baking cloth, hair and muscle simulations on published animation. Shot sculpts to fix interpenetrating geometry between cloth, armour and skin. Edit of pre roll animation to improve cloth simulation, scripted edits for run time inclusion in Python. Wrote scene check scripts in Python to ensure published elements had proper files generated.

  
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  Animator

  Prevalent Entertainment

  January 2012 - April 2012

  Animating characters and cameras for direct to DVD feature.
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  User Experience Evangelist

  Microsoft

  November 2008 - March 2011

  Staffed consultant for the West Region Partner team of Microsoft’s Developer & Platform Evangelist group. Specializing in RIA, Mobile UX and UI design. Engaging partner agencies and enterprise application developers on UX strategy. Public speaker for Microsoft on the subject of User Experience both at live events and online.
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  Art Director

  AOL

  April 2007 - November 2008

  Creative lead for AOL Channels(Shopping, Mobile, Careers, and Personals). Responsible for hiring and managing team of UI and visual designers working for the commerce division of AOL.
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  Animator / Videographer / Editor / Motion Graphics

  BCBSNC

  January 2006 - April 2007

  Working with the internal marketing department, documenting company events, conceiving statewide promotions such as the 2007 Flu shot campaign with Hurricanes Goalie Cam Ward. Responsible for shooting HD using Sony XDCAM, editing with Final Cut Studio, motion graphics and interactive design for both internal and external presentations and/or media.
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  Consultant - BCBSNC.com redesign

  BCBSNC

  February 2005 - January 2006

  Contracted to redesign Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina’s website. Integrating brand strategies with standards based design and coding. From concept to completed graphics. UI and flash design.
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  Scene Setup Administrator

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  February 1997 - January 1999

  On the feature film Dinosaur I was responsible for files from plate scanning up to animation. Putting together scenes with match move cameras, virtual set models and animation rigs. Checking data in and out of the proprietary data management tool ADAM/AXS and ensuring flow between departments.