Hi, I’m Shailee Dixit, an animator, designer, and digital artist open to contract work. I create short animated videos and illustrations, collaborating with clients through platforms like Upwork and Creative Circle. I thrive on turning briefs into visually engaging pieces and love building reusable assets for efficiency. My background includes an MFA in Digital Arts (Animation) from Pratt Institute and a B.Des in Animation Film Design from NID. I’ve collaborated with teams to design props and characters, train newer members, and organize production assets. I’m based in Brooklyn, NY, and always excited to bring lively storytelling and strong craft to new projects.…

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Hi, I’m Shailee Dixit, an animator, designer, and digital artist open to contract work. I create short animated videos and illustrations, collaborating with clients through platforms like Upwork and Creative Circle. I thrive on turning briefs into visually engaging pieces and love building reusable assets for efficiency. My background includes an MFA in Digital Arts (Animation) from Pratt Institute and a B.Des in Animation Film Design from NID. I’ve collaborated with teams to design props and characters, train newer members, and organize production assets. I’m based in Brooklyn, NY, and always excited to bring lively storytelling and strong craft to new projects.…

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Hi, I’m Shailee Dixit, an animator, designer, and digital artist open to contract work. I create short animated videos and illustrations, collaborating with clients through platforms like Upwork and Creative Circle. I thrive on turning briefs into visually engaging pieces and love building reusable assets for efficiency.

My background includes an MFA in Digital Arts (Animation) from Pratt Institute and a B.Des in Animation Film Design from NID. I’ve collaborated with teams to design props and characters, train newer members, and organize production assets. I’m based in Brooklyn, NY, and always excited to bring lively storytelling and strong craft to new projects.

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Language

English
Fluent
Gujarati
Fluent
Hindi
Fluent

Work Experience

Freelance Animator at Talentance, Get It Made Inc. and others
January 1, 2023 - Present
Created short animated videos or illustration work in accordance with previously discussed brief, using platforms such as Upwork and Creative Circle. A variety of work.
Graduate Assistant at Pratt Institute
September 1, 2020 - March 1, 2021
Uploaded and organized videos on the department Vimeo channel. Added descriptions and thumbnails.
Production Designer at Ice Candy, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
June 1, 2018 - April 1, 2019
Designed props and characters for 2D animated shows Simple Samosa and Bhagam Bhag, using animatic as reference. Cleaned and colored rough designs, added creative details and new prop angles as required. Worked in a team. Helped to train newer members. Organized work to reusable assets.
Preproduction Designer at Ice and Candy
June 1, 2018 - April 1, 2019
Designed props and characters for 2D animated shows Simple Samosa and Bhagam Bhag; cleaned and colored rough designs, added creative details and new prop angles; trained newer members and organized work to reusable assets.
Freelancer Animator at Talance / Get It Made Inc. and others (Remote)
January 1, 2023 - Present
Created short animated videos or illustration work per brief; worked with platforms such as Upwork and Creative Circle; delivered a variety of animation and illustration projects.
Preproduction Designer at Ice Candy, Mumbai, India
June 1, 2018 - April 1, 2019
Designed props and characters for 2D animated shows, Simple Samosa and Bhagam Bhag, using animatic as reference. Cleaned and colored rough designs, added creative details and new prop angles as required. Worked in a team. Helped to train newer members. Organized work to reusable assets.

Education

MFA in Digital Arts, Animation at Pratt Institute
August 1, 2019 - May 1, 2022
B.Des in Animation Film Design at National Institute of Design Ahmedabad
May 1, 2013 - January 1, 2018
M.F.A. in Digital Arts, Animation at Pratt Institute
August 1, 2019 - May 1, 2022
B.Des in Animation Film Design at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
May 1, 2013 - January 1, 2018
MFA in Digital Arts, Animation at Pratt Institute
August 1, 2019 - May 1, 2022
B.Des in Animation Film Design at National Institute of Design (Ahmedabad)
May 1, 2013 - January 1, 2018

Qualifications

The Web Developer Bootcamp
May 1, 2024 - January 15, 2026
The Web Developer Bootcamp (Udemy)
May 1, 2024 - April 13, 2026
The Web Developer Bootcamp (Udemy)
May 1, 2024 - April 13, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Education, Professional Services
    paper Richter Eco logo and explainer animation!

    An animation and motion graphics project (no music or voiceover on my end) for multimedia producer Oliver Schneewind on behalf of the client, Richter Eco.
    I was provided with a storyboard in Illustrator and description of the animation needed.
    Some of my challenges were a fast turnover and I needed to google-translate some German instructions! The timing also needed to be adjusted later as more text was added.

    paper Prologue- War (stick figure, cave-style animation)

    Animation made to introduce a movie for Get It Made, Inc. The brief was inspired by the prologue animation of “Lady in the Water.” I was provided with the voiceover and a basic script, but had a lot of creative freedom in the design, animation and transitions. This was a longer project and I used a different workflow, combining PNG sequences of hand-drawn animation with skills learned from motion graphics.

    paper Amara case study (motion graphics)


    An explainer video for a case study regarding food insecurity. I was provided with the voiceover and some assets,. I planned and animated them and created or modified other assets for use.

    paper Framepilot intro video - Motion Graphics

    Short motion graphics project done for Merrill Visuals LLC. They were great to work with and provided me with references and B-roll footage!

    This was an opportunity to try a new style and learn more efficient ways to use After Effects. The most challenging part for me was finding a way to smoothly animate the video grid- I ultimately used pre-comps for each video. A similar method was used for the “flexible design” segments. Rounded rectangles are surprisingly challenging to work with, while textboxes (in some cases) can be set up to adjust to the size of the text and then duplicated.