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A strategic thinker, problem solver and visual storyteller. From concept to completion, I design, direct and creatively collaborate across digital, motion and print. Focusing on design and direction for screen and filmmaking, I can take on various roles across many types of content creation. Those roles include design & art direction, creative direction, live action direction, animation & editorial. Experience on both the vendor and client side allows me to either successfully pitch original ideas from scratch or work closely with agencies to bring their ideas to life. I can lead a team or work happily within one and when the budget is small, I’m happy to take on various hands-on roles. Educated at Ravensbourne in London and both The Design Academy and The Jan van Eyck Academy in The Netherlands. I’ve garnered numerous awards, including New York Art Directors Club (ADC), Clio, Broadcast Design Association (BDA), Promax and New York Festivals. My work has been featured in publications such as Motionographer, Stash and American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), as well as The Guardian and BBC. Both mentor and teacher, I’m a visiting lecturer at the School of Visual Arts in New York, where I teach storytelling, CG filmmaking and VFX. Currently a freelance creative based in New York and happy to work remotely, anywhere in the world.…A strategic thinker, problem solver and visual storyteller. From concept to completion, I design, direct and creatively collaborate across digital, motion and print. Focusing on design and direction for screen and filmmaking, I can take on various roles across many types of content creation. Those roles include design & art direction, creative direction, live action direction, animation & editorial. Experience on both the vendor and client side allows me to either successfully pitch original ideas from scratch or work closely with agencies to bring their ideas to life. I can lead a team or work happily within one and when the budget is small, I’m happy to take on various hands-on roles. Educated at Ravensbourne in London and both The Design Academy and The Jan van Eyck Academy in The Netherlands. I’ve garnered numerous awards, including New York Art Directors Club (ADC), Clio, Broadcast Design Association (BDA), Promax and New York Festivals. My work has been featured in publications such as Motionographer, Stash and American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), as well as The Guardian and BBC. Both mentor and teacher, I’m a visiting lecturer at the School of Visual Arts in New York, where I teach storytelling, CG filmmaking and VFX. Currently a freelance creative based in New York and happy to work remotely, anywhere in the world.

James Coulson

Designer, Art Director, Creative Director

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A strategic thinker, problem solver and visual storyteller. From concept to completion, I design, direct and creatively collaborate across digital, motion and print. Focusing on design and direction for screen and filmmaking, I can take on various roles across many types of content creation. Those roles include design & art direction, creative direction, live action direction, animation & editorial. Experience on both the vendor and client side allows me to either successfully pitch original ideas from scratch or work closely with agencies to bring their ideas to life. I can lead a team or work happily within one and when the budget is small, I’m happy to take on various hands-on roles. Educated at Ravensbourne in London and both The Design Academy and The Jan van Eyck Academy in The Netherlands. I’ve garnered numerous awards, including New York Art Directors Club (ADC), Clio, Broadcast Design Association (BDA), Promax and New York Festivals. My work has been featured in publications such as Motionographer, Stash and American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), as well as The Guardian and BBC. Both mentor and teacher, I’m a visiting lecturer at the School of Visual Arts in New York, where I teach storytelling, CG filmmaking and VFX. Currently a freelance creative based in New York and happy to work remotely, anywhere in the world.…A strategic thinker, problem solver and visual storyteller. From concept to completion, I design, direct and creatively collaborate across digital, motion and print. Focusing on design and direction for screen and filmmaking, I can take on various roles across many types of content creation. Those roles include design & art direction, creative direction, live action direction, animation & editorial. Experience on both the vendor and client side allows me to either successfully pitch original ideas from scratch or work closely with agencies to bring their ideas to life. I can lead a team or work happily within one and when the budget is small, I’m happy to take on various hands-on roles. Educated at Ravensbourne in London and both The Design Academy and The Jan van Eyck Academy in The Netherlands. I’ve garnered numerous awards, including New York Art Directors Club (ADC), Clio, Broadcast Design Association (BDA), Promax and New York Festivals. My work has been featured in publications such as Motionographer, Stash and American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), as well as The Guardian and BBC. Both mentor and teacher, I’m a visiting lecturer at the School of Visual Arts in New York, where I teach storytelling, CG filmmaking and VFX. Currently a freelance creative based in New York and happy to work remotely, anywhere in the world.

Available to hire

New York, United States

$800 per day ($100 per hour)

A strategic thinker, problem solver and visual storyteller. From concept to completion, I design, direct and creatively collaborate across digital, motion and print.

Focusing on design and direction for screen and filmmaking, I can take on various roles across many types of content creation. Those roles include design & art direction, creative direction, live action direction, animation & editorial. Experience on both the vendor and client side allows me to either successfully pitch original ideas from scratch or work closely with agencies to bring their ideas to life. I can lead a team or work happily within one and when the budget is small, I’m happy to take on various hands-on roles.

Educated at Ravensbourne in London and both The Design Academy and The Jan van Eyck Academy in The Netherlands. I’ve garnered numerous awards, including New York Art Directors Club (ADC), Clio, Broadcast Design Association (BDA), Promax and New York Festivals. My work has been featured in publications such as Motionographer, Stash and American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), as well as The Guardian and BBC.

Both mentor and teacher, I’m a visiting lecturer at the School of Visual Arts in New York, where I teach storytelling, CG filmmaking and VFX.

Currently a freelance creative based in New York and happy to work remotely, anywhere in the world.