I’m Jim Huffaker, a motion graphics designer with over 10 years of professional experience focused on concept development, design, character animation, collaboration, and editing. I’m able to produce a wide variety of video content from start to finish. I’ve created work for clients and teams across social media, advertising, and education, conceptualizing, storyboarding, designing, animating, and delivering assets optimized for multiple platforms. I enjoy a collaborative approach and thrive on turning ideas into engaging visuals that meet marketing objectives.…

Jim Huffaker

I’m Jim Huffaker, a motion graphics designer with over 10 years of professional experience focused on concept development, design, character animation, collaboration, and editing. I’m able to produce a wide variety of video content from start to finish. I’ve created work for clients and teams across social media, advertising, and education, conceptualizing, storyboarding, designing, animating, and delivering assets optimized for multiple platforms. I enjoy a collaborative approach and thrive on turning ideas into engaging visuals that meet marketing objectives.…

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I’m Jim Huffaker, a motion graphics designer with over 10 years of professional experience focused on concept development, design, character animation, collaboration, and editing. I’m able to produce a wide variety of video content from start to finish.

I’ve created work for clients and teams across social media, advertising, and education, conceptualizing, storyboarding, designing, animating, and delivering assets optimized for multiple platforms. I enjoy a collaborative approach and thrive on turning ideas into engaging visuals that meet marketing objectives.

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Language

English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Advanced

Work Experience

Motion Graphics Designer at Chase Marketing Group
February 28, 2021 - November 29, 2021
Concepted, designed, and animated many web commercials for Built Bar (a protein bar company), in both 2D and 3D formats. Used skills to enhance storytelling and elevate brand visuals.
Motion Graphics Designer at Spacestation Nebula
January 30, 2022 - July 26, 2023
Concepted, wrote, and animated short form Youtube entertainment animations for a Youtuber family. Animated dozens of .gifs for Giphy distribution. Formatted animations to Lottie, for vector web headers. Youtube shorts have gained an average of 2.5 million views apiece. Many Giphy "stickers" have hundreds of thousands of views.
Video Editor at Purple Innovations LLC
January 1, 2020 - November 23, 2020
Edited numerous lifestyle footage commercials and formatted them for distribution on all main social media platforms. 3D product animations and simulations as well. Prepared final assets for various platforms and formats, ensuring accessibility and brand consistency.
Motion Graphics Designer at Younique Products
January 28, 2026 - Present
Motion Graphics Specialist at TD Ameritrade
January 1, 2016 - October 31, 2016
Collaborated with writers, instructional designers, graphic designers, and animators, to create mid-length education videos explaining the complex ideas of stock-market trading. Developed concepts and visual approaches to convey those ideas to the general audience. Scripted automated AE templates to make animated charts and graphs faster to animate, and more accurate. Developed collaborations between team members to use each member's skill strengths to their fullest.

Education

Bachelors of Science at Brigham Young University
January 6, 2003 - December 15, 2006
Media Arts Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts Studies at Brigham Young University
January 1, 2003 - December 1, 2006
Associate of General Studies at Brigham Young University - Idaho
May 1, 2002 - December 1, 2002

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Other
    uniE608 A For Adley - Short - Sunshine
    A short animation made from audio taken from the 2 girls playing on an ipad camera filter. I concepted the piece, illustrated the background and altered the illustrations of the costumes to fit the content. video animator…
    uniE608 TD Ameritrade - Company Guidance
    I animated this educational video on corporate earnings calls and stock analysts. explainervideo animator video…
    uniE608 A For Adley - Bluey Dance
    I took the opening credits from Bluey and animated the A for Adley characters identically to the Bluey characters. This forced me to upgrade the rigs, especially Adley's, considerably. video filmdirector animator…
    uniE608 Pacific Reef Hotel - Mt. Mazama Story
    I did the character animation and compositing for this animated story, one myth about the origins of crater lake. video animator…
    uniE608 Built Bar - Protein Balls - Rollercoaster
    Ad for protein balls product. I was given copy and the concept of doing a ball rollercoaster, but I designed and animated the whole thing myself. advert video animator…
    uniE608 Reel 2023
    This is my current motion graphics reel. I put the character animation that I just recently did up front. It uses the amazing song from the Netflix animated show 'Kid Cosmic.' animator videoeditor motiongraphics…
    uniE608 Built Bar - Cherries
    Advertisement for cherry flavored protein bar. Life is not a bowl of cherries, it's more like a pinball game, so that's what I made. video advert animator…
    uniE608 Bitfusion - AI Explainer Video
    Animation advertising AI tools. I had to come up with a way to visualize AI and where the product fit into it. I did all the design and animation. explainervideo animator videoeditor advert…
    uniE608 Younique - Spray Foundation - Light
    Commercial for spray foundation makeup using preexisting footage plus collage elements and 3D product renders. I designed and animated everything. video advert animator…
    uniE608 Younique - 4D Mascara - Drive
    Online advertisement for mascara, utilizing found footage from influencers combined with 3D and 2D illustrations. I also experimenting with looping videos at the time. advert animator designer editor…
    uniE608 TD Ameritrade - Real Estate Investing
    An educational animation about investing in real estate. This was the first push for the team into a more sophisticated illustration style, and we wanted to make sure the animation fit. explainervideo animator…