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Clayton J. Ellis

Cellis3D@gmail.com  •  Concord NH, 03301

www.claymation.us

Animation & Visual Effects

Professional Digital Artist who creates visuals to meet anyone's needs. Possesses a wide array of technical knowledge that drastically reduce production time and cost. Has a strong track record delivering projects on time and under budget, while keeping the quality above expectations. Takes great pride in staying up to date with new industry tools and standards.

Animation • Motion Graphics • Video Effects • Photo Editing • Graphic Design 

Maya • 3D Coat • Cinema4D • Nuke • After Effects • Photoshop 

Premiere • Lightroom • Illustrator • Resolve

Professional Experience

Freelance Animator / Motion Graphics Artist • Somerville, MA 2011 - Present

Responsible for designing and creating animations and visual effects for trade shows, websites, and independent films.

•        Created visuals from storyboard to final deliverable.

•     Worked with clients to make their ideas come to life.

Rough Cut Editor / Animator • JoVE • Cambridge, MA 2015

 The Journal of Visualized Experiments is an online scientific journal featuring

 detailed videos to help replicate experiments and provide general science education.

 Responsible for transforming scripts and storyboards into science education material for the web.

 •     Illustrated and animated content for videos.

 •     Created a rough cut from a script and a folder of video clips. 

 •     Provided rigged template files for lower thirds and characters.

Illustrator / Animator • Smithsonian Institute • Cambridge, MA 2009 - 2011

Science Media Group, a small video and web production section of the Smithsonian Institute that primarily creates online education media and interactive museum exhibits.

Responsible for designing and creating motion graphic animation that illustrate scientific concepts Utilizes the latest in software, and technology to deliver projects on time and on budget.

•     Created all the animations for two complete online textbooks.

•     Designed graphics, and edited photos for the web team. 

•     Developed an organizational system and workflow to work efficiently with the editors.

Education

Certification in 3D Animation • Center for Digital Imaging Arts, 2008

Boston University • Waltham, MA