EMMY AWARD–WINNING FREELANCE ART DIRECTOR BUILDING EXPRESSIVE, MOTION-DRIVEN IMAGERY ACROSS FILM, STREAMING, AND COMMERCIAL WORK.

Jake Ferguson is a New Orleans–raised, Los Angeles–based animator, 3D artist, designer, and art director with 12 years in the industry. Equal parts motion designer, CG artist, and visual problem-solver, he works across genres and mediums to build expressive, memorable imagery.

He focuses on title sequences, title treatments, and motion-driven branding, along with out-of-home design and commercial advertising. Jake gravitates toward the early, exploratory phase, refining the idea and shaping the look, and he stays closely involved through execution to ensure the final work delivers with clarity, cohesion, and impact.

RECOGNITION

Primetime Emmy Award winner — Outstanding Main Title Design
2x Primetime Emmy Award nominee — Outstanding Main Title Design
News & Documentary Emmy Award nominee — Outstanding Graphic Design
Sports Emmy Award nominee — Outstanding Graphic Design
SXSW Film Festival Award — Excellence in Title Design
PromaxBDA Gold Award — Title Design
Gold Telly Award — Craft: Non-Broadcast
Muse Creative Awards Platinum winner — Motion Graphics
AAF Regional Gold Award — Best in Show
AAF National Silver Award — Elements of Advertising
The Motion Awards — Best New Talent

SKILLS

Concept & Pre-visualization
2D Design & Animation
3D Design & Animation
Compositing
Editing
Art Direction
Creative Direction
CG Lead

SOFTWARE

Cinema 4D
After Effects
Premiere
Photoshop
Octane
Redshift
X-Particles
ZBrush

PRESS

Variety — “Emmy-Nominated Title Designers on Creating Memorable Main Titles”
WIRED — “Three Theories of Infinite Earths, Counterpart (2017)”
Stash — “OFFF Barcelona 2018 Main Titles”
Ringling College — “Motion Design Grads Win Emmy”
Motionographer — “SK-II’s Animated Anthology Series”

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Motion Design
Ringling College of Art & Design

STUDIOS

Imaginary Forces
Elastic
A52
Territory
Arc
The Mill
We Are Royale
EDGLRD
Aspect
Local Projects
Laundry

The Artery
Massive Assembly
Modern Logic
Carbon VFX
BIGSTAR
OTOY
Create Advertising
Digital Kitchen
Los York
Toil
Subset

CLIENTS

Apple
HBO
The Weeknd
Sony PlayStation
Amazon
Netflix
Nike
Audible
Marvel
AT&T
Google

IMAX
Nat-Geo
Blizzard
Gucci
Logitech
Paramount
OFFF
MTV
ESPN
SK-II
Riot Games