Wes Murrell Email & Phone Number

Edit and animate video content; plan and create narrative structure (as needed) for impactful storytelling

St. Louis City County, Missouri, United States

Write or revise scripts for animated shorts, interface with clients to produce production calendars and establish production landmarks. Build production teams, as needed. Design and direct visual style for clients and freelance collaborators.

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

A family entertainment animation brand dedicated to telling compelling stories through meaningful works of art.

Illustrate, animate, and design dynamic graphic presentations for online learning platforms.

St. Louis City County, Missouri, United States

After leaving the studio, full-time, I maintained a freelance relationship to edit projects, create storyboards, and edit animatics.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Find, develop and pitch the feature documentary concept "Magic in the Mountains" which explored Walt Disney's transformative involvement with the 1960 Winter Olympic Games. My role included pitching the project (concept and initial research), writing a treatment, writing and producing a concept trailer for studio execs and project investors, and initiating the rights-holder conversations for the studio. (Pitched it in 2019. The project released in 2021).

St. Louis City County, Missouri, United States

Directing the animated YouTube series, "Terry's Safety Squad" entailed developing and creating 90% of the artwork used in the series; storyboarding episodes; laying out scene; timing all scenes; coaching freelance animators (as well as animating); directing voice actors; offering suggested music cues and final feedback for the audio engineer; editing scripts as needed and editing animatics to determine the pacing. We won a Mid-America Emmy (in the PSA category) at the 2019 awards ceremony. Directing Build-A-Bear required choosing a visual approach for character designer and directing outside animation (and animating). Directing animation for Build-A-Bear involved similar responsibilities, but did not

St. Louis City County, Missouri, United States

Whether directing photography on smaller shoots or assisting the DP on a grander scale, shooting for Coolfire meant capturing moments for reality TV shows, commercial projects, or development pitches. Editing included preparing presentations for major networks (including HGTV and Discovery Channel), editing (or re-editing) full episodes of airing content, and lead-editing content for digital platforms.

Greater St. Louis Area

Networks include Discovery Channel), Velocity TV, Syfy Channel, Style Network, Fox | ABC | NBC affiliates (syndication), DreamworksTV, and BET.

St. Louis City County, Missouri, United States

PA entailed many things: assisting on set as key set production or AC and assisting in the office as graphic designer.

135 W. Adams Ave. Kirkwood, Mo 63122

Turn creative strategy and company/marketing goals into compelling imagery (print and videos) across a variety of media.

Greater St. Louis Area

I assisted the supervising producer during Nicktoons' production and launch of "Voltron Force." • Designed web graphics, banners, downloadable desktop backgrounds, logos, etc. for multimedia projects for Nicktoons' animated TV show, Voltron Force.• Edit DVD special feature for "Voltron" classic release.• Managed fan interaction on social media accounts.• Assisted with content feedback (episode animatics and video gameplay)• Helped promoted the series at San Diego Comic Con

Master Of Arts, Education

Activities and Societies: Lindenwood Legacy (student newspaper cartoonist), Lindenlink Web site design & content management

Ba, Multimedia Design Communications

Activities and Societies: Lindenwood Legacy (student newspaper cartoonist)

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