Eugene Weiss
Head of Animation & Creative DIRECTOR
Selected Works
About me
Capabilities:
Creative Direction
Visual Systems
Creative Production
Team Scaling & Leadership
Motion & 3D
Pipeline & Operations
My background
I'm a Creative Director with 7 years of experience in motion design and 3D, the last 3 of which I've spent leading creative teams and owning product direction. I've grown from hands-on animation work into building and scaling creative departments, defining visual systems, and launching revenue-generating products. I work closely with C-level stakeholders and approach every creative decision through a business lens.
My approach
I believe that in any business, people always come first — not the other way around. I prefer to keep processes transparent and lead by example through active hands-on involvement, because I see the leader's place as being on stage, not behind it. I take responsibility, especially in uncertain situations, and when there's no clear answer, I move fast, make decisions myself, and delegate tasks to the right people based on their level of ownership. I build systems and automation that give people the freedom to focus on work that actually inspires them. I also stay very close to what's happening in the industry, constantly analyzing where things are heading — often before they get there.
Career
(2021 - now) Head of Animation & Creative Director at Icons8 LLC
(2022 - 2025) Freelance 2D animator at Telegram & VK
(2020 - 2021) Motion Graphic Designer at Icons8
(2018 - 2019) Video Editor at YouTube Project

