Eugene Weiss

Head of Animation & Creative DIRECTOR

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