Scaling from Freelancer to Department Lead 🚀 My time as Creative Director on Sonic the Hedgehog ...

Scaling from Freelancer to Department Lead 🚀 My time as Creative Director on Sonic the Hedgehog ...Scaling from Freelancer to Department Lead 🚀 My time as Creative Director on Sonic the Hedgehog ...

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Hugo Jackson

pro

• Jan 23

Scaling from Freelancer to Department Lead 🚀

My time as Creative Director on Sonic the Hedgehog 2 taught me how to scale.

I went from being a hands-on 3D Generalist to supervising a pipeline and leading a team of 10 artists for a global theatrical release.

Whether it's managing the "Echidna Tribe" sequence for Paramount or working on a branding project, the core skill remains the same: Director-Level Communication.

I help brands and studios bridge the gap between creative vision and technical execution. Whether you need a solo operator or someone to build and lead a team, I’ve been there.

Check out the full breakdown of the Sonic work in my portfolio (Check it out)

Adobe After Effects Autodesk Maya 3D Rendering

a link to the video instead.

Sonic 2: Echidnas' Backstory Project

Adobe After Effects

Autodesk Maya

3D Rendering

Creative Direction

Mehmet Özsoy

• Jan 25

Great job!

Hugo Jackson

pro

• Jan 25

Thank you!!!

Raheel Hanif

pro

• Oct 16

15 seconds of smooth UI, editorial layouts, and micro-interactions.

Kept the micro-interactions snappy, typography expressive, and transitions buttery smooth.

Rate this UI animation from 1 to 10 in the comments, or tell me what you’d improve! 😉

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Sagar Nawaz

• Oct 18

Solid 10/10 bro! 🔥 Micro-interactions are super snappy and transitions are buttery smooth indeed. Editorial layout game is strong. Keep it up!

Sujon Hossain

pro

• Oct 17

Designed a step tracking screen where you can see your daily progress and weekly trend in one glance.

Same screen, two shots. Which one would stop your scroll? 👀

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11 voted

73%

4 voted

27%

15 votes

Closed

NexUX Lab

• Oct 18

nice work

Alex Romanenko

pro

• Oct 16

The brief was simple. Show a new personalized news feature.

The obvious solution was to show a few clicks in the UI as you choose your topics. Clear, but not very interesting.

So I pulled that moment out of the interface first and turned it into a cloud of topics. You get the idea before you even see the product, then the video drops you back into the real UI and shows where it lives.

I really like these tiny decisions. The feature stays the same, but it feels easier to get and a lot more fun to watch.