about Jamie
JAMIE STEEDMAN
MOTION DESIGNER
VIDEO & FILM EDITOR
ANIMATOR
A senior motion graphic designer and editor based in London.
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PERSONAL SUMMARY
Moving across so many sectors, Jamie Steedman has worked with high profile businesses such as ENVY, the Conran Design Group, Saatchi and Saatchi and brands such as VICHY, Chanel and Google among countless others throughout his career.
One of Jamie’s notable projects was working with the Hollywood composer Ella Leya in 2020 on her directorial debut film Leila’s Violin starring Sofia Rosinkski. The film was been shortlisted for the 2022 ANGEL FILM AWARDS / Monaco International Film Festival (MIFF) and it won the award for Sofia Rosinsky as ‘Best Newcomer’.
Jamie works freelance through his company Flayr FX. As well as his motion design work, Jamie creates and sells motion graphics products on the Flayr FX website and also tutorial videos on learning Adobe After Effects. Alongside Jamie’s motion design and editing skills, he is also experience in print graphic design and dabbles in Illustration with some techniques. He is also an accomplished storyboard creator with illustrative, character driven and infographic styles.
Jamie is constantly keeping up with currently trends and is currently testing all the new AI tools being released to discover new use cases.
CHRONOLOGICAL STORY
2020 - present
FREELANCE (LTD) FLAYR FX
Motion Graphic Designer | Animator
Video & Film Editor
Company Owner
During the pandemic, Jamie switched his creative talents in design to designing and building a stock motion graphics website. He created over a thousand stock media clips, some of which he sells on Pond5 to this day. Along side this, was a decision to focus his brand more on the motion design aspect of his career being that this was what everyone had come to know Jamie for. He opened up a new company called Flayr FX specifically to reflect this design focus.
Jamie closed down Flayr Media in 2022, and continued on his freelance motion design career through Flayr FX. A big push further into advertising came with contracts at world renowned agencies such as Saatchi and Saatchi. In 2020 Jamie was also approached by the Hollywood composer Ella Leya, famous for her music in such productions as Dirty Sexy Money and Oceans 12. He was asked to re-edit a short film she had written and directed for the Monaco International Film Festival called ‘Leila’s Violin‘ starring Sofia Rosinksi. Jamie also created a variety of VFX for the movie which eventually went on to win the best newcomer award at the MIFF.
Jamie is currently focused on working through Flayr FX with his regular clients as well as developing new client relationships, delving deep into digital design, current trends, social media content creation. He is also developing his use and experience of new AI technologies which are moving at an ever increasing fast pace.
In 2015 Jamie took the bold step to start his own limited company. Whilst still operating as a freelancer, this made the ultimate sense to build a brand and a recognisable face within the production industry where he worked. Jamie developed and design the Flayr brand, creating his logo and designing all the other elements. At this time Jamie also stated working majorly in advertising with contracts at such places as Conran Design Group, ENVY Advertising, SMP, Merceica and many other great marketing agencies.
Jamie also continued to build a solid client base of regular retiring happy clients, working across sectors from advertising to corporate film and motion picture. In 2017, Jamie was given a great opportunity to build the visual effects for the trailer and the whole feature film, The Unseen by Gary Sinyor. This project would lead on to a lot more film work in the future.
Notable Contracts
How Do Animals Do That
In 2018, Jamie was brought on board a huge documentary project commissioned by the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet as broadcast motion graphic designer to create all the on-screen graphics for the whole documentaries series, including the series graphics and programme specific content. Jamie worked on this project full time for 15 months.
FITBIT Global Advertising Campaign
In March 2017, Jamie started a 3 month contract working in ENVY, a huge power base for TV content in London and a world renowned post house for the broadcasting industry. Jamie’s role was as a motion graphic designer working on a vast quantity of material versioning Adverts for the FitBit Versa global advertising campaign.
2015 - 2020
FREELANCE (LTD) FLAYR MEDIA
Motion Graphic Designer | Animator
Video & Film Editor
Company Owner
2012 - 2015
FREELANCE - SELF EMPLOYED
Motion Graphic Designer | Animator
Video & Film Editor
On arriving in London Jamie set a 5 year plan to be freelance working for himself in Soho production houses in the space of 5 years. This is exactly what happened and after 5 years of working permanently at MerchantCantos, Jamie embarked on a freelance career, opting to work as a sole trader for the first few years to keep things simple.
During this time, Jamie had started from scratch with zero contacts in the industry or freelance world. He quickly struck up an amazing professional client relationship with a fantastic events company in Wandsworth called ‘Involve’ and spent a majority of his time on their event campaign video work. He was creating animations, motion graphics and editing videos. In addition to working in Involve Jamie also spent time working in a variety of other production companies, marketing and creative agencies and some film work.
In 2007, Jamie returned from New York and after a couple of months of job searching Jamie was offered a role as a production runner in a London, Holborn-based production company called ‘Cantos Communications’. This is a production company still around today, which has gone through many transformations in its 25 year history, first merging with sister company Merchant to become MerchantCantos, and then merging into its parent company called Brunswick and becoming Brunswick Creative.
Jamie started working on motion graphics, video editing and professional camera operating from day 1 in the company, receiving 2 promotions, first to video editor, then to camera operator and editor. Among the many projects Jamie worked on, he regularly filmed FTSE100 CEO interviews with such figures as John Varley and Michael Geoghegan, editing them into financial results interviews. As well as this, he worked on a range of internal programmes and external documentaries. Jamie worked here for 5 years in total.
2007 - 2012
MERCHANTCANTOS
Production Runner
Video Editor
Camera Operator
2006 - 2007
NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY
FILM SCHOOL
After Jamie’s year out following on from University, he travelled to New York City to spend the year at film school. Jamie undertook the 1 year filmmaking and directing course at the prestigious New York Film Academy in Union Square, New York. The NYFA is a film school started by Jerry Sherlock, the producer of films such as The Hunt for Red October.
At the film school, Jamie’s year was the last year in history to have the chance to shoot on real film as the transition to digital film-making was to happen in the second half of the course. In the first semester Jamie and his fellow students were given the opportunity as well as all the equipment to make 4 short films on Arriflex 16mm cameras. An experience that would prove invaluable later in life. For the second semester Jamie produced another 4 short films, this time on the brand new HVX200 Panasonic P2 Camcorders, using them straight out the box from the factory as the first year of students in the world given the chance.
Straight from university, Jamie began his intended year out. This was an extremely important part of the plan so that Jamie could experience life at the perfect age before starting his career. Along with working part time in different places, Jamie travelled to the far east and spent a lot of time in Cambodia. This was a life changing experience which would set Jamie up for the rest of his career, giving him valuable insights and tools into the ways of the world.
Along with sight-seeing and backpacking experiences, Jamie visited the world renowned Angkor Wat temple region in Siem Reap and learned all about the history of this part of the world.
2004 - 2005
LIFE EXPERIENCE YEAR OUT
TRIP TO CAMBODIA
1999 - 2003
UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING
BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE
Jamie attended University in Stirling in 1999 after graduating from Stewart’s Melville College in Edinburgh. The Film and Media Studies course Jamie was accepted on to is one of the most prestigious film courses in the world and was sponsored by the creator of the TV series ‘Dallas’, David Jacobs.
The course was a BA (hons) degree of 4 years and centred on theoretical and critical aspects of film and the media industry. It also has more practical areas more common of film school now, however when Jamie attended this was limited to some film-making modules in the 2nd year of the course. Jamie graduated with a degree in the 4th year of the course.