Creative industries expand motion design and graphics teams

Electric Theatre Collective has expanded its motion design capabilities by hiring Ed Christie as Lead Motion Designer. Christie, who brings fifteen years of experience in design and animation, previously held the role of Head of Motion Design at Adam&EveDDB and has worked on major campaigns for FIFA and John Lewis.

Separately, The New York Times Company has announced the growth of its Motion Graphics unit. The team is led by Motion Graphics editor Ana Simões, an Emmy winner formerly of Vice News and Apple. James Surdam has been promoted to assistant editor of Motion Graphics to support visual direction and design systems for the newsroom’s video journalism.