Motion Design Lead in Austin, TX

Accenture Brand Film, 2025

Accenture Brand Film

Team: Accenture Experiences

Role: Motion Design Lead

Contributions: Creative development, Art direction, Motion direction, Motion design

Accenture Brand Film

Team: Accenture Experiences

Role: Motion Design Lead

Contributions: Creative development, Art direction, Motion direction, Motion design

In 2025, Accenture went through a branding refresh to simplify design elements and build consistency in the way the company shows up to clients. As a top-20 most valuable global brand, there was a lot of responsibility to handle the changes and rollout with care.

I oversaw the development of the new motion and video guidelines, and also directed the production of the broader brand film. The goal of this film was to tell the story of the brand refresh and bring the guidelines to life in a way that excited viewers to learn more.

Working with graphic and motion designers, I led a team through the storyboard process and translating of over 100 pages of design, copy, and video guidelines into one digestible story.

The V360s, 2021–2025

The V360s

Team: Accenture Experiences

Role: Motion Design Lead

Contributions: Creative development, Motion direction, Motion design, Vendor management

The V360s

Team: Accenture Experiences

Role: Motion Design Lead

Contributions: Creative development, Motion direction, Motion design, Vendor management

To celebrate the pinnacle of innovation at Accenture, the V360 Awards were created to recognize the many facets of value creation offered to clients. This award program runs every year at Accenture and culminates in a live award show streamed around the world.

We designed a trophy to represent the 360-degree value Accenture delivers to its clients with a design process that involved several months of R&D to ensure flawless execution and sustainable production.

While the trophy served as the backbone of the visual language, over several years of the show, the campaign has evolved and updated along with Accenture's core brand.

Since the inception of the event, I have served as the Motion Design Lead: developing campaign assets from pre- to post-show, managing external vendors for asset production, leading teams through the annual updates, and overseeing the delivery of all assets needed for the run of show.

Accenture x NFL, 2024–2025

Accenture x NFL

Team: Accenture Experiences

Role: Motion Design Lead

Contributions: Creative development, Motion direction, Motion design, Vendor management

Accenture x NFL

Team: Accenture Experiences

Role: Motion Design Lead

Contributions: Creative development, Motion direction, Motion design, Vendor management

In 2024, Accenture became the Official Technology Sponsor of the NFL. As a part of this deal, we gained access to in-stadium ribbons at all of the international games, as well as a 30-second spot to air during NFL broadcasts.

The story and concepting of these spots was handled by Accenture's brand division, but my team was responsible for the design, animation, and delivery of the final assets. We had already developed a process to recreate this particle style used in Accenture's most recent campaign, Reinvented with Accenture, and used that to create the necessary shots for each story.

My team created storyboards, pitched them to Accenture leadership and NFL stakeholders, and then worked alongside NFL Films to get the final spots to air and in-stadium assets to the international teams. I learned a tremendous amount about broadcast delivery and NFL's brand standards throughout this project and enjoyed seeing the final ads play to an audience of millions each week.

Sales Pursuits, 2017–2020

Sales Pursuits

Team: Accenture Interactive

Role: Motion Design Lead

Contributions: Creative development, Motion direction, Motion design, Production design

Sales Pursuits

Team: Accenture Interactive

Role: Motion Design Lead

Contributions: Creative development, Motion direction, Motion design, Production design

During my time at Accenture, I have often supported our client-facing deal teams. These projects usually operate on compressed timelines and involve a fair bit of imagination to push the vision of our teams into a world familiar to clients. Accenture works with around 75% of the Fortune 500, and I have worked on closed deals with some of the largest brands in the world.

The type of deliverable for an RFP varies wildly, but this selection showcases a few of the most robust projects we delivered for Wendy's, Marriott, and Sprint.

On each of these projects, I worked with our internal team to concept and storyboard the video, partner with client teams to obtain and repurpose client assets, and provide on-set art direction with a focus on integrating motion into the final piece.

About

Channing Williford

Motion Design Lead

Austin, TX

channing.williford@gmail.com

My name is Channing Williford.

I'm a creative lead and motion designer with a passion for working deep within brands to help them show up to their clients and customers.

For the past 5 years, I have been the Global Motion Lead for Accenture, filling this position under various banners within their Marketing department. Not only have I helped tell some of Accenture's most important stories over the past few years, I have also assembled and led a team of up to 20 motion designers across the world.

I love systems. Whether it's a design system to work in, an After Effects expression stack to develop, a review process to implement, or a Frame.io archival effort, I love to plan, create, enforce, and follow rules. Every brand has rules. The rules are often the most important part, mostly because breaking them is how you end up with the best work.

I love my family: wife, son, daughter, miniature dachshund, and long-haired cat. Not quite as much, I love peanut butter, rain, tennis, teen dramas, and when people hiccup in the middle of cussing.

I am always available for questions and opportunities. Please reach out.

Education

Texas A&M University / College Station, TX

Bachelor of Science in Visualization

Employment

Accenture

Global Motion Lead / Accenture Experiences

Senior Motion Designer / Accenture Canvas

Senior Motion Designer / Accenture Interactive

Self-Employed

Freelance Motion Designer

Sparksight

Motion Designer

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