The power of animation.

We make animation that sticks. Built for brands, agencies, artists, and nonprofits who want work that actually means something.

Ten years in. A team of directors, animators, illustrators, and producers who all sweat the details at every single frame.

Every project starts with a real conversation. We dig into your goals, your audience, and what you actually need before we touch a single frame. From there we build a creative approach that earns attention and holds it. If you care as much about the idea as the execution, we're going to get along just fine.

What we do.

Our work spans the full range of creative content, animation, and motion design: brand animation and motion graphics, 2D cel animation and illustration, narrative short films, music videos, interactive and experiential animation, and design systems. We work with brands, agencies, music artists, and nonprofits, from early creative strategy through final delivery, including art direction, storyboarding, character development, animation, and sound design.

And we've produced work for clients across technology, consumer brands, healthcare, financial services, education, and entertainment.

Let’s do great work together.

New Business & Inquiries
Fill out our project form
or email us atproject@fern.team

Talent
We are always on the lookout for amazing talent.
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Who we are
Alexandra
Badiu
Creative Director

Alexandra may seem like your regular illustrator but in reality she is just a space vampire who tricked her fellow fronds. 



A lady-fern by day, picture book illustrator by night, her creative passion is narrative storytelling 
by focusing on the development 
of elaborate characters and environments.

Beware of opening the pandora’s box of fantasy novels and series.


Quincy
Baltes
Senior Animator & Illustrator

Quincy is a tea-drinking, sweater-wearing moss lover from the wilds of Ohio.

His work celebrates the strange and forgotten with naturalistic animation and solidly stylized characters.

With wider interests in visual development, game design and writing, his style encourages the world to be a little more curious.

Caroline
Lobo
Executive Producer

Caroline is passionate about relationship-building and creative problem-solving, with a cup of coffee in hand, of course.

She’s produced creative for non-profits and Fortune 500 brands on both the client and agency side.

You may find her globetrotting on days off or sharing travel stories and home-cooked meals around the table.

James
Mabery
Founder & Animation Director

James is a pretend botanist and an occasional baker of bread and pastries.

Outside of plants and baked goods, he's been in the creative industry for 18 years. In his career, James worked as a designer for 6 years then his work evolved to the animation side of things.

You’ll rarely see him in the wild without wearing a ball cap. And, there’s an off chance that he may talk to you about his four kitters.

Claire
Nest
Creative Director

Born in France, living in Quebec, Claire is passionate about visual art in all its forms, including the wonderful world of animation. Self-taught and curious, she is drawn to technical and creative challenges and has applied that drive to numerous commercial projects in Europe and North America for nearly a decade.

In her free time, she escapes into nature for canoe-camping with her friends on Canadian lakes or long hikes in the French mountains with her family.

A few of our partners
100 Black Men of Atlanta
Accenture
Alabama Power
Alfa Rococo
Amazon
Apple
Asana
BibleProject
Capgemini
Coca-Cola
Emory Healthcare
Exposure Labs
Georgia Aquarium
Google Nest
Keurig
LinkedIn
Lowe's
MasterCard
McKinsey & Co
Miller Brooks
NCR
Netflix
Opendoor
Overflow
PayPal
Publicis Sapient
PureRED
Revery
Second Story
Stanford University
Starbucks
State Farm
Stella & Chewy's
The Atlantic
The Martin Agency
Twitter
Visa
Vox Media
Waterford.org
Whiteboard
YML
YouTube
Zappos
Awards

Unexpected Discoveries (2017)

  • Vimeo Staff Pick
  • London Film Awards: Best Animated Short Film
  • Los Angeles Animation Festival: Best Art Direction
  • Amsterdam International Film Festival: Special Jury Prize
  • Paris Short Film Festival: Best Short Short Film Award
  • Miami Short Film Festival: Finalist for Best Animated Short
  • Columbus International Film and Animation Festival: Finalist for Best Animated Short

Open Positions

We are always on the lookout for amazing talent.
Give us a shout at jobs@fern.team—we'll set up some time to chat if it's a good fit.
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