Hongshu Guo Motion Toronto — open to freelance

Senior Motion Designer — Toronto

2D animation, brand films and social —
concept to final frame.

Ten years making advertising for adidas, Unilever, Pernod Ricard, Bayer, Jeep and Coors Light. Based in Toronto, working remotely with agencies and brands.

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2026 Demo Reel 1:00

Selected work

All projects

What I do

01

Brand & campaign films

Hero spots, launch films and the full versioning set behind them — broadcast, OLV, every crop and language a campaign needs.

02

2D animation & motion graphics

Kinetic type, illustrated sets, cell and rig animation, mechanism-of-action sequences — drawn and animated to sit inside a brand’s own language.

03

Social & performance

Vertical cutdowns, hook-first edits and retail-media formats built to work sound-off, at feed speed, across markets.

04

Design systems & art direction

Styleframes, type systems and motion language that hold together across a campaign — not one nice frame, a whole set.

How it runs

Four steps, no guesswork. Most projects land inside two weeks.

01 — Brief

Discovery

Goals, references, deliverables and dates. I come back with a scope and a fixed quote before anything starts.

02 — Look

Design

Styleframes and boards that settle the look, the type and the motion language while changes are still cheap.

03 — Build

Production

Animation, compositing, finishing and sound. Two rounds of notes built into the schedule, not bolted on at the end.

04 — Ship

Delivery

Every crop, cut and language, exported to spec. Masters and project files handed over clean.

About

I'm a senior motion designer with ten years in advertising — most of it making the animation, films and cutdowns that campaigns actually ship with.

The work runs from kinetic type and mechanism-of-action animation to brand films, seasonal illustrated sets and the hundred vertical versions a global rollout needs. I've worked through agencies on adidas, Unilever, Pernod Ricard, Bayer, Jeep, Coors Light, 7-Eleven, OLG and more.

These days I run an AI-accelerated pipeline alongside the traditional one, which means concepting and iteration happen in days rather than weeks — with the same senior eye on every frame. I take on freelance work remotely from Toronto, solo or embedded with a team.

Selected clients

adidasLaunch film · social
Unilever — TRESemmé, Dove, DegreeeCommerce · 2D
Pernod Ricard — Perrier-Jouët, Martell, Malibu, The GlenlivetBrand film · social
Bayer — Aleve, Midol, Stem & Root2D · eCommerce
JeepProduct · dynamic versions
Coors LightProduct · OLV
7-ElevenBrand film
OLGBroadcast
Kinder2D · seasonal
Coppertone · Neuriva · StoneleighCampaign · social

Contact

Got something that needs to move?

ghs0971@gmail.com
Toronto, Canada — working remotely