Daytime Emmy-nominated studio Hero4Hire Creative has appointed Jane Wu as creative director. She brings to her new roost more than 13 years of experience in art direction and animation design for commercials, films, documentaries, and TV series. Wu’s multidisciplinary expertise will serve the Hero4Hire’s pipeline of motion design, character animation, and mixed media projects.

Evan Sussman, executive creative director for Hero4Hire, noted, “Jane’s design expertise and talent floored us from the start.”

Wu started her career as a storyboard artist, then later branched out to animation and motion design for streaming, broadcast, and digital distribution. Her work has been featured on Netflix, A+E, AMC, PBS Kids, History Channel, ABC, Nickelodeon, Disney, and FX. Wu’s filmography includes “What We Do in the Shadows” (FX), “Sid the Science Kid” (Jim Henson Company/PBS Kids), “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo” (Netflix), and “Soul of a Nation” (ABC), the latter of which has drawn rave reviews for her animated Afrofuturism sequence. Beyond show packages, she has art directed and worked on commercials for “Preacher” and “The Walking Dead” (AMC), “The Kid Who Would Be King” and “Family Guy” (Fox), as well as major brands including Nickelodeon, IKEA, Coca-Cola, New York Times, WWE, and Stella Artois. 

A native New Yorker and first-generation Asian American, Wu graduated from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, majoring in film & animation and earning awards for her animated student film “Book Girl & Cabinet Girl.” Before Hero4Hire, she served as art Director at creative agency BIGSTAR. Wu enjoys inspiring artists to achieve their highest potential and provides the much-needed link between designers, animators, producers, and clients to create and execute a common vision.