SteveMottershead
Executive Creative Director / Founding Partner, Artjail
Steve Mottershead is the Founder and Executive Creative Director of Artjail, an award-winning VFX studio with offices in New York, Toronto, and Los Angeles.
Throughout his career as a Lead VFX Artist and Creative Director, Mottershead has collaborated with top-tier clients, including Apple, Google, IKEA, Nike, Ford, Dr Pepper, Geico, Squarespace, Adidas, IBM, Cadillac, and acclaimed video artist Doug Aitken.
He has been instrumental in shaping numerous award-winning projects, earning accolades such as Cannes Lions, an Academy Award nomination for the documentary Cutie and the Boxer, HPA Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, AICE, AICP, ADCC awards, and an Emmy win for Alex Gibney’s documentary Going Clear. In 2024, he served as the Craft Co-Chair at the Marketing Awards and has been a frequent juror for the AICP Main Show and Post Awards.