Strange name. Serious experience.

Experienced creative for brands that need to stand out.

Weirdo Works is the creative studio of Justin Gammon.

Justin Gammon is a senior-level art director, associate creative director, illustrator, animator, and visual problem-solver with over 26 years of experience helping brands, agencies, and creators make work that is smarter, sharper, and a lot harder to ignore.

My background spans advertising, entertainment, social content, digital campaigns, character design, animation, collectibles, and brand storytelling. I’ve helped shape campaign concepts, build visual worlds, design characters, animate ideas, and solve the kind of creative problems that usually begin with, “We’re not exactly sure what this should be yet.”

That’s usually where I come in.

Weirdo Works is built on a simple idea: memorable creative needs both experience and personality. It needs strategic thinking, strong craft, clear communication, and just enough weird to make people care.

I work with brands, agencies, startups, and entertainment properties on art direction, illustration, animation, motion design, concept development, campaign visuals, and AI-assisted creative exploration when it helps push the work further. The tools may change, but the job is still the same: find the strongest idea and make it impossible to overlook.

I’m comfortable thinking big-picture (positioning, campaign direction, visual strategy, tone) but I’m also a hands-on maker. I still like drawing the thing, animating the thing, shaping the world, finding the expression, and obsessing over the small detail that makes the whole piece click.

That combination is the sweet spot: senior-level creative thinking with artist-level execution.

So yes, the name is weird, but the work works.

Justin Gammon

Founder & Creative Director

Awards and Recognition

2025 | Ntnl Addy Awards

Gold Winner
Consumer Website
Great Big Kentucky Adventure

2025 | Ntnl Addy Awards

Silver Winner
Animation, Special Effects or Motion Graphics
Great Big Kentucky Adventure

2025 | Webby Awards

Honoree
Best Social Video Series
Kentucky After Dark

2024 | Anthem Awards

Silver Winner
Partnership or Collaboration
Kentucky After Dark

2024 | Anthem Awards

Bronze Winner
Best Use of AI
Kentucky After Dark

2024 | AAF Awards

Gold Winner
Online Interactive — Website
Kentucky After Dark

2024 | AAF Awards

Judges’ Choice Winner
Art Direction — Campaign
Kentucky After Dark

2024 | AAF Awards

Best of Show Winner
Website
Kentucky After Dark

2023 | Telly Awards

Silver Winner
2D Animation — Branded Content
Andi Bank

2022 | Gif It Up

Grand Prize Winner
Cultural Heritage GIFs

2021 | AVA Digital Awards

Platinum Winner
Web-Based Production – Short Form Web Video
Jib Jab “2020 Has Got to Go!”

2021 | AVA Digital Awards

Platinum Winner
Digital Video Creation – Animation
Jib Jab “2020 Has Got to Go!”

2021 | Shorty Awards

Silver Distinction
Contest or Promotion
Chipotle x Roblox Boorito

2021 | Shorty Awards

Bronze Distinction
Online Event/Activation
Chipotle x Roblox Boorito

2019 | Gif It Up

Grand Prize Winner
Cultural Heritage GIFs

2019 | AAF Awards

Gold and Silver Awards
Online Content
Jib Jab “I’m a Hot Dog”

2019 | AAF Awards

Gold Award
Online Content
Jib Jab – GifGab GIFs

2019 | AAF Awards

Silver Award
Social Media
Chipotle Gift Wrap

2018 | Best Mobile App Awards

Finalist
GifGab
Best new Mobile App

2017 | AAF Awards

National Addy Silver
Denny’s Pancake Launch

2017 | Webby Awards

Finalist
Denny’s
Best Food/Drink Social

2017 | Shorty Awards

Winner in Twitter Presence
Denny’s
Best Brand Twitter

2017 | AAF Awards

Best of Show
Denny’s Tumblr

2024 | Anthem Awards

Silver Winner
Partnership or Collaboration
Kentucky After Dark

2024 | Anthem Awards

Bronze Winner
Best Use of AI
Kentucky After Dark

2024 | AAF Awards

Gold Winner
Online Interactive — Website
Kentucky After Dark

2024 | AAF Awards

Judges’ Choice Winner
Art Direction — Campaign
Kentucky After Dark

2024 | AAF Awards

Best of Show Winner
Website
Kentucky After Dark

2023 | Telly Awards

Silver Winner
2D Animation — Branded Content
Andi Bank

2022 | Gif It Up

Grand Prize Winner
Cultural Heritage GIFs

2021 | AVA Digital Awards

Platinum Winner
Web-Based Production – Short Form Web Video
Jib Jab “2020 Has Got to Go!”

2021 | AVA Digital Awards

Platinum Winner
Digital Video Creation – Animation
Jib Jab “2020 Has Got to Go!”

2021 | Shorty Awards

Silver Distinction
Contest or Promotion
Chipotle x Roblox Boorito

2021 | Shorty Awards

Bronze Distinction
Online Event/Activation
Chipotle x Roblox Boorito

2019 | Gif It Up

Grand Prize Winner
Cultural Heritage GIFs

2019 | AAF Awards

Gold and Silver Awards
Online Content
Jib Jab “I’m a Hot Dog”

2019 | AAF Awards

Gold Award
Online Content
Jib Jab – GifGab GIFs

2019 | AAF Awards

Silver Award
Social Media
Chipotle Gift Wrap

2018 | Best Mobile App Awards

Finalist
GifGab
Best new Mobile App

2017 | AAF Awards

National Addy Silver
Denny’s Pancake Launch

2017 | Webby Awards

Finalist
Denny’s
Best Food/Drink Social

2017 | Shorty Awards

Winner in Twitter Presence
Denny’s
Best Brand Twitter

2017 | AAF Awards

Best of Show
Denny’s Tumblr