Lamont Wayne | Motion Designer / Instructional Designer

Featured Work

Selected Projects

Six projects that show the full range: SaaS, education, training, and motion design.

SaaS Explainer · Health Tech

Oculus Health Activate

Animator / Explainer Video Producer

Explainer for a health onboarding portal. Animation breaks down the software workflow and makes the platform feel approachable.

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Motion Comic · Direction

The KABI Chronicles / CDC

Animation Director

Directed a CDC educational comic adaptation into an animated motion comic series. HHS-recognized; featured in a TEDx talk.

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Training Video · Public Service

GLTC Safety Training Videos

Writer / Animator / Visual Designer

Animated safety training for transit drivers, turning real driving situations into clear visual decision points.

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Title Animation · Motion Design

Sal Calanni: Mental Spillness

Motion Designer / Animator

Opening title animation for a comedy project, where tone, pacing, and typography set the mood before the content begins.

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Film Title Sequence

Confinement: Opening Titles

Motion Designer / Animator

Opening title sequence establishing mood, genre, and visual identity for a film project.

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Business Explainer

ConvergeSolv Explainer Video

Animator / Explainer Video Producer

Animated explainer turning abstract service information into a clean, easy-to-follow story.

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Interactive Learning Samples

These short Articulate Rise samples show how I combine instructional design, animation, visual storytelling, and interactive course development to turn information into clear learning experiences.

Articulate Rise · Interactive Module

How I Turn Complex Ideas Into Clear Visual Learning

I created this short Articulate Rise module as an interactive portfolio sample. It walks viewers through my process for turning dense or messy information into clear visual learning, using structure, storytelling, visuals, and animation.

This sample shows how I think through the learning goal, audience, message, visual approach, and final media. It is built for hiring managers, instructional design teams, creative directors, nonprofits, and corporate training teams looking for training content that's clear, engaging, and visually polished.

Format

Articulate Rise interactive module

Role

Instructional design, copywriting, visual direction, animation planning, e-learning development

Goal

Simplify complex content into a clear, engaging learning experience

Audience

Hiring managers, training teams, ID teams, creative directors, nonprofits, corporate learning teams

Articulate Rise E-Learning Instructional Media Animation Visual Storytelling Training Content

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How I Turn Complex Ideas Into Clear Visual Learning

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Articulate Rise · Microlearning Sample

Cybersecurity Basics: Don't Get Phished!

A short interactive microlearning sample that uses animated video, scenario-based learning, and quick knowledge checks to teach basic phishing awareness. Learners review a suspicious email, identify common red flags, and practice the safer response: pause, double-check, and report.

Format

Rise module with embedded animated video

Goal

Teach phishing red-flag recognition and safe response

Audience

New employees, remote & nonprofit teams, general staff

Articulate Rise Vyond Cybersecurity Phishing Awareness E-Learning Microlearning Training Content

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More Work

Additional Projects

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GLTC Safety Training: Pedestrian Crossings

Training Video

GLTC: Pedestrian Crossings

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Educational Kids Content

Mornings with Mr. C

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Documentary Segment

To Be Us: To Work

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Client Promo · AI-Assisted

Anniversary Video

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SaaS Explainer · EdTech

Scholastic Teachables

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Motion Comic · Kickstarter

Going Nowhere

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Motion Comic · Manga

Black Rose Manga

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Demo Reel

60-Second Demo Reel

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Deeper Dives

Case Studies

Problem, approach, and outcome at a glance.

Animation Direction

The KABI Chronicles / CDC

Animation Director

Challenge

Adapt a static CDC comic into an animated motion comic for teacher-facing materials, on a real deadline.

Approach

Led two animators, storyboarded from comic pages, then pivoted to reusable character rigs for speed and consistency.

Outcome On schedule. HHS-recognized. Featured in a TEDx talk.

SaaS Explainer

Oculus Health Activate

Animator / Explainer Video Producer

Challenge

Make a health onboarding portal feel approachable, not clinical, with the value clear in under two minutes.

Approach

Turned the workflow into a visual user journey, showing the experience instead of describing it.

What This Shows SaaS storytelling, onboarding UX, health-tech communication.

Training Content

GLTC Safety Training

Writer / Animator / Visual Designer

Challenge

Communicate transit safety procedures so the key decision points actually stick with drivers.

Approach

Broke driving situations into staged visual moments, scripted and animated start to finish.

What This Shows Instructional design, safety communication, public-service content.

Skills & Services

What I Do

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Motion Design

Typography and visual systems that move with intention.

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Explainer Videos

Animated videos that make complex ideas easy to grasp.

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SaaS & Product Demos

Onboarding, feature launches, and value demos.

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Training Videos

Instructional content that informs and actually sticks.

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Instructional Design

E-learning built in Articulate Rise, grounded in real learning goals.

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Title Sequences

Cinematic openings that set tone from the first frame.

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Motion Comics

Illustrated content adapted into animated format.

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Video Editing

Pacing and structure that keeps viewers watching.

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Storyboarding

Visual planning before a single asset gets built.

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AI-Assisted Creative

Faster iteration without sacrificing quality.

About

15+ Years Making Ideas Move

Lamont Wayne is a motion designer, instructional designer, and explainer video producer with over 15 years of experience creating animated content for business, education, nonprofit, healthcare-adjacent, entertainment, and public-facing audiences.

His work spans motion graphics, training videos, e-learning, title sequences, motion comics, SaaS explainers, and visual storytelling, all connected by one purpose: helping teams explain ideas visually, in a way that actually connects with the people watching.

His animation has been featured on The Colbert Report and The Today Show, in TIME Magazine, and covered by The Washington Post, and his CDC motion comic work earned a federal innovation award from the Obama Administration.

He's currently expanding into instructional design through Articulate 360, with a solid working grasp of Rise (shown in the interactive learning samples below) and is actively building skills in Storyline.

Selected experience includes CDC-related educational content through Terminus Media, transit safety training for GLTC, health-tech SaaS explainers, and client work through MVmedia.

Tools

After Effects Premiere Pro Adobe Animate Vyond Articulate Rise Illustrator Photoshop AI-Assisted Workflows

Lamont Wayne - Motion Designer and Animation Director

Experience Highlights

15+ years animation and motion design
Vyond / GoAnimate expert since the early platform years
Animation direction with small production teams
Business explainers and SaaS product videos
Building instructional design skills through Articulate 360 (Rise proficient, Storyline in progress)
HHS-recognized work; TEDx showcase

Get in Touch

Looking for motion design, instructional design, or animation direction? Let's talk.

Whether you need a SaaS explainer, e-learning, training content, or a motion designer to join your team, reach out. Real opportunities get real responses.

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