BUCK
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2004
- Employees
- 201-500
- Offices
- 5
About BUCK
BUCK is a global creative production studio founded in Los Angeles in 2004 by Jeff Ellermeyer, Ryan Honey, and Orion Tait. Working across commercial, entertainment, and interactive projects, the studio combines design, animation, visual effects, creative technology, and storytelling to develop work spanning brand systems, campaigns, digital products, and original entertainment.
Its multidisciplinary practice covers creative direction and brand strategy; 2D and 3D animation; character design and world-building; motion systems; visual effects and compositing; live-action direction; spatial computing and XR; and large-scale interactive or physical installations. BUCK also develops entertainment and gaming work through dedicated divisions focused on episodic and feature development, original IP, and interactive game production.
Design, motion and technology
BUCK creates identity systems, typography toolkits, illustration languages, title and sequence work, mixed-media storytelling, and experiential content. Its production approach combines hand-drawn and cel animation with 3D modeling, real-time media, WebAR/XR, and interactive technology. The studio also uses hybrid AI production workflows and tools including ComfyUI, Weave, and Fuser alongside established animation and design processes.
The studio’s work includes the opening sequence for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; the Love, Death & Robots episode “Night of the Mini Dead”; animated shorts for We the People; Meta’s Alegria design system; Riot Games’ 2025 League of Legends MSI visual identity; Apple campaigns including “Share Your Gifts” and “Power to the Pro”; Airbnb’s AirCover work; and WebAR and retail-installation work for Nike’s 50th anniversary.
BUCK expanded from Los Angeles to New York in 2006, Sydney in 2015, Amsterdam in 2021, and London in 2023. In February 2025, London creative agency Anyways Creative merged into BUCK London. BUCK is the flagship studio of Residence, a creative collective co-founded in 2022, while retaining its own creative practice. The company became a certified B Corporation in 2024.
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Leadership and operating model
- Emily Rickard became BUCK’s global Chief Executive Officer in April 2024 after joining the studio in 2012. Co-founders Ryan Honey and Orion Tait serve as Co-Chief Creative Officers of Residence; Honey is also Residence’s CEO.
- BUCK describes its culture as collaborative and ego-free, with an emphasis on craftsmanship and artistic growth. Residence provides shared infrastructure, finance, and operational resources to its member companies while they retain creative autonomy.
Certification and expansion
BUCK achieved certified B Corporation status in 2024, following its inaugural 2023 Impact Report. Its London operation was strengthened in February 2025 through the integration of Anyways Creative, with that agency’s staff transitioning to BUCK London.
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Where BUCK is based
- 120 S San Pedro St, 4th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USALos Angeles, California, United States
BUCK Los Angeles
HeadquartersOpened 2004
Founding location and global headquarters; BUCK moved to its current Little Tokyo campus in 2023.
- Level 6, 52 Reservoir Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010, AustraliaSydney, New South Wales, Australia
BUCK Sydney
Opened 2015
Opened in 2015 to lead operations across the Asia-Pacific market.
- Achtergracht 14, 1017 WP Amsterdam, The NetherlandsAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
BUCK Amsterdam
Opened 2021
BUCK’s initial continental European production base.
- 140 Old Street, 4th Floor, London EC1V 9BJ, United KingdomLondon, England, United Kingdom
BUCK London
Opened 2023
Established in May 2023; integrated Anyways Creative in February 2025.
- 33 35th St., Suite A600, Brooklyn, NY 11232, USANew York, United States
BUCK New York
Opened 2006
Opened in 2006 to anchor East Coast commercial and agency accounts.
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