In addition to working on features and television series, James has done a quite a bit of commercial work too for clients such as Ford, Effen Vodka, CVS Pharmacy and Idaho Lottery.
The commercial that James helped worked on for the Idaho Lottery, 'Twiceland', was nominated for an Annie Award (Animated Television Commercial) in 2010.
Got his first full-time studio job working at Nickelodeon. It was for the television adaptation of the internet show, 'Making Fiends' (2008). The Directors liked his work enough to keep him on to help as an animatic revisionist, and then for animation retakes.