Motion Graphics Designer

As a Lead Animator in house and a Freelance Motion Graphic Designer, I specialise in 2D motion graphics, kinetic typography, and visual effects. Alongside my Master's Degree in Animation, and Bachelor Degree in Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects from Northumbria University and Sunderland University, in the past 7 years I have been honing my skills and (with) passion for creating beautiful and engaging stories with animation.

Prior to my current role as Lead Motion Graphics Designer, I was a Lead Animator and later became Senior Animator at RD Studio. I worked for the studio for more than 3 years and enjoyed every minute of it. I worked with multiple clients and agencies, such as Barbour, Williams Racing, MSCI, Booking.com, WeTransfer, Angry Birds, and more. At RD, I created and implemented a folder structure that improved the organisation and communication across the animation team, I mentored, nurtured, assisted and encouraged the Junior Animators, and transformed and organised some of our biggest brand projects. I am a firm believer that communication is important and that it’s vital to make the time and the space for it. And usually when starting a new project I would gather the motion team and talk through main objectives, production pipelines or challenges the team is facing. I created 200+ document on organisation, pipelines, guidance on how to work within After Effects, Illustrator, Animate, InDesign, Premiere Pro, Da Vinci, how to use, store and save SSDs and how to maintain, clean local servers and save memory for better computer performances. This guidance was used across the whole of RD Studio, which had the capacity of up to 200 employees.

My journey into the professional creative world started in the late 2018, when I joined Concision as an intern, just after I finished my MA in Animation. Concision was a branding agency, focusing on UI, UX and creating content for printing and presentations. I assisted in the team's weekly brainstorm meetings, as well as creating 2D animations, animatics, storyboards, graphics, brochures, UI and UX designs. After a year under my senior I began to oversee the Post Production pipeline, and assist with the marketing and branding strategy of the studio.