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Elliot Tawney

Motion Graphic Designer
Melbourne

About Freelancer

I have four years experience working for an award-winning digital-first national newspaper and one of London’s leading nighclubs as well as for charities and freelance clients. I specialise in animated typography, visual storytelling and digital marketing with further skills in character animation, video editing, making Premiere templates, showreels and some 3D animation.

 

Website/showreel

Education

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2018 BA (Hons) Human Geography
University of Leeds

Work & Experience

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June 2022 - November 2023 Motion Designer
The Telegraph

- Worked across visual storytelling, marketing, video, editorial and product design teams to produce animated projects to very strict and constantly changing deadlines. - Produced story headers, scrolling animations, marketing assets, front page GIFs and lead article assets, Premiere Pro templates, internal marketing materials and award submission showreels. - Gained proficiency in working rapidly and to a high standard for one of the UK’s leading newspapers.Œ - Developed further skills using Blender, Figma, Lottie animations, Duik character rigging and Google Earth Studio.

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October 2021 - July 2022 Motion Designer
E1

- Worked in the marketing team to create animated flyers, video content, GIFs, in-show visuals and other marketing assets for the nightclub’s events - Worked with major music brands including Percolate, Gottwood Festival, Outlook and Exit Records. Incorporated existing brand styles into our in-house marketing and followed specific design briefs - Organised and maintained a library of assets from all of E1’s shows.

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Feb 2019 - October 2021 Digital and Video Content Officer
Energy Institute

- Gained knowledge of Adobe After Effects, Premiere, Illustrator, Photoshop, Media Encoder, Indesign and Cinema4D - Created videos, GIFs, webinar introductions and social media assets to tight deadlines and within brand guidelines - Uploaded and promoted content across Youtube, LinkedIn and Twitter using appropriate codecs, aspect ratios and promotional strategies.

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November 2023 - - Freelance Motion Designer
Freelance

- Moved to freelance work, taking on clients such as Jameson, Monkey Shoulder, The Lume, the Victorian Government, the Telegraph and more.