CV & RESUME
Work History
Rory J. Murphy
Senior Creative | Lead | Art Director | Creative Director
Download now
CAREER SUMMARY
Articulate, strategic, well-organised, proactive and multi-award nominated UK based creative, with over 20 years’ experience from a military background. Displayed strong communication and interpersonal abilities when liaising with people at all levels, completed end-to-end project assignments, and attained a high proficiency for both agencies and small start-ups across the Europe and the United States. Seeking a position to utilise acquired experience, and continue career development.
SELECTED CLIENTS
Adobe, AXA, Braun, British Airways, Cadbury, Carhartt WIP, DHL, Don’t Panic, EDF Energy, Endemol, FIFA, Google, Heathrow Airport, London Underground, Oakley Sunglasses, International Olympic Committee, Paris Saint Germain FC, Philips, Samsung, Skoda, Toshiba, TSB, Volkswagen,
SOFTWARE EXPERTISE
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Animate, Adobe Media Encoder, Sketch, Figma, Invision, Storyboarder, Hype, PowerPoint, Adobe Premiere Pro, Keynote, Balsamiq, Pen Pot, Apple Keynote, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
• Accomplished creative that produced graphic, animated, illustrated and written material for online and printed publications. Attained detailed and extensive knowledge of new technology, websites and online publishing. Received assignments based on recommendations from earlier clients.
• Demonstrated strong communication and interpersonal abilities at all levels, with editorial and other staff, and developed personal networks. Successfully gained international freelance business.
• Highly proficient at completing the full project development lifecycle. Designed and developed solutions that achieved specifications and the business requirements.
• Well-organised, worked well in teams or own initiative, quickly adapted to new situations. Gained experience in retail and commercial businesses and completed administrative work.
• Completes full project development lifecycle. Received client specification, designing and creating rough drafts, worked to deliver finished solution.
• Completed tasks on time and to a high standard, thereby achieving the needs of the enterprise.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (MARCH 1996 - PRESENT)
Creative Director, Lead, Art Director, Senior Creative,
Creative Director, Designer, Digital, Illustrator, Storyboard Artist, Motion Designer
- 20+ years Creative work and leadership, working for a plethora of Fortune 100 brands and companies.
- 89% Business Expansion into markets in Denmark, Sweden, Amsterdam, California, New York, Hong Kong, UK and France through own initiatives
- 350%+ Growth in overall growth in 20 years. Started off with nothing and built a client base and prospects under own steam. Constantly looking and probing for more clients on a daily basis.
- Completed work in and under budget – with up to 25% turnaround time and reducing costs by 75%.
- Worked on a broad range of clientele spanning an extremely wide gamut of industries and disciplines including technology, fintech, apparel, clothing, tech, print, digital, beauty, healthcare, information technology (IT), healthcare, finance, education, retail, manufacturing, hospitality, real estate, transportation and logistics, entertainment, telecommunications, energy, automotive, agriculture, construction, pharmaceuticals, video games, FMCG, charity, aerospace and defence, fashion and apparel, media and advertising, consulting, food and beverage, environmental services, legal service UI/UX design, presentation design, graphic design,
- Worked end-to-end projects for global brands, including Fortune 100 companies, start-ups and agencies, including: Adobe, Aperol Spritz, APW Gallery, Argos, Basic-Fit, Bethesda, BBD Perfect Storm, Braun, British Airways, Bulldog Gin, Burning Ball, Businessfourzero, Cadbury, Camden Roundhouse, Catapult, Cisco, Clearscore, Clock, DHL, DPAM, Don't Panic, Dreamy Comics, Dugout, ECP, EDF Energy, EE, Endsleigh Insurance, Everest Windows & Doors, Egi, FIFA, Fayre Labs, Fever Tree, Gain Theory, Gabriella Cilme, Genflow, Google, Heathrow Airport, Institute Of Engineering And Technology, International Olympic Committee, LinkedIn, Livingbridge, Lloyd’s Banking Group, London Underground, Marbek Clothing, Marks & Spencer, Nescafé, Novartis, Oakley Sunglasses, Oddbins, Orajel, Omnicom, Pernod Ricard, Pernod Ricard, Pan Vision, Paris Saint Germain FC, Pegafund, Philips, Platinum Bond, Princess Cruises, Private Island, Renault Trucks, Royal British Legion, Samsung, Sanofi, Škoda, Smatt’s Rum, Swisse, Teufel, The Guardian, The Tin, THQ, Toshiba, TSB, Troy, Unilever, Unreal, Volkswagen, We Are Futures, Wilko, Yonex, Zurich Insurance.
- Produced work seen globally, engaging customers and encouraging sales cumulatively totalling over £800M.
- Trained staff to increase their efficiency to attain a stronger understanding of their job and thereby increasing their productivity by 80%.
ORAJEL
Storyboard Artist
Hand Rendered & Photoshop
London, UK
September 2023 – September 2023
Created storyboard for Working with Wavemaker to produce storyboards for an advertising campaign pitch for Orajel. Using storytelling techniques and drawing skill a series of illustrations were produced to represent Wavemaker’s metamorphosising cube concept.
CADENCE
Infographic Designer
Adobe Illustrator
London, UK
April 2023 – March 2023
Created a variety of flow chart infographic art for Canadian Train Line Company Cadence. Created to enhance the visual flow of their proposal presentation document. I was initially contract to work for a 10 days period however I finished the work in 3 days.
PLATINUM BOND
Lead Motion Designer
Adobe After Effects and Adobe Illustrator
London, UK
December 2022 – December 2022
Created social media online video content animations for Platinum Bond. Multitasking two sets of adverts, produced in both square and portrait formats, featuring similar but not identical animations with minimal but brand sensitive motion design.
GAIN THEORY
Lead PowerPoint Designer
Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Illustrator
London, UK
December 2022 – December 2022
Supported Gain Theory with an internal Microsoft PowerPoint presentation detailing their budget policy and projected results. I polished and, in some cases, completely reworked slides, - aligning to brand guidelines as well as producing icons and further illustrations.
LOTTO LOGIC
Lead Storyboard Artist, Illustrator & Designer
Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator
London, UK
November 2022 – November 2022
Worked with Lotto Logic to assist with pre-production storyboards for their Fruit Basket instant win online gambling game. Created both assets and identity end-to-end work before working up storyboards and a game manual for developers and production staff.
LLOYD’S BANKING GROUP
Lead Storyboard Artist/Comic Strip Artist
Adobe Photoshop
London, UK
October 2022 – October 2022
Worked in-house with NCA in London to direct and produce a series of illustration for Lloyd’s Commercial division’s brand new initiative. The project was required to illustrate the process of securing a loan through in a predefined style telling the story of small business owners.
WE ARE FUTURES
Motion Design & Video Editor
Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premier
London, UK
September 2022 – September 2022
Worked with London-based agency We Are Futures to edit and animate their supporting promotional materials for their rebrand. The work involved editing videos for specific social media outlets as well as working on a specific campaign with extensive animated assets.
Creative Lead
Adobe Photoshop
London, UK
August 2022 – August 2022
Worked with BMB to produce some mockups for LinkedIn’s Gen X initiative presentation which was designed to increase LinkedIn’s Generation Z users and thus fuel content creation. mockups were used largely in mobile screens as well as office location and advertising platforms.
SAMSUNG
Styleframe Designer/Storyboard Artist
Adobe Illustrator
London, UK
July 2022 – July 2022
Again, in collaboration with BMB I worked on their Samsung account and Samsung’s Sustainability Manifesto detailing their environmental impact and how they plan to reduce it. I didn’t storyboard the animation out as I would usually do instead taking direction.
THE GUARDIAN
Graphic Designer
Adobe InDesign & Adobe Illustrator
London, UK
June 2022 – June 2022
Working with Zinc to produce an advertisement which aimed to shed more light on the war in Ukraine with a focus on missing personnel which included civvies, journalists and government and council representatives. The advert was a full page spread in The Guardian.
CLOCK
Lead Video Editor
Adobe After Effects
London, UK
May 2022 – May 2022
Offered creative direction for Clock’s intro showreel for their website. This involved sourcing all the assets like both client videos, stock footage and client work. A framework was established to time all the footage out and some time-manipulation was introduced to tighten up the pacing/.
FAYRE LABS
UI & UX & Product Designer
Figma
London, UK
April 2022 – April 2022
Collaborated with Clock to assist with Fayre Labs, an NFT marketplace with a focus on community and connecting brands with fans. Worked principally on converting market assets from Sketch to Figma as well as producing a Shopify image in order to strengthen the brand image.
PERNOD RICARD
Senior Motion Designer & Video Editor
Adobe Premier & Adobe After Effects
London, UK
March 2022 – March 2022
A short job editing footage for Pernod Ricard’s online presentation with CEO Alexandre Ricard’s and an, ‘Ask Alex,’ online ask-me-anything seminar. This was a very simple job editing footage down for use on the website design in bitesize pieces.
BUSINESSFOURZERO
Senior Motion Designer
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop & Adobe After Effects
London, UK
February 2022 – February 2022
Worked with BusinessFourZero agency to produce a series of internal documents showing BusinessForZero’s current state of affairs with regards to strengths, weaknesses and areas to improve as well as how employees feel about their position within the company.
CLEARSCORE
Senior Motion Designer
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop & Adobe After Effects
London, UK
January 2022 – January 2022
A rush job for ClearScore, as they asked me to produce an introduction animation for a presentation for both their ClearScore and DriveScore brands. The styleframes had been roughed out for me with some wriggle room to produce a 5 second short.
CISCO
Motion Designer
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop & Adobe After Effects
San Jose, CA, US
December 2021 – December 2021
A very quick job to produce a series of website banner advertisements in three main categories with a plethora of subcategories depicting different required banner dimensions. The style was consistent throughout featuring a terrible illustration.
DPAM
UI/UX Designer
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop & Sketch
London, UK
October 2021 – October 2021
Looked and thoroughly revised DPAM website project on Sketch with White Marble. The initial file I received was very disorganised and poorly spaced so much of my time there was spent working to rectify all the many issues before handing back over.
TROY
Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
London, UK
September 2021 – September - 2021
Completed some very preliminary work for some illustrated collateral for Troy’s investment website. The work was used for Troy’s brand relaunch I completed initial illustrations for Troy's investment website, which were instrumental in establishing Troy's unique identity during their website's brand relaunch.
FIFA
Motion Designer
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop & Adobe After Effects
Paris, France
August 2021 – August 2021
I produced an animated piece with Klein & Sons for FIFA's World Cup collateral to advertise FIFA's support of the ACT Accelerator, in conjunction with the WHO, which calls for teamwork and unity to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, treatments and tests.
ACTIS
Motion Designer
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop & Adobe After Effects
London, UK
July 2021 0 July 2021
Working with 52 Films, I was asked to produce two animated sequences for Actis, a global investment conglomerate, detailing their African Climate 202 Conference in addition to an animated video detailing Actis’ recruitment process with a focus on diversity.
EE
Motion Designer
Illustrator, Photoshop & After Effects
London, UK
July 2021 – July 2021
Working with Havas, I produced video collateral for EE and Beatport’s BPM festival in Costa Rica in 2020 This was in combination to the motion work I produced, and required video-editing to make the work snappier and more responsive to the music soundtrack.
UNILEVER
Motion Designer
Illustrator, Photoshop & After Effects
London, UK
June 2021 – June 2021
Worked with Unilver to course correct a PowerPoint presentation that had been passed through several designers and needed to be substantially more unified in both look and feel. The entire layout as completely reworked in terms of slide graphics and typography.
BETHESDA
Presentation Designer
Photoshop, InDesign
Maryland, US
May 2021 – May 2021
Working with Cake I worked with American, now owned by Microsoft, video game company Bethesda - to produce a weeks’ Twitch timetable detailing times of streams of The Elder Scrolls online with streamers based in countries around the world, broadcasting on their Twitch channels.
EE
Senior Motion Designer, Video Editor
After Effects, Premier Pro
London, UK
April 2021 – April 2021
In partnership with Havas, I was involved in creating video collateral for the EE and Beatport's BPM festival held in Costa Rica in 2020. However, the event faced delays due to the pandemic. Alongside that, I also developed motion work specifically designed as idents to be incorporated into the video.
CLEARSCORE
Lead Motion & Keynote Designer
After Effects, Illustrator, Keynote, Premier Pro
London, UK
March 2021 – March 2021
Worked extensively with ClearScore on their annual presentation to investors, users and partners on their first in-person keynote since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Produced animations in Keynote and motion design work in After Effects as well as video-editing.
LIVINGBRIDGE
Senior Motion Designer
After Effects, Illustrator
London, UK
February 2021 – February 2021
Collaborated with London based agency Kin+Karta to work on their technology client Livingbridge’s animated content. The previous videos had a non-existent engagement so I was very interested in conceptualising something that would be a lot more.
ADOBE
Senior Motion Designer
After Effects, Illustrator
San Francisco, CA, US
January 2021 – January 2021
During the pandemic, I collaborated remotely with Tommy to produce a short-form animated video for Adobe Target. Following both Adobe's brand guidelines and incorporating their client's brand guidelines, to ensure a cohesive and tailored approach to the project.
SWISSE
UI/UX Designer
Sketch
Victoria, Australia
December 2020 – December 2020
Worked on Australian brand Swisse’s desktop and mobile website service design. The large part of the work was to realign the work to adhere to the 8-point grid structure ultimately making the sites more scalable. Was to start some motion work before the lock-down.
GENFLOW
Senior Illustrator & Graphic Designer
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
London, UK
November 2020 – November 2020
Collaborated with Gen Flow to produce merchandising for two-time unified heavyweight boxing champion and Commonwealth gold medallist Anthony Joshua. Gen flow produce apparel merchandising with illustrated and typographical treatments by hand and digitally.
BRIDEBOOK
Lead UI/UX Designer
Figma
London, UK
February 2020 – February 2020
Produced customer journey screens, in Figma, for revised section of the Bridebook mobile app user flow with the aim of improving the overall customer journey in addition to reworking and, in some cases, rethinking, some UI elements for the app.
BASIC-FIT
Motion Design Lead
After Effects
Paris, France
October 2020 – January 2020
Basic-Fit, a prominent gym chain with multiple locations in France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, sought my expertise in developing an advertising online video (OLV) for an Instagram story. I not only enhanced the concept but also refined the execution to ensure an impactful and engaging promotional piece for their brand.
DHL
Motion Designer
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
San Francisco, CA, UK
October 2019 – November 2019
Working with Brand Brewer, I was commissioned to create storyboards for the pre-production of an introduction video for DHL’s Employee of the Year ceremony, held in Istanbul. DHL were looking for an intro video that would visualise their workforce as superheroes.
PARIS SAINT GERMAIN FC
UI Design
Adobe XD
London, UK
August 2019 – September 2019
Worked with On Sport to produce a series of screens for their tie-in betting app with Paris Saint Germain football club. Functionality had to be in keeping with On Sport’s UX structure whilst also keeping in line with Paris Saint Germain’s branding.
EVEREST WINDOWS & DOORS
Motion Design
After Effects
London, UK
July 2019 – July 2019
Maher Bird Holdings approached me to design an end-of-commercial ident animation for Everest Window and Door's national sales advertising campaign. The animation was intended for use in both online and broadcast videos, contributing to the overall promotional efforts of the campaign.
ARGOS
Senior Designer
Photoshop
London, UK
June 2019 – June 2019
I was charged with taking care of a series of banners for Argos’s online promotion campaign for seatbelts. This was largely very simple Photoshop work in order to get the image to fill the space whilst using space as effectively as possible and in a way that would work consistently.
ŠKODA
Artwork & Retouching
Photoshop
London, UK
May 2019 – May 2019
Tribal Worldwide hired me to handle their account, focusing on developing a series of replacement number plates for Škoda's product range - specifically targeted for the UK market. My role was to create visually appealing and brand-appropriate designs to enhance Škoda's advertising efforts.
VOLKSWAGEN
Artwork & Retouching
Photoshop
London, UK
April 2019 – April 2019
I was hired by Tribal Worldwide to work on their Volkswagen account which largely involved working up a series of replacement numberplates for a series of cars in the Volkswagen range for that year as well as creating a Facebook online advertisement.
HEATHROW
Graphic Design Lead
Photoshop
London, UK
March 2019 – March 2019
Collaborating with SQZD (formerly Squeezed Media) to work on their Heathrow account which focussed on content creation for the new Heathrow Terminal. My involvement was concerned with a before-and-after map with and without the new terminal.
AXA INSURANCE
Digital Design
Photoshop & InDesign
London, UK
February 2019 - February 2019
Working with animation studio SQZD to finalise artwork Axa’s Health Tech award ceremony. This involved working on a number of different elements including the event program, a floor plan, dinner table place-name cards, lanyard name badges and more.
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
Digital Design Lead
Photoshop
London, UK
December 2018 – January 2019
Worked with VMLY&R to produce brand indents for the International Olympic Committee’s online television channel. Focussing on a Winter Olympians struggle from a seemingly career ending injury to her route back to recovery and an Olympic medal.
SANOFI
Digital Design & Motion Design
Photoshop & PowerPoint
London, UK
December 2018 – January 2019
Worked with VMLY&R to create healthcare client Dulcosoft’s mobile advertising campaign, starting the work in PowerPoint to storyboard from a series of edits right through to the final for the domestic and international OLV for UK and German markets.
PERNOD RICARD
Presentation Design & Photo Retouching
Photoshop & PowerPoint
London, UK
November 2018 – December 2018
Produced a series of presentations for a selection of Pernod Ricard’s alcohol product range which also required some retouching for some images - turning white wine into for example. All separate presentations had to work within in the individual products brand.
ARCHITAS
Motion Design Production Board Art
Illustrator
London, UK
November 2018 – November 2018
In conjunction with Architas I created an infographic and create a group of characters as well as additional horse, shield assets and jump barrier which I would have to rework all the elements and layout in order to most effectively convey the message.
DUGOUT
Motion Design
After Effects
London, UK
October 2018 – October 2018
Operating under an incredibly tight deadline, I collaborated closely with another skilled motion designer to develop a distinctive look and feel for an upcoming online football series. Our responsibilities extended beyond conceptualization to encompass the creation of the entire animated content for the series' idents.
ZURICH INSURANCE
Motion Design
Illustrator & InDesign
London, UK
October 2018 – October 2018
Provided artwork and direction for Zurich's World Championship Innovation global tournament. Contestant would compete through a regional, national and global heats to compete of a bronze, silver or gold medal. I worked on a series of infographics.
BBD PERFECT STORM
Graphic Design & Presentation Design
PowerPoint
London, UK
September 2018 - September 2018
Worked with East London-based agency BBD Perfect Storm to help them create a PowerPoint based presentation for an Arabic speedboat retail firm. The brand was already properly established so it was merely a case of working to their existing guidelines.
ADOBE
Graphic Design
InDesign
London, UK
August 2018 - August 2018
Worked with Golin on their Adobe account creating Adobe’s Directors Confessions brochure used for the as a part of Adobe's Max conference held at LA Convention Centre. The brochure detailed the results of a Europe-wide survey amongst working Art Director's
CONSERVATIVE PARTY
Graphic Design
InDesign
London, UK
July 2018 - July 2018
38 Degrees is an online campaign organisation who offer advice and tools to guarantee the best possible outcome for individuals and organisations. I was asked to produce artwork for an online flyer to help drum up support for the, at the time, upcoming Trade Bill in Parliament.
Graphic Design
InDesign
London, UK
June 2018 - June 2018
Worked with Across the Pond in London to create a series of case study documents for the South Korean market, detailing the benefits of Google and how it can contribute to business especially within the technology sector. The case studies were all written in South Korean.
APEROL SPRITZ
Motion Design
After Effects
London, UK
May 2018 - May 2018
I was brought in by Gravity Thinking to produce a series of Instagram animated adverts for Aperol’s Bar campaign. The basic assets were provided however I recently reworked the entire project recreating assets that would move more fluid and natural animation.
RENAULT TRUCKS
Graphic Design & Photo Retouching
Photoshop & InDesign
London, UK
April 2018 - March 2018
Working with a small rural agency Stream I worked on a wide range of collateral for their Renault Trucks account including photo retouching for their mock-up photographs, layout work and additionally some branding work for Continental Logistics.
SAMSUNG
Graphic Design
InDesign
London, UK
March 2018 - March 2018
Created assets for Samsung's Cineplex film rental promotion where user would be entitled to one free digital movie rental each week for a year from the Cineplex Television app store. I was required to work on the print and online marketing assets.
BRAUN
Graphic Design & Artwork
Photoshop
London, UK
February 2018 - February 2018
Worked tirelessly and extensively on a vast series of Braun product pages for their Amazon web store-front. The work was largely artwork based and involved moving text around, replacing text and sourcing and manipulating new and existing images.
ADOBE
Graphic Design
InDesign
London, UK
December 2017 – January 2018
Worked with Golin on their Adobe account creating Adobe’s Advertising Cloud brochure used for the as a part of the marketing documentation for the work had initially been set out but needed extensive revisions to get it looking like a readable document which flowed.
CADBURY
Graphic Design
Photoshop
London, UK
December 2017 – January 2018
In collaboration with creative agency Golin, I was asked to work on a Cadbury Creme Egg touring promotion which would be touring up and down the UK. To this end Cadbury needed artwork created in a photo-collage style in addition to an on-brand e-invite in order to promote the event.
BRITISH AIRWAYS
Graphic Design
InDesign & Photoshop
London, UK
December 2017 – January 2018
Again, worked with Golin to provided design support to British Airway’s global PR department with updating their brand guidelines. Looking at typography, colours, British Airways brand values and making their guide as cohesive and clear as possible.
PRINCESS CRUISES
Graphic & Presentation Design
Keynote
London, UK
November 2017 - November 2017
Princess Cruises was looking to improve their marketing specifically looking at how to utilise social media influencers to help boosts their brand. I was tasked with working on their presentation which outlined these aims and presented them in a clear and concise fashion.
WELLING
Artwork
Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign
London, UK
September 2017 - September 2017
Worked with Welling on their fledgling and subsequently cancelled sports drink which was originally called Talent Drinks and was then renamed to the equally impressive Finish Th1rst. I worked on labelling and packaging along with a wide variety of different assets.
MARKS & SPENCER
Presentation Design
Keynote
London, UK
June 2017 - June 2017
Marks & Spencer needed insights and creative recommendations on how to best capture Video for e-commerce in addition to print catalogue look book. I provided work for the catalogue and worked with Spring to produce to the highest possible standard.
EDF
Graphic Design & Infographic Design
Illustrator & InDesign
London, UK
May 2017 - May 2017
Initially, I was contracted to create an infographic, but the scope expanded, and I was requested to work on a brochure instead. As it turned out, the original infographic design didn't fit the brochure format, necessitating a complete redesign to ensure compatibility and a cohesive visual presentation.
TEUFEL
Storyboard Art
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
Berlin, Germany
April 2017 - April 2017
Worked with HMX to produce a storyboards that served as pre-production for sequence for German speaker manufacturer brand Teufel. The storyboards were very rough in nature and were then further worked on in Photoshop to add a monochrome palette.
CATAPULT
Art Direction, Illustration & Motion Design
Illustrator & After Effects
Melbourne, Australia
March 2017 - March 2017
Set the direction, look and feel for a series of sports related animations that would feature on Catapult’s website homepage. From there a series of animated work was produced to coincide with specific points that Catapult wanted to highlight and illustrate further.
BULLDOG GIN
Graphic, Presentation Design & Storyboard Art
Photoshop & Keynote
London, UK
February 2017 - February 2017
Working with Spring Studios I was tasked with working on their Bulldog Gin account, looking at a national advertising campaign which was moving from a functional to an emotional route. I created storyboards from references as well as working on the presentation deck.
ARCHITAS
Illustration & Graphic Design
Illustrator
London, UK
January 2018 - January 2018
Architas approached me to assist them in developing production boards for their animation project. In addition to that, I also created supplementary vector illustrations to enhance the visuals. Moreover, I worked on designing a promotional poster aimed at promoting various financial savings options offered by Architas.
LA MOBYLETTE JAUNE
Illustration & Graphic Design
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
Lyon, France
December 2017 - December 2017
Working with La Mob, a Lyon based French agency where I was asked to produce a T-shirt design illustration as which was to be worn by the entire team at their Yellow Vibes relaunch event at their company headquarters in Pôle Pixel, a creative hub in Lyon.
TSB
Motion Design & Graphic Design
After Effects, Illustrator & InDesign
London, UK
November 2017 - November 2017
Worked with TSB’s fintech augmented reality app by creating animations which would display on the mobile device during the operation of the augmented reality app. In addition to conceiving and executing TSB’s local heroes mobile, national advertising campaign.
WILKO
Graphic Design & Digital Design
Photoshop & Illustrator
London, UK
October 2017 - October 2017
Working TMW Unlimited I was tasked with initially amending a previous email as well as creating a new one. The Wilko Recommends email was designed to follow up on a previous purchase with relevant and related items that the customer might be interested in purchasing.
NESCAFÉ
Graphic Design & Comp Art
Photoshop
London, UK
October 2017 - October 2017
In collaboration with Momentum Worldwide, I worked on generating scamps (rough sketches) and comps (comprehensive layouts) for a Europe-wide advertising campaign for Nescafé Alegra. The campaign encompassed various mediums including print, out-of-home (OOH), and web platforms.
ENDSLEIGH INSURANCE
Graphic Design
InDesign
London, UK
November 2017 - November 2017
Worked with Cake to produce a multitude of work for a nationwide campaign pitch, including mockups for online advertising and website collateral for a car insurance company Ensleigh Insurance who primarily markets to the student sector.
INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
Illustration
Illustrator
London, UK
November 2017 - November 2017
Produced a series of isometric illustrations of hotel spaces in conjunction with a previously completed version. The illustrations were executed to the finest details utilising hand drawn vector models and adaptations of textures to give a graphic, realistic and stylised look.
ALSTOM
Graphic Design
InDesign
London, UK
October 2016 - October 2016
The British arm of French railway company Alstom required some work on their marketing brochure detailing the overall economic contribution of Alstom to the UK economy. A simple layout job that required arranging words and copy to brand guidelines.
TENCENT GAMES
Storyboard Art
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
London, UK
September 2016 - September 2016
Tencent Games were in the early stages of producing an iteration of their Realm of Honor massively multiplayer online role-playing game - later becoming Arena of Valor (downsizing). I was to storyboard an OLV commercial advertising the game in collaboration with TSW.
PRIVATE ISLAND
Storyboard Art
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
London, UK
August 2016 - August 2016
Private Island is a production house producing award winning commercials and content who asked me to create a very heavily stylised storyboard to help them with their pitch to House of Frasier to animate in a Catch Me If You Can style to illustrate the life-cycle of clothes.
MARBEK CLOTHING
Highstreet Apparel Design, Logo Design & Graphic Design
Hand-Rendered & Illustrator
London, UK
July 2016 - July 2016
Worked with luxury clothing and music industry brand Marbek to initially create a series of hand tags and interior labels. I put together a massive number of concepts over the week I was contracted to work there and there was discussion about using the tag designs as individual t-shirt Designs.
KNEEJERK IRONY
Storyboard Art
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
London, UK
September 2015 – June 2016
Worked on web series adaptation, Night School (originally a series of books) which was under option by various major networks in the both the UK and US. The production started out as a web series which went on to win both a awards along with international acclaim.
IT’S NOT CUSTARD
Concept Art & Poster Design
Illustrator, InDesign & Photoshop
London, UK
August 2016 - August 2016
Produced concept art for an independent film studio who produced a short film. Being an independent film, the budget was tight so I had limited time complete the work from sketch to final artwork. The art was painted digitally and the poster was stylised vector artwork.
BURNING BALL
Graphic Design, Illustration
Illustrator & InDesign
Vienna, Austria
July 2016 - July 2016
Worked to assist Burning Ball with a collateral in support items for 2015’s Burning Ball event in Vienna. The theme of the event centred around the style of The Orient Express and Art Nouveau utilising The Orient’s colour palette throughout the collateral.
KAO TV
Storyboard Art
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
London, UK
June 2015 - June 2015
The Big Smoke was a British stoner comedy focussing on the exploits of Saul and Cass who, after a night of excess, find themselves stranded in a rubber dingy in a field in Scotland. The work was a precursor to a crowd sourcing project which, appropriately, never got underway.
YONEX
Graphic Design & Artwork
InDesign & Photoshop
London, UK
May 2015 - May 2015
I was tasked with working on the marketing collateral for Yonex’s Z-Force and E-Zone XP golf clubs which were specifically engineered to offer the golfer distinct advantages in swing and the distance. All work had to be completed to Yonex’s brand guidelines.
PAPERHAUL
Illustration & Graphic Design
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
London, UK
April 2015 - April 2015
#Paperhaul, an offshoot of Crafty Creatives, was a subscription-based service whereby consumers are able to subscribe to the service and receive a stationery. Inside the pack contains postcards, a greetings card, washi tape, a notebook along with stickers.
LONDON UNDERGROUND
Visual Art Group Show
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
London, UK
March 2015 - March 2015
As part of international art fair Freize Week Art Below’s set up an art installation which utilised the London Underground’s existing advertising space as fames for the work in Regent Street station. Subsequently the work went on to be show in The Frameless Gallery in London.
CONVICT
Art Direction, Branding & Apparel Design and Illustration
Photoshop & Illustrator
London, UK
November 2014 - March 2015
Worked with founder of Bench, Kelvin Vidler to produce a highstreet clothing label from the ground up. Including initial branding work to decide the direction of the brand and working with Kelvin to produce an initial collection centring around prison aesthetics and naughty culture.
PLANEPAT
Art Direction & Branding Design
Hand-Rendered & Illustrator
London, UK
October 2014 - October 2014
Worked with small, New York based, start-up apparel label Planepat to produce branding along with a small collection of apparel designs all of which centred around the concept of flight and The United States Air Force. Using jet fighter decals as inspiration.
FREDERICKS’S BAR
Graphic Design
InDesign
London, UK
September 2014 - September 2014
Fredrick's Bar, located in Islington, London needs some point-of-sale, menu and promotional assets for a brand-new terrace bar that Frederick's had opened. I was asked by agency Revolve to create the assets in keeping with Frederick's existing brand.
PEER:PEER
Art Direction & Branding Design
Hand-Rendered & Illustrator
London, UK
August 2014 - August 2014
Peer:Peer’s branding had to evoke the simplicity of the brands approach to learning. Peer:Peer wanted their brand to be perceived as no-nonsense and as easy as possible to understand whilst also being fun with colours taken from playing cards.
EGI
Design & Illustration
InDesign & Illustrator
Amsterdam, Netherlands
December 2013 – August 2014
Created a wide variety of print and digital work for GI’s headquarters in Amsterdam. Work produced included event marketing, brochures, infographics and brand enhancement which was all used around Europe with many audiences including makers and researchers.
OMNICOM
Storyboard Art
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
Macon, Georgia, US
July 2013 - July 2013
Omnicom, global leadership in marketing communications, required a variety of different storyboards for their annual, animated Christmas greeting card and, to that end, I worked with One-Eyed Robot to storyboard three separate options for Omnicom's to ultimately select.
PHILIPS
Illustration
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
London, UK
June 2013 - June 2013
In collaboration with Towers Watson, I was tasked with creating a series of hand-drawn illustrations to highlight important points within Philip's internal communication materials, particularly for a teamwork presentation developed in Prezi. The aim was to use visual elements to emphasise key concepts and enhancing the overall effectiveness of the presentation.
TOSHIBA
Artwork
After Effects
London, UK
May 2013 - May 2013
Using primarily After Effects for the first time I worked with agency to affectively artwork an OLV commercial for Toshiba new range of computing tablets for the global market. The work involved largely localising the videos across nearly every existing language.
KiNG OOH
Artwork
InDesign
London, UK
April 2013 - April 2013
King offered clients billboard advertising location in prominent areas across London. Working with King producing marketing cards to promote King's billboard OOH portfolio locations, outlining critical information such as average footfall and billboard dimensions.
SMART SMOKE
Artwork
Photoshop, InDesign & Illustrator
London, UK
March 2013 - March 2013
Smart Smoke was a start-up business looking to take over the vaping industry with their rebranded Chinese rubbish. I worked on retouching all photography, editing the packaging as well as working on the bar codes as well as creating manuals.
SUGAR RUSH
Illustration
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
London, UK
February 2013 - February 2013
Sugar Rush enlisted my services to create a series of scamp storyboards for their advertising pitch. The objective was to promote a child's banking initiative aimed at encouraging young individuals to save money. The storyboards presented a visual narrative to effectively convey the concept and engage the target audience.
WATCHTOWER GAMES
Art Direction & Branding Design
Illustrator & InDesign
Aloha, Oregon, US
January 2013 - January 2013
Watchtower Games were a new entry into the hobbyist board and card game industry. They were passionate gamers themselves and wanted to place that passion into their own products. I was required to create end-to-end branding for the firm.
ENDEMOL
Illustration
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
London, UK
December 2012 - December 2012
Hired by Endemol to produce work for, ‘Princess Story,’ a book to go along with a Disney ice Rink show. Since the project was marketed toward the child market, I worked in a children’s’ book illustration style combining traditional approaches with a digital watercolour technique.
THE SOUND PIPE
Storyboard Art
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
London, UK
November 2012 - November 2012
Created Storyboard Art for The Sound Pipe’s foray into the motion picture field. Traditionally created a total of two scenes for the film, introducing two characters of the very broad main before the whole film project was unceremoniously cancelled.
CREATURE
Illustration
Hand-Rendered
London, UK
September 2012 – October 2012
Creature magazine was a creative blog where artists are freely invited to contribute their work to. The theme for any work centred around creature in any way the artist sees fit. Creature aims to assists artists encouraging engagement, collaboration and pro-active networking.
RELATIONWISE
Infographic
Hand-Rendered & InDesign
London, UK
September 2012 September 2012
Relationwise offer a mobile solution to track a business’s net promoter score to help gauge performance over time and updated regularly instead of annually. I was asked to produce an infographic to promote the business to both their British & Danish markets.
CONTINENTAL REINSURANCE
Graphic Design
PowerPoint
London, UK
September 2012 - September 2012
Continental Insurance is a composite reinsurer offering capacity and services across the full spectrum of non-life and life business lines for the Pan-African market. I was asked to work up their annual report presentation outlining their turnover and accounts for that year.
ECP
Graphic Design
PowerPoint
London, UK
August 2012 - August 2012
ECP, a Pan-African private equity fund manager firm operating within the Pan-African market. Having been given the copy I was to create a trifold brochure using the copy and provided images whilst, surprisingly enough, sticking to ECP's existing brand guidelines.
OLAM
Graphic Design
PowerPoint
London, UK
August 2012 - August 2012
Continental Insurance is a composite reinsurer offering capacity and services across the full spectrum of non-life and life business lines for the Pan-African market. I was asked to work up their annual report presentation outlining their turnover and accounts for that year.
GROUNDFIGHTER
Apparel Design
Hand-Rendered & Illustrator
Portland, Oregon, US
July 2011 - July 2011
Worked with apparel start-up Groundfighter to produce some apparel designs for their opening range. The label was intended to be a more artistic approach to martial arts clothing and was inspired by Upper Playground. My design focussed on geometry and the Brazilian ju-jitsu dan.
UNREAL
Branding Design & Artwork
Photoshop & Illustrator
Boston, Massachusetts, US
June 2011 - June 2011
I was brought in by Wildfire Pro at a late stage to take a look at Unreal Candy’s branding concepts to add more interest and fit the concepts in to the existing brief more cohesively. This was ultimately achieved by using negative space as a focus for the logotype.
OMNIFIC
Storyboard Art
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
Costa Mesa, California, US
May 2011 - May 2011
Worked with California-based agency Omnific to produce a series of storyboard Art for a K-1 Speed Racing commercial pitch. The concept was created entirely by the agency and I was tasked with bringing their concept to life through static Storyboard Art.
8
Branding Design
Hand-Rendered & Illustrator
London, UK
December 2010 – May 2011
8 was to be an up-and-coming start-up producing a range of homemade toiletries for the domestic market. Working with 8 over a year I was asked to brand their business over several iterations of the business before the brand name, 8, was finally settled upon.
PAN VISION
Lead Art
Propriety Drawing Software
Stockholm, Sweden
December 2010 - December 2010
Based on the strength of my demonstration in Copenhagen I was ask to continue the same work with Pan Vision to assist them in showcasing THQ’s uDraw tablet peripheral for the Nintendo Wii at the Game video game expo in Stockholm, Sweden for a 3 days period.
THQ
Lead Art
Proprietary Hardware & Software
Woking, Surrey & Copenhagen, Denmark
December 2010 - December 2010
THQ’s uDraw tablet was a new type of controller tablet for the Wii. This was showcased at THQ’s headquarters as well as touring around London to online, offline outlets, Channel 5’s Gadget Show in Birmingham and Top Toy expo in Copenhagen, Denmark.
LIKELY STORY
Concept Art
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
London, UK
November 2010 - November 2010
Provided 2 pieces of hand-drawn conceptual work for film Pre-production to assist in setting the look, feel and tone of the film as well as character pieces to assist the casting manger in the casting process in finding suitable actors for the leads roles.
CAMDEN ROUNDHOUSE
Illustration
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
London, UK
October 2010 - October 2010
Created a series of illustrations for articles examining race in British society and its effects on the population. Secondly was The World Cup, focussing on fans and their behaviour overseas. Finally, Big Brother, looking at the fame that it bought and what its effects were.
GIVE-A-CAR
Graphic Design
Hand-Rendered & Illustrator
London, UK
September 2010 - September 2010
Worked with Give-a-Car to produce offline newspaper print advertising for their enterprise which gives users the chance to donate their car to charity. Give-a-Car was founded in 2010 and won the founder the Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year award in the same year.
INSIPID GAMES
Graphic Design & Artwork
Photoshop & InDesign
Maidenhead, UK
October 2008 – August 2009
Primarily worked on producing artwork for a football board game. The final product included customised dice, a board, a rule book and a plethora of cards. A lot of the work was Photoshop retouching to try and get the illustration up to a professional standard.
OLIVER JAMES
Graphic Design & Artwork
Hand-Rendered & Illustrator
London, UK
September 2009 - September 2009
Oliver James was a preppy clothing label start-up which was targeting the 13–18-year-old, upper class demographic with a focus on boarding school. I worked on the branding for the company which saw two separate incantations s using British animal motifs.
APW GALLERY
Visual Art Group Show
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
New York, US
August 2009 – August 2009
Participated in APW Gallery’s ‘Sketch It Out,’ group art show at their gallery in Queens, New York City. The theme was sketching - so I substituted my sketchbook with some sheets of loose paper and produced several pages of sketchbook work as individual pieces.
RIPS
Illustration & Packaging Design
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
Cheltenham, UK
June 2009 – July 2009
After initially working on a comic book panel piece for, ‘The Great Rip Up,’ contest I pitched a whole short series of panels which would make up a story. I won the competition and went ahead with the whole story concept, with the panels appearing on small Rips boxes.
THERAPY FILMS
Graphic Design
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
London, UK
April 2007 – May 2007
Produced Storyboards for Gabriella Cilmi’s single and music video, ‘Sweet About Me,’ from her debut album, ‘Lesson To Be Learned.’ The song went platinum in Australia, and reached the top 10 in the UK, becoming the UK’s 26th best-selling single of 2008.
FLAXON PTOOTCH
Visual Art Solo Show
Hand-Rendered
London, UK
March 2007 - March 2007
My first and only solo art show was held in Flaxen Pooch in Kentish Town in hair salon and by night becomes an art gallery. The collection was all the work I had been producing over the prior couple of years all done with markers on found wood and several pieces were sold.
BY INSTINCT
Graphic, Apparel & Presentation Design
Photoshop
London, UK
January 2006 - February 2007
Whilst as By Instinct I worked on several different accounts. Chiefly I was working on Swedish Navy, a military inspired clothing label. In addition, I was working in Patient Pak, a hope sanitation kit which was created in response to the rising Super-bug scare at the time.
DESPERATE VISION
Storyboard Art & Set Design
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
London, UK
Jne 2005 – September 2007
Initially I worked on some set designs for the production which was intended to be a lie action feature with stop-motion animation in the as well. Subsequently I worked on the main bulk of the storyboards for the production which was where the film ultimately stayed at.
OAKLEY SUNGLASSES
Illustration & Packaging Design
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
London, UK
May 2006 - May 2006
Was short-listed in a national contest to discover new talent and generate interest for Oakley’s Artist Series of Hijinx sunglasses, packaging and cleaning cloth. The Design was later picked up and manufactured privately by a sunglasses enthusiast.
FLAXON PTOOTCH
Visual Art Group Show
Hand-Rendered
London, UK
April 2006 - April 2006
While exploring smaller galleries in Camden, North London, I had the opportunity to connect with the owner of Flaxen Pooch in Kentish Town. This unique establishment serves as both a hairdresser during the day and transforms into an art gallery by night. Through this connection, I became involved in a group show, showcasing my in the gallery.
DON’T PANIC
Illustration
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
London, UK
March 2006 – March 2006
In collaboration with Don't Panic, a widely read national online and print magazine with a daily readership of 3,000, I was commissioned to create illustrations for an online article. Through my illustrations, I visually conveyed the intricate relationship between these media forms and their influence on the modern individual.
ROB CLIFFORD
Storyboard Art
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
London, UK
February 2006 - February 2006
Collaborating with emerging director Rob Clifford, I was entrusted with the task of creating a hand-drawn storyboard specifically designed to be presented to potential investors, aiming to secure the necessary financial support to bring Rob's film project to life.
ODDBINS
Branch Merchandise Art
Hand-Rendered
London, UK
January 2001 - 2006
Whilst working at wine merchants Odd bins, I was tasked with creating all merchandising for the branch including POS, window displays, pricing tickets all done entirely by hand. I was subsequently asked to work on different branches within the sales area.
UP CREATIVE
Storyboard Art
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
London, UK
December 2006 - December 2006
Worked with Up Creative to produce a series of storyboards for a pitch for Jackson and His Computer Band’s Utopia track. The concept and shot-list were all provided by the director and the song with further used in an O2 advertising campaign.
FIT MY STYLE
Apparel Design
Hand-Rendered & Illustrator
Wellington, New Zealand
November 2004 – November 2004
Fit My Style was a New Zealand-based start-up apparel company that utilised the Threadless model of having their range effectively decided by their audience with weekly contests. I was personally invited to participate and it was a pretty colossal waste of time.
TALES MAGAZINE
Comic Book Art
Hand-Rendered & Photoshop
London, UK
September 2004 - November 2004
After completing my HND I was approached by Tales Magazine and asked to produce two comic strips for their publication, on the strength of my end-of-year show work. The concept behind the magazine was to interpret fairy stories in whatever way the creators saw fit.
DANESFIELD HOUSE HOTEL & SPA
Commis - No. 3 Bartender
Marlow, UK
August 1998 - August 2000
Work from commis to No.3 responsible for event bars for corporate events as well as wedding reception and post-dinner bars as well as cocktail bar management and organisation of staff in French. Entrusted keyholder.
DREAMY COMICS
Comic Book Art
Hand-Rendered & Photocopied
Maidenhead, UK
July 1996 – August 1997
Whilst at college I worked on a short comic book story serving as a sequel to a previously published book, Clytemnestra & Johnny. I created character sheets, rough thumbnail sketches as well as produced the final artwork, for the story, traditionally done in pen and ink.
NOMINATIONS & AWARDS
Designer of The Year | Yuno Juno | 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
REFERENCES
Read Rory's website testimonials
LANGUAGES
English (mother tongue), French (advanced) Spanish (started learning), Gaelic (started learning)
HOBBIES & INTERESTS
Drawing, Painting, Walking, Running, Travelling, Music, Military History, Criminology, Cinema
VOLUNTEERING
Royal British Legion.