Ian Baird Email & Phone Number

North Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom

I design the full gamut of printables from small format to signage, vehicle wraps, bespoke event products, websites, animations and video content at Signman. Signman is a one-stop branding shop, and this gives me the opportunity to work with both new and existing clients to develop their marketing and event materials. We offer an extremely wide variety of.

I often spend my annual leave working through The Devil's Horsemen, Steve Dent Stunts, Film Horse Scotland and The Beautiful & Bearded Bastards on productions for film and tv. I've worked on film sets all over the UK and Ireland over the last 5 years, and love seeing the translation from set to screen and the camaraderie of the crew in the face of 3am call.

East Lothian, Scotland

2D and 3D motion graphics and animation for business branding, online interactives, websites, visual effects and product demos. I work predominantly in the Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects, but also use Davinci Resolve for editing and colour-grading video, and a number of rapidly developing open-source programs.

East Linton, East Lothian

I took over the existing Farm Shop with a business partner and my responsibilities were to rebrand and modernise the business, products and marketing materials. I developed a new website and successful social media channels, planned and executed large-scale events and created ‘foodie’ courses. I was also responsible for staff management, financial planning.

UK

This company installed and maintained the Seabird Centre’s remote cameras and I was offered work with them on further installations across the UK. These were remotely controlled wildlife cameras often located in sensitive and exposed areas, and installations required practical and technical skills to get the live stream online and make the user-end.

North Berwick, East Lothian

Starting as an interpretation guide in the Discovery Centre during High School and elevating to Assistant Manager. The role involved educating the public on seabird and sea mammal biology through talks, presentations and public speaking. I made several media appearances on behalf of the centre on BBC and Channel 4 programmes including Coast, Countryfile.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Zoology

Education record

Activities and Societies: Musical Theatre, Cricket, Debating Team, Football, Rugby, Fencing