Sarah Simpson Email & Phone Number

CURRENT POSITION - Senior Experience Designer at Fresh EggPREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE- Digital Designer at Lightful- Assistant Producer at Pesky Productions creating CBeebies series Boj.- Creative Director at Box of Frogs Media specialising in creating children's digital app books.- Company director, freelance animator & designer for 10+ years.- Professional photographer at Sarah Bird Photography winning Sussex Fashion Photographer of the Year in 2011.- Company Director at Brown & Sticky Productions Ltd developing children's TV content.- Trained at Gobelins Character Animation Summer School 2009.- Former Lead Animator at Blue-Zoo productions.AWARDS- Winner of Sussex Fashion Photographer of the Year 2011.- BAFTA winner for 3D work created on the CBeebies Big & Small online game with Plug-in Media.- Nominated for Freelancer of the Year at the 2008 DiMA's (Digital Media Awards).- Nominated for an FITC 2009 award.- BAFTA nominated animation & a gold Promax Award for "Best Childrens Promo" for work created with Blue-Zoo Productions & Red Bee Media on Level Up.ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES- Organising animation events for the Brighton Animator's Networking Group (BANG) including group collaborative projects & events involving animation projected on to buildings.- Co-organising events for the Flash Brighton group.- Previously founder and organiser of the Vine Brighton business networking group.- Setting industry briefs to BA students at Sussex Downs College to create design & animation work for 4 years running.- Awarded funding by UK Film Council/Screen South to create an animated short film. It was shown at cinemas in UK and went to many worldwide film festivals.- Featured on BBC South News promoting the National Centre of Computer Animation at Bournemouth University & my animation work was shown as part of the news piece. The same animation then got listed in the BBC Southern Counties Film Festival.

Listed skills include Animation, After Effects, Premiere, Flash, and 24 others.