Zoe Moorton
Mobile: 07896367583 Email: zoemoorton@gmail.com Portfolio:zoemoorton.myportfolio.com
Profile
A talented and innovative artist who is brimming with imagination and bursting with enthusiasm. Actively seeks out challenges and opportunities to learn. Grasps concepts easily and immerses herself in the task at hand. Respectful and mindful of all backgrounds and is genuinely invested in clients, her creative outcomes and team members.
Education and Training
Education
BA 2:1 (Hons) Animation & Visual Effects (Buckinghamshire New University 2014 – 2017)
A Levels: English Language (B) Fine Art (B) Textiles (C) (Varndean College, Brighton 2011 – 2013)
Software Experience (Mac & Windows literate)
Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Lightroom, InDesign, Premier Pro, Dreamweaver, Bridge, Xd, Media Encoder, Audition, Fireworks
Autodesk: Maya, 3Ds Max, MudBox
Other: ZBrush, Substance Painter, Sublime Text, Blender
Skills:
Strong Draftsmanship, Digital Painting & Vector Illustration; Photography & Photo Manipulation; 3D Animation, 3D Modelling, Sculpting & Motion Graphics; Lighting, Colour Development and Composition; UX Design & Wireframing; HTML & CSS
Employment History
Marketing Manager & Creative, The Like Minded Animation & Film Studio (July 2019 – Present) Hybrid role
Creative: Support the team with concept art, storyboarding, infographics & illustrations. Confidently deliver pitches and concepts to Directors.
Creative: Support the team with concept art, storyboarding, infographics & illustrations. Confidently deliver pitches and concepts to Directors.
Marketing: Manage the Wordpress website (drastically improved site speed and SEO), all marketing & social media (increasing follower and engagement levels), content writing, analyse data & drive strategy using Google Analytics and S.M.A.R.T goals. Using Campaign Monitor; oversaw and scheduled editorial emails.
Entered us into & became Finalists for both: The Drum Awards & Shark Kinsale Awards. Direct point of communication and liaison with Awards companies.
Web & Graphic Designer, Brastop (March 2019 – July 2019)
Brastop’s sole designer.
Designed, built and scheduled 4-5 unique sales emails (Bronto) weekly.
Individually responsible for the design and maintenance of the (custom built) website.
Created Printed inserts for Brastop packaging.
Created Printed inserts for Brastop packaging.
Contributed to their ongoing Brand Redesign Project.
Oversaw, Event Managed & Directed Photo Shoots. Manipulated photos to be e-commerce and catalogue ready & made sure they were archived and stored safely.
Worked closely with Social Media Executive to create original illustrations and videos (live-action). Storyboarded any in-house filming.
Junior Digital Designer, The Perfume Shop (June 2017 – March 2019)
E-commerce: Update campaigns adhering to brand guidelines, build HTML pages and upload content using Hybris to ensure that our customers have an excellent user experience when visiting our multi-platform compatible UK & ROI websites, and The Perfume Shop App.
Social Media: Creatively oversee, manage and distribute assets. Create graphics, 2D animations, gifs and icons across our social media platforms.
E-commerce: Update campaigns adhering to brand guidelines, build HTML pages and upload content using Hybris to ensure that our customers have an excellent user experience when visiting our multi-platform compatible UK & ROI websites, and The Perfume Shop App.
Social Media: Creatively oversee, manage and distribute assets. Create graphics, 2D animations, gifs and icons across our social media platforms.
Customer Relations Marketing: following a brief; rapidly design & build Editorial, Promotional and Personal emails.
Key achievements in this role:
Completed Online Courses: HTML & CSS and UX Design: Designing for Humanity
Significant involvement in The Perfume Shop’s Rebrand 2018. Quickly familiarised myself with coding languages (HTML and CSS) and developed and delivered web pages to projects which are now live and publicly available. (Including rebuilding 100’s for rebrand.)
Project Managed multiple projects from concept to live responsive results.
Campaign Changeovers using HAC, CMS & HMC
Manage multiple monthly internal infographics.
Attended Social Media Training at Facebook’s London Office.
First Aid at Work Trained (2017-2020) St John’s Ambulance
Freelance Projects:
Illustrator, Radisson Blu, Dubai (August 2019)
Designed, Illustrated and created a Print-Ready Welcome Card for the 2019 opening
2D Animation & Digital Media Designer, FuseSchool (June 2018 – Present)
Design, develop and deliver 2D tutorial videos, consisting of original vector assets, animated motion graphics and edited audio, using Illustrator, Audition and After Effects
Logo Designer, International Nursery Company, India (2014)
Other Relevant Work Experience:
Editor – Bucks Student Newspaper at Buckinghamshire New University (2016-2017)
Improving student involvement numbers by over 3 times
Subsequently won the Media Contributor of the Year Award 2017
Digital Artist Internship – Aspire Katara Hospitality, Qatar (2015)
Personal Achievements
Mentored by Jim Cornish in Storyboarding & Cinematography
Adventured on my own to Rishikesh, India, where I trained as a Yoga Instructor (200hr YTT Qualified) & am now a registered Yoga & Meditation Teacher for multiple companies including Anytime Fitness & The Gym Group
At University: Committee member of two societies and a sports team; Mentored a mature student; Was recommended & nominated by faculty & students as the first Green Ambassador; Student Ambassador; Competed on the Volleyball Team & Coached weekly sessions; Trained with Volleyball England to become a Volleyball Ambassador; Taught Yoga classes & workshops
Lived in six countries (UK, Greece, UAE, Turkey, Oman and Qatar)
Able to read, write & speak Greek & French at a conversational level
Thank you! I will get back to you as soon as possible.Zoe