Experience

Studio Assistant for Cadi Catlow (April 2024 – May 2024)​ (Feb 2026 - current)

• Set dressing and prop making for a series of short films commissioned

                by the Cumbria Wildlife Trust

• Responsible for transporting puppets and backdrops from workshop to studio

 

Screenskills Animation Trainee Finder (Nov 2025 - current)

• One of 25 successful applicants, focusing on stop motion opportunities

 

Aardman Academy: Assistant Animator Training WECA (Oct 2025 - Nov 2025)

• Training under Will Becher, Adrian Piqueras Sanchez and Marnik Loysen. Based in the Gas Ferry Road studio

• Focus on refining sculpting techniques to be industry standard, particularly in the Aardman style

 

Animation Assistant on ‘Eyeliner’ at the NFTS (August 2025)

• Animating on difficult shots for the short film

• Animating with another animator on the same shot - therefore responsible for adjusting my performance to work with another animator’s choices

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Stop Motion Professional – (Oct 2024 - Nov 2024)

• Taught by Will Becher (Director of Farmaggedon) 

• Intensive 5 week course in Aardman studios polishing my showreel

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Modelmaking Assistant to Holly Jo Beck (June 2024 - July 2024)

http://www.joarts.com/ 

• Drafted patterns for puppets' clothing using the director's specifications​

• Independently responsible for the fabrication of two identical suits of armour

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‘Nobody to Play With’ Student Film – Director and Stop Motion Animator (Oct 2022 – June 2023)

https://vimeo.com/animationaub/nobodytoplaywith     password if required: aub2023 

• Director of a stop motion film, in charge of a team of artists

• Variety of roles; set designer, animator, character designer, storyboard artist

• Cinematography and lighting

• Became well versed in character acting and showing emotions through animation

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Aardman Animation Intern (Sep 2022 – Sep 2022)

• Worked closely with Animation Assistants to sculpt replacement mouths used on 'Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget'

• Improved model making skills, particularly with plasticine

• Gained experience working on a production set with a professional team

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 Education

BA (Hons) - Animation Production, Arts University Bournemouth (Oct 2020 – July 2023)

UAL Level 4 Diploma in Art and Design Foundation Studies – Merit (Aug 2020)

A-Levels - Art and Design (A), History (A), Biology (C), Hayesfield Mixed Sixth Form (Sep 2017 – Jul 2019)

Diploma in Musical Theatre Singing, DipLCM Trinity (Apr 2018)

 

Skills

Dragonframe, Toon Boom Harmony, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Clip Studio Paint

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References available upon request

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