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Make Those Mistakes: Gavin Strange’s Journey to Director and Designer at Aardman Animations
In this episode of Careers Unwrapped, host Mark Fawcett is joined by Gavin Strange, Director and Designer at Aardman Animations.
Join them as they:
And much more!
Gavin Strange is currently a Director and Designer at Aardman Animations, an animation company based in Bristol known for their work on Wallace and Gromit. He has been with the company since 2008, initially working as Senior Online Designer. Prior to joining Aardman, Gavin was the Owner of the freelance web and graphic design company, JamFactory. If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate and review it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts, instructions on how to do this are here.
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Previous guests include: Phil Harding, archaeologist from Time Team; Deborah Meaden, investor on Dragons' Den; Andrew Barnabas, musical composer; Fiona Campbell of BBC Iplayer & BBC Three; Emma Keller of Nestlé; Nick Telson-Sillett, entrepreneur, an angel investor, a podcaster, a startup mentor, and a public speaker; Tessa Clarke, Co-founder & CEO of Olio; Peter Hopwood, Global Tedx Storytelling and Speaker Coach;
If you are interested in joining Careers Unwrapped as a guest, please complete this form: fame.so/waf-guest
Join them as they:
- Discuss where Gavin fits in the team behind the likes of Wallace and Gromit
- Explore Gavin’s journey from secondary school art to a graphic design course
- Examine Gavin’s approach to rejection
- Touch on the morality around creative being asked to do free work to prove their worth
- Highlight why mistakes are not a bad thing
And much more!
Gavin Strange is currently a Director and Designer at Aardman Animations, an animation company based in Bristol known for their work on Wallace and Gromit. He has been with the company since 2008, initially working as Senior Online Designer. Prior to joining Aardman, Gavin was the Owner of the freelance web and graphic design company, JamFactory. If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate and review it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts, instructions on how to do this are here.
Connect with Gavin Strange
Connect with Mark Fawcett
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Previous guests include: Phil Harding, archaeologist from Time Team; Deborah Meaden, investor on Dragons' Den; Andrew Barnabas, musical composer; Fiona Campbell of BBC Iplayer & BBC Three; Emma Keller of Nestlé; Nick Telson-Sillett, entrepreneur, an angel investor, a podcaster, a startup mentor, and a public speaker; Tessa Clarke, Co-founder & CEO of Olio; Peter Hopwood, Global Tedx Storytelling and Speaker Coach;
If you are interested in joining Careers Unwrapped as a guest, please complete this form: fame.so/waf-guest
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In this episode of Careers Unwrapped, host Mark Fawcett is joined by Gavin Strange, Director and Designer at Aardman Animations.
Join them as they:
And much more!
Gavin Strange is currently a Director and Designer at Aardman Animations, an animation company based in Bristol known for their work on Wallace and Gromit. He has been with the company since 2008, initially working as Senior Online Designer. Prior to joining Aardman, Gavin was the Owner of the freelance web and graphic design company, JamFactory. If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate and review it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts, instructions on how to do this are here.
Connect with Gavin Strange
Connect with Mark Fawcett
Check out our three most downloaded episodes:
Previous guests include: Phil Harding, archaeologist from Time Team; Deborah Meaden, investor on Dragons' Den; Andrew Barnabas, musical composer; Fiona Campbell of BBC Iplayer & BBC Three; Emma Keller of Nestlé; Nick Telson-Sillett, entrepreneur, an angel investor, a podcaster, a startup mentor, and a public speaker; Tessa Clarke, Co-founder & CEO of Olio; Peter Hopwood, Global Tedx Storytelling and Speaker Coach;
If you are interested in joining Careers Unwrapped as a guest, please complete this form: fame.so/waf-guest
Join them as they:
- Discuss where Gavin fits in the team behind the likes of Wallace and Gromit
- Explore Gavin’s journey from secondary school art to a graphic design course
- Examine Gavin’s approach to rejection
- Touch on the morality around creative being asked to do free work to prove their worth
- Highlight why mistakes are not a bad thing
And much more!
Gavin Strange is currently a Director and Designer at Aardman Animations, an animation company based in Bristol known for their work on Wallace and Gromit. He has been with the company since 2008, initially working as Senior Online Designer. Prior to joining Aardman, Gavin was the Owner of the freelance web and graphic design company, JamFactory. If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate and review it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts, instructions on how to do this are here.
Connect with Gavin Strange
Connect with Mark Fawcett
- We Are Futures
Check out our three most downloaded episodes:
- From Dreams to Reality: Camila Holden-Ayala’s Journey to Senior Account Manager at Broadcast Revolution
- How to Kickstart your Career by Asking Questions with Bhushan Sethi, Partner at Strategy&
- Make Mistakes… Then Learn From Them! With Rahul Moodgal, Director of Parvus Asset Management
Previous guests include: Phil Harding, archaeologist from Time Team; Deborah Meaden, investor on Dragons' Den; Andrew Barnabas, musical composer; Fiona Campbell of BBC Iplayer & BBC Three; Emma Keller of Nestlé; Nick Telson-Sillett, entrepreneur, an angel investor, a podcaster, a startup mentor, and a public speaker; Tessa Clarke, Co-founder & CEO of Olio; Peter Hopwood, Global Tedx Storytelling and Speaker Coach;
If you are interested in joining Careers Unwrapped as a guest, please complete this form: fame.so/waf-guest