I’m a motion designer and creative director based in Norwich, UK, leading animation teams at Meantime Studio while running Milk and Peppers as a freelance studio. I push creative boundaries and explore innovative animation techniques, guiding clients through the process and delivering effective motion design solutions. I collaborate with organizations across diverse sectors, including social impact, tech, and government, and enjoy mentoring juniors, sharing new workflows, and continually evolving my craft.…

Jack Purling

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I’m a motion designer and creative director based in Norwich, UK, leading animation teams at Meantime Studio while running Milk and Peppers as a freelance studio. I push creative boundaries and explore innovative animation techniques, guiding clients through the process and delivering effective motion design solutions. I collaborate with organizations across diverse sectors, including social impact, tech, and government, and enjoy mentoring juniors, sharing new workflows, and continually evolving my craft.…

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I’m a motion designer and creative director based in Norwich, UK, leading animation teams at Meantime Studio while running Milk and Peppers as a freelance studio. I push creative boundaries and explore innovative animation techniques, guiding clients through the process and delivering effective motion design solutions.

I collaborate with organizations across diverse sectors, including social impact, tech, and government, and enjoy mentoring juniors, sharing new workflows, and continually evolving my craft.

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Work Experience

Animation Lead at Meantime Studio
January 1, 2022 - November 20, 2025
Lead the animation team in developing and implementing new techniques, maintain personal motion design workload, and collaborate with clients to guide them through the process, addressing issues swiftly and to their satisfaction. Contributed to projects across social impact, tech, and banking sectors.
Freelance Animation at Milk and Peppers
January 1, 2020 - November 20, 2025
Freelance animation work through Milk and Peppers, pushing creative output and experimenting with techniques not pursued in-house. Studio has collaborated with Red Cross, Shelter, Greenpeace; as a sole trader, manage organisation and communication with other creatives to ensure client needs are met.
Senior Animator at Curveball Media
January 1, 2018 - November 20, 2025
Senior Animator responsible for mentoring juniors, refining motion design skills, and exploring new animation techniques. Collaborated closely with clients to guide them through the creative process and ensure their needs were met across diverse projects including social impact and tech sectors.

Education

BA(Hons) Animation at Norwich University of the Arts
January 11, 2030 - November 20, 2025
BTEC in Media Production (Triple Merit) at Norwich City College
January 11, 2030 - November 20, 2025

Qualifications

BTEC in Media Production (Triple Merit)
January 11, 2030 - November 20, 2025

Industry Experience

Education, Media & Entertainment, Non-Profit Organization, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Government
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    uniE608 Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
    Created during my time as Senior animator at Curveball Media, this explainer video was created as part of a wider campaign, to encourage people to get moving and give physiotherapists guidance on how to do that explainervideo animator video motiondesign…
    uniE608 Heat Action Platform
    Explainer video for the Heat Action Platform, a tool to help policy makers across the world, create effective plans in combating climate change explainervideo…
    uniE608 John Muir Trust
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    uniE608 Redwell Brewing
    Motion branding work for Redwell Brewery. Redwell were creating a new website, working with designer Oliver Milner-Smith we saw a fantastic opportunity to inject a bit of playful motion design into their branding, which boasts vibrant illustration in their can designs. This video is a montage of the work created for the website, playful interactable elements and some social media content created for the launch. motiondesign motionbranding socialmedia animator…
    uniE608 Beach hut 6
    Social media promotional video to advertise high end beach hut rental- Beach Hut 6 on the North Norfolk Coast Advert socialmedia animator aniamtion…
    uniE608 NUA Student support
    Some simple social media content for students returning to studies explainervideo animation socialmedia…
    uniE608 Virtual Schools
    Explainer video for the Virtual school scheme, which allows students that may struggle in the traditional education environment to still learn and flourish. This video was crated to explain common questions students may have about the scheme in a friendly relaxed style explainervideo animator animation…
    uniE608 MSF Practecal
    Explainer video to talk about MSF's work with Tuberculosis patients and their revolutionary new Practecal treatment. This video is a shorter edit of a longer 5 minute piece. Working with agency Shape History who scripted and produced the video, I developed the visual style and animated the piece. Sound design by Tigerbear Audio animation video explainervideo animator…
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    Social media content to promote Jordie Tomas' new Strawberry Gum track. Designed and animated by myself, created in cinema 4d and aftereffects to give it massive 80's vibes video socialmedia content musicvideo animation…
    uniE608 MSF - 100 years of Insulin
    Motion design video to highlight inequalities surrounding access to insulin for MSF. Produced by Shape History agency Sound design by TigerBear video explainervideo animator…