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Hi, I’m Ruairidh Brunton, a Creative Lead and 2D animator with 8+ years of experience across educational, digital, and broadcast content. I love shaping visual storytelling, designing engaging characters and props, and guiding projects from concept to completion while keeping education objectives at the heart of the work. I enjoy leading teams, refining workflows, and collaborating with educators and clients to deliver high-quality content on time. I’m always exploring new tools and techniques to push the boundaries of 2D animation and create work that entertains, informs, and inspires.…Hi, I’m Ruairidh Brunton, a Creative Lead and 2D animator with 8+ years of experience across educational, digital, and broadcast content. I love shaping visual storytelling, designing engaging characters and props, and guiding projects from concept to completion while keeping education objectives at the heart of the work. I enjoy leading teams, refining workflows, and collaborating with educators and clients to deliver high-quality content on time. I’m always exploring new tools and techniques to push the boundaries of 2D animation and create work that entertains, informs, and inspires.

Ruairidh Brunton

Animator, 2D Animator, Creative Director, +6

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Hi, I’m Ruairidh Brunton, a Creative Lead and 2D animator with 8+ years of experience across educational, digital, and broadcast content. I love shaping visual storytelling, designing engaging characters and props, and guiding projects from concept to completion while keeping education objectives at the heart of the work. I enjoy leading teams, refining workflows, and collaborating with educators and clients to deliver high-quality content on time. I’m always exploring new tools and techniques to push the boundaries of 2D animation and create work that entertains, informs, and inspires.…Hi, I’m Ruairidh Brunton, a Creative Lead and 2D animator with 8+ years of experience across educational, digital, and broadcast content. I love shaping visual storytelling, designing engaging characters and props, and guiding projects from concept to completion while keeping education objectives at the heart of the work. I enjoy leading teams, refining workflows, and collaborating with educators and clients to deliver high-quality content on time. I’m always exploring new tools and techniques to push the boundaries of 2D animation and create work that entertains, informs, and inspires.

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Hi, I’m Ruairidh Brunton, a Creative Lead and 2D animator with 8+ years of experience across educational, digital, and broadcast content. I love shaping visual storytelling, designing engaging characters and props, and guiding projects from concept to completion while keeping education objectives at the heart of the work.

I enjoy leading teams, refining workflows, and collaborating with educators and clients to deliver high-quality content on time. I’m always exploring new tools and techniques to push the boundaries of 2D animation and create work that entertains, informs, and inspires.

Skills

2D Animation

Toon Boom Harmony

Animation

Adobe Character Animator

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro

Experience Level

2D Animation

Expert

Toon Boom Harmony

Expert

Animation

Expert

Adobe Character Animator

Expert

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro

Expert

Moho Pro

Expert

Blender

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Creative Lead (Team Leader & Lead Animator) at Twinkl Educational Publishing

April 1, 2022 - December 31, 2025

Oversee full animation and game pipelines; direct involvement in storyboarding, character/prop design, rigging, animation, and post-production. Direct visual style while designing and animating assets for EYFS, KS1, and KS2 educational content. Collaborated with educators to translate learning objectives into animation briefs and wrote engaging, age-appropriate scripts. Authored brand books and style guides to ensure visual consistency. Ensured timely delivery of partner projects (e.g. Disney) in alignment with brand and creative guidelines. Streamlined workflows through structured systems and production standards, including asset sizing and optimisation, naming conventions, animation calculators, Jira, and SyncSketch. Provided mentorship, ran reviews, and supported recruitment and salary discussions.

2D Facial Animator at Fudge Animation Studios

May 1, 2022 - February 28, 2023

Contributed to the TV production Olly (BabyTV), animating facial expressions across four unique character rigs for five broadcast episodes. Maintained brand consistency while enhancing emotional depth using Smart Bones and Morph Actions. Managed detailed production logs and time sheets.

Lead Character Animator at Essence Cartoon

December 1, 2018 - April 1, 2022

Worked across the full production pipeline: character design, rigging, animation, storyboarding, and post. Oversaw team delivery while directly producing animation for high-performing YouTube content. Delivered external workshops and supported team development in Adobe Character Animator and Photoshop. Handled client communication and creative approvals.

2D Animator at Blueline Learning

August 1, 2021 - January 31, 2022

Created animated training content for law enforcement and public-sector learning. Collaborated with writers and editors to ensure clarity and audience engagement.