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I'm a professional illustrator and animator, from London with over ten years' experience delivering creative work across brand, product, and marketing. I work from early sketching and concept development through to final execution, and have worked client-side, agency-side, and freelance, collaborating with global brands throughout. My work spans across print, digital, and motion, with experience across branding, illustration, animation, storyboarding, and large-scale visual projects. I thrive working collaboratively within a team, and am equally comfortable working independently when a project calls for focused, heads-down work.…I'm a professional illustrator and animator, from London with over ten years' experience delivering creative work across brand, product, and marketing. I work from early sketching and concept development through to final execution, and have worked client-side, agency-side, and freelance, collaborating with global brands throughout. My work spans across print, digital, and motion, with experience across branding, illustration, animation, storyboarding, and large-scale visual projects. I thrive working collaboratively within a team, and am equally comfortable working independently when a project calls for focused, heads-down work.

James Boast

Illustrator, 2D Animator, Storyboard Artist, +5

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I'm a professional illustrator and animator, from London with over ten years' experience delivering creative work across brand, product, and marketing. I work from early sketching and concept development through to final execution, and have worked client-side, agency-side, and freelance, collaborating with global brands throughout. My work spans across print, digital, and motion, with experience across branding, illustration, animation, storyboarding, and large-scale visual projects. I thrive working collaboratively within a team, and am equally comfortable working independently when a project calls for focused, heads-down work.…I'm a professional illustrator and animator, from London with over ten years' experience delivering creative work across brand, product, and marketing. I work from early sketching and concept development through to final execution, and have worked client-side, agency-side, and freelance, collaborating with global brands throughout. My work spans across print, digital, and motion, with experience across branding, illustration, animation, storyboarding, and large-scale visual projects. I thrive working collaboratively within a team, and am equally comfortable working independently when a project calls for focused, heads-down work.

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I’m a professional illustrator and animator, from London with over ten years’ experience delivering creative work across brand, product, and marketing. I work from early sketching and concept development through to final execution, and have worked client-side, agency-side, and freelance, collaborating with global brands throughout. My work spans across print, digital, and motion, with experience across branding, illustration, animation, storyboarding, and large-scale visual projects.

I thrive working collaboratively within a team, and am equally comfortable working independently when a project calls for focused, heads-down work.

Skills

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Editorial Illustration

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Infographic

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Character Design

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Language

English

Fluent

Spanish; Castilian

Beginner

Work Experience

Illustration and Design Intern

January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2011

Illustration and Design. Collaborated with Marketing, PR and directors to design illustrations and graphics. Assisted with setting up exhibitions, liaising with clients and assembling PDF portfolios.

Illustrator at Rushwrap Magazine

January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2011

Created visual content, assisted with art direction, production and printing of the magazine.

Illustrator at Jelly London

January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2012

Worked on a range of projects creating storyboards, final illustrations and animations. Designed visual content that lived across various platforms.

Junior Illustrator at Brand Union

January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2014

I worked with Brand Union to create over 30 illustrations for social assets for Allianz. The illustrations had to work with Allianz brand guidelines, to live on various social media campaigns, animations, billboard and printed materials.

Midweight Illustrator and Designer at Brand Union

January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2016

Delivered illustration work across the business, including infographics, the design of over 120 icons, animated GIFs for social assets, and murals for office environments.

Midweight Illustrator and Designer

January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2018

Midweight Illustrator and Designer responsible for continued illustration and design work.

Lead Illustrator and Animator

January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2019

Led illustration and animation projects, coordinating visual assets and production.

Senior Illustrator

January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2019

Senior Illustrator producing high-level visuals and animations, mentoring teammates and rising project responsibilities.

Senior Illustrator and Designer

January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2020

Partnered with in-house teams to develop illustrations for internal and external use, storyboarded visual narratives for client-facing presentations and meetings; partnered with Amazon to deliver a mural for their Sydney office and developed illustrations and animations for internal communications across the organisation; worked with Hackney Council on illustrated assets including print and social media content and large-scale hoarding installations; led the design and execution of a large-scale mural for EcoATM; extended visual systems to digital assets across web and social media; designed icons and animations for Coinbase; provided creative direction by briefing and overseeing other designers.

Senior Illustrator and Designer

January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2021

Collaborated with MZB Services to illustrate their entire coffee label range; contributed to packaging branding and created illustrated assets for walls, packaging and online.

Midweight Illustrator and Designer

January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022

Designed illustrations, icons, and Lottie animations throughout the app; provided feedback and collaborated with development and product teams to create assets for web, marketing and social media.

Senior Illustrator and Animator

January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2025

Designed illustrations, icons and Lottie animations throughout the app; collaborated with other creatives to ensure branding consistency across web, marketing and social channels; worked with a broad range of clients including Amazon, Coinbase, and others mentioned in the portfolio.