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Hi, I’m Maya Manor, a freelance illustrator and 2D animator based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. I work with digital and traditional media to create expressive characters, environments, storyboards, and branded visuals for education and tech companies. I’m passionate about aesthetics, a fast learner with strong autodidactic skills, and I love collaborating with teams and clients to craft polished, impactful designs. I strive for perfection and enjoy turning complex ideas into accessible, beautiful animations and illustrations.…Hi, I’m Maya Manor, a freelance illustrator and 2D animator based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. I work with digital and traditional media to create expressive characters, environments, storyboards, and branded visuals for education and tech companies. I’m passionate about aesthetics, a fast learner with strong autodidactic skills, and I love collaborating with teams and clients to craft polished, impactful designs. I strive for perfection and enjoy turning complex ideas into accessible, beautiful animations and illustrations.

Maya Manor

Illustrator, 2D Animator, Children’s Book Illustrator, +2

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Hi, I’m Maya Manor, a freelance illustrator and 2D animator based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. I work with digital and traditional media to create expressive characters, environments, storyboards, and branded visuals for education and tech companies. I’m passionate about aesthetics, a fast learner with strong autodidactic skills, and I love collaborating with teams and clients to craft polished, impactful designs. I strive for perfection and enjoy turning complex ideas into accessible, beautiful animations and illustrations.…Hi, I’m Maya Manor, a freelance illustrator and 2D animator based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. I work with digital and traditional media to create expressive characters, environments, storyboards, and branded visuals for education and tech companies. I’m passionate about aesthetics, a fast learner with strong autodidactic skills, and I love collaborating with teams and clients to craft polished, impactful designs. I strive for perfection and enjoy turning complex ideas into accessible, beautiful animations and illustrations.

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Hi, I’m Maya Manor, a freelance illustrator and 2D animator based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. I work with digital and traditional media to create expressive characters, environments, storyboards, and branded visuals for education and tech companies.

I’m passionate about aesthetics, a fast learner with strong autodidactic skills, and I love collaborating with teams and clients to craft polished, impactful designs. I strive for perfection and enjoy turning complex ideas into accessible, beautiful animations and illustrations.

Skills

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Language

English

Fluent

Hebrew (modern)

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Dutch

Advanced

Work Experience

2D Animator/Illustrator at BrainPOP

November 1, 2021 - February 1, 2024

Created 20+ animated educational movies for children; developed elaborate storyboards, visually planning scenes and making major directing decisions; illustrated environments, characters and other visual elements; produced smooth cutout and frame-by-frame animations; simplified complex ideas into easy-to-understand, beautiful animation sequences; contributed to branding and visual storytelling within a team setting.

Social Media Illustrator at Hebrew Academy

November 1, 2021 - November 1, 2022

Illustrated images for social media posts telling anecdotes about the Hebrew language; led the weekly illustrated column “Names and Meanings”.

Freelance Illustrator

March 1, 2024 - Present

Freelance illustration and animation work including digital and traditional illustration, storyboarding, brand illustration, character and environment design; created 3 children's picture books Stella the Pelican, Kommissarin Lolo, and Babooni & Babooniko; collaborated with authors and publishers; produced branding for tech companies and educational content.