Animation discussion: Marketing yourself online

This panel is presented by the ScreenSkills Animation Skills Fund and She Drew That. 

As creatives we are often tempted to focus on the quality of our work alone, but how can social media help you to reach clients, get freelance projects and provide your work with the exposure it deserves?

Join a panel of professional animation and design creatives to discuss how they started, and continue, to successfully use digital platforms in their professional work, and learn how you can use social media to enhance your career.

There will be the opportunity to ask the panel questions at the end of the session via the chat function.

Speakers

Hannah Lau-Walker - She Drew That 

Hannah Lau-Walker is an animator and founder of She Drew That a monthly workshop which connects female freelancers to directors and women in industry. The workshop includes talks by female directors, weekly animation feedback sessions and a monthly meetup.

Katie Menzies - Cabeza Patata

Katie Menzies is co-founder and director of Cabeza Patata, a creative studio specialising in character design. Working for clients such as Google, Spotify and the New York Times, Cabeza Patata’s world of characters is full of energy and positivity and always maintains a focus on diversity and female empowerment.

Katy Wang 

Katy Wang is an animator and director represented by Blink Ink. She is drawn to bringing playful characters to life through bold colours and textural brush strokes and has received numerous accolades for her work including the D&AD New Blood award and a nomination to the UK Music Video Awards.

Bee Grandinetti – Panimation

Bee Grandinetti is an animation director represented by Hornet and co-founder of Panimation, a community of over 4,000 women, trans and non binary people working in animation and motion graphics around the world. The platform promotes diversity in the creative industry and inspires and supports people to exchange ideas and share their knowledge and experiences.

Hayley Akins - Motion Hatch

Hayley Akins is a motion graphics designer and the founder of Motion Hatch, a platform which aims to help motion designers and animators get advice and support with the things that sometimes seem hard and boring, like knowing what to charge clients and how to protect your business with contracts.

This event is supported by the ScreenSkills Animation Skills Fund with contributions from UK animation productions.

This session will take place online via Zoom. Click ‘get ticket’ to reserve your place: you must login or register before you are able to get a ticket for this event. Before the start of the session, a joining link will be sent to you via email.

If you are no longer able to use your ticket, we ask you to please contact support@screenskills.com  so that we can release your place. Our sessions are often oversubscribed, so we’d like to give other freelancers the opportunity to fill available spots. Thank you for your consideration.