Jack Allen

Jack Allen

Head of CreativeUnited Kingdom
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Jack Allen

Jack Allen

Head of CreativeUnited Kingdom
Projects
  • Jack Allen - ShowreelThis is a short, 2-minute showreel highlighting some of my work over my time working in video. You'll see projects from cartoon animation, through to live action promotional videos. Clients include JACK fm Berkshire, Oxfordshire Fostering and Leeds City College.
Work history
    Head of Creative
    As Head of Creative, I head up the Video Production department, as well as performing my managerial duties) and work on a range of other new media products such as apps, augmented reality and interactive videos. The focus of my video work is wide, ranging from live-action shoots, including all planning and scripting, to animated infographics, even to animated music videos. Here, as part of The Creation Lab, I have been nominated for “Best Use of Video in Business” at the Kent Digital Awards 2016. I also look over workflow and processes on the whole within the company, from web development to design, to ensure smooth day-to-day operations within the company. This includes the introduction of new staff initiatives, such as the Lab Chats (internal staff evaluation scheme). I look over new direct sales to the business, from trade show leads to web-generated leads. This has given me experience working with CRM systems and managing cash flow.
    Senior New Media Producer
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    I moved to The Creation Lab to head up their Video Production department and work on a range of other new media products such as apps, augmented reality and interactive videos. In this role I devised the ideas, storyboarded, organised and filmed small scale video shoots, from QVC infomercials to presenter-led promotional videos for Bluewater and multi-actor shoots like the #GiveJakeHope campaign for Oxford Fostering. I have also done animation ranging from infographic videos to cartoon music videos.
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Skills
  • Advertising
  • Digital Media
  • Marketing PR
  • Animation
  • Camera Operation
  • Digital Video
  • Motion Design
  • After Effects
  • Illustrator
  • Photoshop
Education
    English Language and Linguistics
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    Focusing on how to use language to speak to various audiences, I studied this course because it was a topic I found engaging and particularly interesting from an entertainment point of view.