Laura is a Creative Director working for the music and advertising industry.
Former Head of Digital Creative at Warner Bros. Records UK, Laura helped drive new ways to innovate in the digital and music landscape, leading creative direction for digital marketing campaigns and content strategy for established and emerging artist's in the UK.
Prior to that Laura was a Creative Director and Strategist at UNIT9 where she collaborated on and directed projects utilising technologies like VR, AR and AI.
Her passions vary from innovation, technology and UX, to all dance genres, sailing and making Spotify playlists on a Sunday rainy morning.
For more and latest projects check out www.laura-cortes.com
Projects
- Big Bang ARThe story of our universe in mixed reality, in collaboration with CERN. Nexus worked with Google Arts and Culture and CERN to produce a mixed reality journey through the birth and evolution of the universe, as told by Tilda Swinton. The Big Bang AR app takes you back in time 13.8 billion years to discover how space, time and the visible universe came to be. Open your hand in front of your phone’s camera to see the universe form; move between ‘reality’ and ‘space’ mode, create the very first
- ReMIND AcademyReMIND Academy is a community-based learning programme that stimulates critical thinking and creativity. It aims to empower the Young by providing them with the tools and skillset they need to successfully develop their talents, personal projects and small-businesses. The programme is open for Young People and Adults aged between 11-35 years old and offers a series of vocational training, mentorship and project-based workshops to learn, develop and explore marketing, design, photography and vid
- Kingsman The Secret ServiceBecome a Kingsman Knight is an interactive online 2nd screen gamified experience for the movie Kingsman: The Secret Service. The digital experience created excitement for the film before its release in cinemas and gave people a chance to interact with and learn about Kingsman characters ahead of time.
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Projects credited in
- Notable WomenNotable Women is an AR Experiment that lets anyone see 100 historic American women where they have historically been left out: on U.S. currency. Discover the accomplishments of activists, artists, scientists, business leaders, writers, civic leaders and more—right on the money in your wallet.
- Bringing Shakespeare to Life - SamsungAt Samsung, we want to inspire learning through incredible experiences that are available anywhere, at any time. In 2016 we successfully partnered with the world-famous Royal Shakespeare Company to help transform young people’s engagement with Shakespeare through our RE:Shakespeare app, so this year we decided to team up with them again. For the Good of Rome and the Makers Lab We teamed our latest technology with the insight of Shakespeare’s greatest Roman plays in For the Good of Rome: a confe13
Work history
Creative DirecttorJam3
Toronto, CanadaFull Time
Freelance DirectorNexus Studios
London, United KingdomFreelance
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Skills
- Advertising
- Design
- Creative Direction
- Illustrator
- Indesign
- Photoshop
- New Business
- UX
- UI UX Experience
- Creative Digital Strategy
- Pitch Documents
- Pitch Processes
- Creative Design Processes
- UI UX Strategy
- Creative Digital Direction
Education
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Post-graduate in Digital Experience DesignVancouver Film School
Vancouver, Canada
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New Media and WebFaculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias da Universidade Nova de Lisboa
- Lisbon, Portugal
New Media and Web
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Awards
FWA Site of the dayUNIT9
http://www.thefwa.com/site/become-a-kingsman?p=unit9Cannes Lions 2014UNIT9
J&J Hello My Name Means Campaign and website
http://www.laura-cortes.com/hello-my-name-means/