About me
I write, design and direct motion graphics and film. I am especially interested in using narrative techniques to help clients and brands tell their stories.
I am very much into idea driven communication and a strong graphic look.
Currently based in North Wales.
Projects
- Unilever - QualityClient: Unilever. An animated film used for Internal communication. With over 170,000 employees spread across 100 countries around the globe, internal communication is crucial to the company’s 2020 ambition to double in size whilst significantly reduce its environmental impact. Design and animation: Matthew Roberts Additional animation: Charlie Pastor Illustrator: Tracy Worrall Sound Design: Matt Thomas (King Unique) Creative Director: Laurie Jones Produced at Uniform.
- BLM LaunchBerrymans Lace Mawer and HBM Sayers formally have combined as BLM, a £100m business that will be the UK and Ireland’s leading risk and insurance law firm with 170 partners, 630 lawyers and technical experts, and 1,550 employees spread across 12 offices across England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. BLM approached Ph Creative to help them communicate this through a pair of launch videos, one each for both internal and external audiences. Credits: Director/Creative Director: Matthew Roberts Design: Matthew Roberts, David Lancaster Animation: Matthew Roberts, Owain Bentley Copywriter: Nikki Girvan Voice-over: Michael Brown Sound Design: Matthew Roberts Audio Mix: Matt Thomas Software: Illustrator, After Effects, Ableton Live Produced at Ph Creative
- Ph Creative - About Us"About us" A short film, looking at Digital Agency Ph.Creative's processes and team, sliced and combined with motion work and stop-motion. This replaces to 'about' page on the agency's new website. DOP, stills photography and offline edit: George Ellis Online edit, audio-edit, animation and post-production: Matthew Roberts Produced at Ph Creative
- Ph Video - Process filmA short and snappy film showing the processes we use. We think, plan, create, design, shoot, animate and deliver videos that helps businesses connect, grow and succeed. DOP, stills photography and offline edit: George Ellis Online edit, sound design, animation and post-production: Matthew Roberts Produced at Ph Creative
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Projects credited in
- MeridianMeridian Business Support - Illustration Meridian Business Support commissioned a video to celebrate their 25th year in business. We pitched a motion graphics solution around the concept of change, underpinned by various nostalgic cues and the advancement of technology over this time. I co wrote the script and storyboard and created all the illustrations communicating constantly with the motion graphics designer on how they would perform alongside the script and in transitions from scene to scen
- University of Liverpool explainerThe lovely folks over at Mocha asked me to put together some illustrations for some short animations promoting the University of Liverpool’s Marketing courses. “The University of Liverpool Online wanted some short films aimed at generating leads for their MSc in Marketing programme, which promoted the course content and benefits of studying online at the Liverpool Management School” We had to try and create an engaging style that got all of the information across, while maintaining the class and gravitas of a red brick University. Check out the videos below for the finished films and keep scrolling to see some of my illustrations.
Work history
Motion Designer
Working within the digital marketing department, making short films and, animation and web videos for both clients and in-house communications. Working across many sectors including health, finiancial and property sectors. // Portfolio: www.matthewroberts.co
Key skills: Motion design, creative thinking, script/copywriting, video editing, animation, sound design and post-production.
Clients include Nationwide Building Society, Bruntwood, Medicash, and Downing.
Motion Designer
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Create, design and build video content (motion graphics, event openers, idents and branding) using Adobe AfterEffects, Photoshop, Illustrator and Apple Logic Pro. Graphic design & event branding. Design and build of Keynote and PowerPoint presentations.
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Skills
- Sound Design
- Creative
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- Premiere Pro
- Art Direction Design
- Editing
- After Effects Advanced
Education
MA Computer Generated Imagery
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I studied narrative in short films - and applied this to my motion graphics work.
"Video and motion is the new digital boom as clients require online content, brand films, virals, TV & cinema advertising or product demos. With the introduction of superfast broadband and 4G this trend is only going to continue"
BA Graphic Design
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Entered into final year of the BA Graphic Design course.
Did motion graphics ansd print project. Passed - 1st Class Honours.
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