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Tom Cotton

Art Director & DesignerSydney, Australia
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Tom Cotton

Art Director & DesignerSydney, Australia
Professions
  • Art Director
  • Graphic Designer
  • Motion Graphics Designer
LevelSenior
AvailabilityFreelance
About me
A well rounded and responsive creative specialising in illustrative and graphic design who has been working within the music industry in London for the last 10 years. I am now looking for a change of pace and am moving to Australia (NSW / Victoria) to seek freelance or part-time work.
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Projects
  • Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project
    Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations ProjectArt Direction and design with Adult Art Club for Ed Sheerans newest project.
  • Avelino - Higher Power
    Avelino - Higher PowerArt Direction for single sleeve design and marketing assets for UK rap artist Avelino.
Work history
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    Art DirectorAtlantic Records (Warner Music)
    London, United KingdomFull Time
    For the last 5 years I have been Atlantic Records UK’s in-house Senior Designer / Art Director, building brands and experiences from the ground up for acts such as Ed Sheeran, Stormzy, Mahalia, HONNE, James Blunt, Plan B, and many more. With the wider creative team and my designers we have seen huge success in creating immersive campaigns across offline, social and video platforms. Some highlights include launching 47 global Ed Sheeran merch pop-ups simultaneously, preparing visuals for Stormzy’s historical Glastonbury set and creating a game-changing and infectious visual language for HONNE.
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    DesignerAOL Time Warner
     - London, United KingdomFull Time
    Led a small design team based within AOL Platforms called Layer Creative working on digital and print design briefs for three of the main companies that make up AOL Platforms: Be On (A global video based branded entertainment platform that brings together content production, syndication and real-time insights to provide advertisers with an end-to-end platform for long-form branded content across all devices.), Advertising.com (AOL’s display network bringing premium advertising formats and platforms to all screens and devices) and the Huffington Post.
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Skills
  • Motion Graphics
  • Graphic Design
  • Typography
  • Creative Merchandising
  • Print
  • Music Advertising
  • Music Artwork
  • Art Direction
  • Creative Art Direction
  • Creative Direction
Awards
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    MusicWeek Rising StarMusic Week
    Awarded MusicWeeks' Rising Star award for my work at Atlantic Records. Read here: https://www.musicweek.com/interviews/read/rising-star-atlantic-s-tom-cotton/074286