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Warren Fearn - Creative Director - BA (Hons) / MA / PGCE
Warren began his career gaining a MA Furniture Design at Bucks University. Alias Wavefront offered him an opportunity to use their 3D animation software and he eventually worked as a Virtual Set Designer for the BBC on projects such as 'BamZooki' and 'Match of the Day'. Warren moved into BBC 3dfx department, concentrating on digital animation and effects. He used his talent to create animations for 'The Saturday Show', CBeebies and Shoebox Zoo and won many prestigious awards. He continues his professional career as Creative Director for WAK Studios, working on new 3D projects. Warren is also a qualified Autodesk Maya trainer.
Gavin Saxton - Development Director - BA (Hons) / PGCE
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Gavin joined WAK Studios in 2006 after completing a BA (Hons) in Animation and has worked on a wide range of commercial projects, while also playing an intrinsic role in developing and delivering accredited training. With many years of technical experience behind him, Gavin started his career as a Computer Aided Designer working on various large scale projects throughout the UK including the Greenwich Millennium Dome, V&A Museum and London Olympia to name just a few. Gavin recently added a PGCE to his qualifications and also looks into new and exciting developments and technologies to keep WAK Studios at the cutting edge of the industry.
Emily Anderson - Marketing Consultant - BA (Hons) / MBA
With diplomas in Marketing and Management Consulting Emily has extensive experience of writing tenders - ranging from £2k to £200m - as well as marketing and management consultancy delivery across a range of projects and disciplines. Emily’s specialism is not only in developing tender processes within organisations but also in working and leading project teams for the production of PQQs, ITTs and proposals. She has been pivotal in many consulting projects for large blue chip organisations in industry areas ranging from aerospace to retail and banking as well as the public sector.
Kate Corbin - 3D Animator - BA (Hons) / MA / PGCE
Kate was awarded her MA in Computer Animation from C.N.B.D.I., France. She has industry experience as an in-game and full motion video animator for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and specialises in digital animation. Kate's published works include festival screenings of Trickbox at the Kino Festival in 1995 and WWF-One World at the Bradford Animation Festival in 2007. Magazine publications include articles in Imagine and 3D World magazine on behalf of WAK Studios. Kate has secured funding from Screen Yorkshire and The Arts Council Lottery Fund for the WAK Studios produced short film, 'Pig in a Poke'.