Paul Blackburn

My first full-time position in the field of Motion Design was for OAA, where I designed and produced a high volume of animated training content aimed at student airline pilots, using Adobe Flash.

At EMS I began as a Flash Animator, building display banners and interactive training modules for Sharp. Subsequently, I developed a wide range of new and improved skills and abilities, working with clients such as Trend Micro, Symantec and Worldpay, for whom I had to constantly grow and adapt to exciting creative challenges.

As a casual HTML Banner Developer, I have worked remotely with a Sydney-based agency on various campaigns for brands such as Disney, Mitsubishi, Lindt and more, all whilst I was travelling in New Zealand.

Responsibilities here as a Front-end Developer included primarily the design and builds of HTML5 banners using JavaScript, as well as maintenance of the company website, and bespoke web experiences such as games built with Javascript and/or Unity.

Kuula is a platform for yoga and fitness professionals to stream their content online. Backed by European's top VCs, with a team of 8 people. Here, the front-end is my area of expertise. Using a combination of React, Next JS, and CSS-in-JS, our focus is on developing a premium-feel product. Working closely with the back-end team, I create beautiful and performant pages and components with data pulled from our API.