Make Those Mistakes: Gavin Strange’s Journey to Director and Designer at Aardman Animations

Episode notes

In this episode of Careers Unwrapped , host Mark Fawcett is joined by Gavin Strange, Director and Designer at Aardman Animations. Join them as they: Discuss where Gavin fits in the team behind the likes of Wallace and Gromit Explore Gavin’s journey from secondary school art to a graphic design course Examine Gavin’s approach to rejection Touch on the morality around creative being asked to do free work to prove their worth Highlight why mistakes are not a bad thing And much more! Gavin Strange is currently a Director and Designer at Aardman Animations, an animation company based in Bristol known for their work on Wallace and Gromit. He has been with the company since 2008, initially working as Senior Online Designer. Prior to joining Aardman, Gavin was the Owner of the freelance web and graphic design company, JamFactory. If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate and review it on Apple Podcasts , Spotify and Google Podcasts , instructions on how to do this are here .