Storytelling for Innovation: Motion Design for Human-Centered Design Leeanne Brennan
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Come learn how to rethink your process as a visual storyteller to serve an industry that doesn’t play by our rules. I'm your host, Leeanne Brennan, a Freelance Illustrator / Motion Designer / Educator, looking to share how we fit into the innovation landscape and how to excel at this unique way of using our creative skillset.This is a fun and fulfilling career that not many motion designers know about, and I want to share it with you!
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Life Update + a Tip For You
It's been a while, here's a quick update on what I've been doing + a tip that will help you in your Storytelling for Innovation journey.
Storytelling for Innovation Course Wait List
My other coaching business where I help creative take on a personal project
My Epic Bones art -
How to Get Your First Innovation Gig with Stefanie Verhoeyen
My student got her first gig with an innovation consultancy! Stefanie Verhoeyen, took the plunge and decided to niche down as a motion designer. She has narrowed her focus to serving the innovation industry and the education space, and is seeing results! Learn her outreach strategies, how the first discovery call went, and what type of project she landed. Lots of great advice in here.
Stefanie Verhoeyen
Stefanie Verhoeyen on LinkedIn
Stefanie Verhoeyen on Instagram @studio_verho
The Freelance Manifesto
Voila Nobert
Mail Track
Storytelling for Innovation Digital Course waitlist - coming Spring 2023
Free Masterclass - Storytelling for Innovation
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How UX Researchers Use Visual Storytelling with Theora Kvitka
Theora Kvitka, UX Researcher at Maven Clinic shares with us how illustration and video play into their process. There's a great conversation in here about what points along the way a Freelancer might be able to come onto a project as well, and the opportunity out there in the future as the world grows to be more and more visual!
Theora Kvitka (personal site)
Theora Kvitka on Instagram: @theorangefedora
My Free Masterclass to learn more about storytelling for innovation
Get on the waitlist for my course which I'm hoping to have ready by Spring 2023!
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Making the Pivot to Innovation with Oana Nechifor
Today I chat with a former Accelerator student and her journey from traditional motion design over to the innovation industry. We talk about work-life balance, as we are both mothers with young children, and designing an intentional life, which informs the type of work we take on as professional artists.
Oana Nechifor Portfolio
Oana Nechifor on Instagram @oananekifo
Oana Nechifor on LinkedIn
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My interview with School of Motion
The Freelance Manifesto (book for Motion Design Freelancers)
My Free Masterclass to learn how to pivot over to the innovation industry
My Storytelling for Innovation Course Waitlist
Let me know what you thought of this episode on my Instagram: @leeanne_brennan
Thank you everyone for helping me reach my goal to get 10 reviews of this podcast on Apple Podcasts! If you find this episode helpful, I would SO appreciate a review. Thanks! -
How to Meet Innovation Clients In Person
Here's 5 strategies to hunt down the types of people that would hire you for motion design in the innovation industry. I cover how to find the meetups they might be going to, LinkedIn groups, Conferences, and Open House events at Innovation consultancies. Chatting in person with potential clients is such a short cut to inspire them on what is possible for visual storytelling and get on their radar for future projects!
Meetup.com
Search these Keywords then check Events & Groups:
Design thinkingHuman centered designInnovationCX (customer experience design)UX (user experience design)Product designConferences mentioned:
Design Innovation Global
IDSA
Service Design Network
AIGA
Festival of Dangerous Ideas
Semi Permanent
HLTH
My Free Masterclass - Storytelling for Innovation
My Instagram: @leeanne_brennan (let me know what you think of this podcast! I love hearing from you!)
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A Freelance Career Storyboarding for UX Design & Creating Comics with Ron Chan
Ron Chan is a Freelance Cartoonist, Storyboard Artist and Illustrator in Portland, OR who shares his expertise creating User Experience Storyboards. We cover a lot of ground here talking about who these innovation clients are, the process of making a storyboard and why it's different, what makes a good drawing, and a bunch of tips on Freelancing as well.
Ron Chan portfolio site
Ron's "Yellow Jacket" Storyboard example that I talk about in the episode
Ron Chan on Instagram: @rondanchan
Cinco Design
Helioscope
My free masterclass - Storytelling for Innovation
Leeanne's Instagram: @leeanne_brennan (DM me your thoughts on this episode! I love hearing from you all!)