Ellie Morton is an Art Director based in Manchester. Over the past 5 years, she has produced and delivered several award-winning campaign ideas and creative. With experience across a range of design disciplines, including web design and illustration, she has worked on brand campaigns, photoshoots, visual identities, editorial design, videos and websites for brands such as Kraft Heinz, Mack Trucks, Celonis, Tritax, Elanco, and Ingredion. She has a keen eye for detail and believes all work should be concept-driven, long-lasting and progressive within its category.  

Experience

Art Director at Stein IAS, Manchester, UK
March 2020 - Present

Key responsibilities:

  • Conceptualizing and creating high-quality, impactful creative work across a range of clients,

  • Effectively communicating across the delivery value chain to ensure project delivery is clearly understood and handled: from Account Services, Operations, and Creative Directors.

  • Regularly converting ideations into pitch-level adcepts or live campaign imagery, using advanced drawing skills.

  • Actively managing multiple project deliverables, tracking their progress, and meeting demanding timescales efficiently.

  • Self-development in design and art direction skills through individual learning projects and internal opportunities to share knowledge.

  • Creating winning entries for the Drum Chip Shop Awards for the last 3 years.

  • Supporting and collaborating with other team members daily.

Junior Creative Intern at Home Agency, Leeds

In 2019, Ellie worked on a creative brief for Jet 2: the biggest and longest-running client, for this award-winning integrated agency. She gained experience in group creative ideation and presenting ideas effectively whilst working alongside the Creative Director and Copywriters. This was an invaluable insight into the industry whilst finishing her MA course. 

Select Client Experience

Kraft Heinz
Mack Trucks
Celonis
GE Healthcare
Tritax
Ingredion
Elanco
NRS
Dechra
Trelleborg
Tetra Pak