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Zak Smith
proEdinburgh, UK
Design, Visualisation & Animation Expert.
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Design, Visualisation & Animation Expert.
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Modelled and textured a realistic nose strip for a Blender animation project. Delivered in 1 day 🖤
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Made a quick loop of the Vitra All Plastic Chair as a mini product-animation exercise and added a touch of coffee shop ambience to the background... it’s amazing how much a simple layer of sound grounds a render and makes a space feel lived-in.
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If you're ever feeling stuck for creativity, I suggest looking back at your old work to see what you'd improve. It’s a great way to measure progress without the pressure of starting from scratch. I recently opened up my project archives to do exactly this. What started as a simple modeling exercise evolved into a full lighting and material study. I used this session to refine the metal textures and dial in the studio lighting, all within Blender.
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Some of my favorite renders are the ones where I show restraint and don’t overcomplicate things. Simplicity often wins when you’re creating solo. Made in Blender.
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Iona Burrows
Edinburgh, UK
Landing Page Strategy & Design
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Landing Page Strategy & Design
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Eczema Honey - Product Page Design, Copy & Development
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WICKED Protein - Bundle Landing Page
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Public Spirit - Evergreen Landing Page
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Alanna Craig
Edinburgh, UK
Unique UX, Web & Brand Design Specialist ✨
Unique UX, Web & Brand Design Specialist ✨
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Brand & Visual Identity for Therapy Clinic
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Social Media Content Creation
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Author Website & Brand Identity • Wordpress
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Smit Joshi
Edinburgh, UK
Digital Marketer, Brand Communication, Growth Marketer
New to Contra
Digital Marketer, Brand Communication, Growth Marketer
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Digital Marketing — Nishk Jewellery Managing end-to-end digital marketing for Nishk Jewellery (nishk.co.uk (http://nishk.co.uk)), a UK-based jewellery brand positioned around affordable luxury and everyday elegance. Operating with an organic-first strategy on a lean budget, the work spans: Social Media Content — Creating platform-native captions and copy for Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok across ongoing product launches and seasonal campaigns, tailored to each platform's tone and format SEO & Product Optimisation — Optimising product titles, descriptions, and metadata on Shopify for search visibility, including Google Merchant Centre feed management Organic Growth Strategy — Building traffic through content marketing, Pinterest, Google Business Profile, engagement strategies, and community-building — without paid advertising Copywriting — Brand voice development and consistent copy across all touchpoints, maintaining a tone of accessible sophistication The focus has been on growing an authentic online presence and driving consistent organic traffic to the store through strategic content and platform-specific marketing.
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ThisRapt is a hospitality Marketing Company. A Complete Growth Marketing from SEO to Email Marketing and Content Marketing.
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Stro entered a competitive meeting recording market dominated by bot-based solutions (Otter, Fireflies) but with a fundamentally different approach: no bots, complete privacy, Mac-native design. The startup faced several critical challenges: Zero marketing budget - All growth needed to be organic Aggressive timeline - 500 subscribers required in 2-3 months Crowded market - Established competitors with significant market share Complex positioning - Technical privacy advantages needed translation to user benefits Mac-only limitation - Platform constraint requiring strategic advantage positioning The core question: How do you build rapid, sustainable growth for a privacy-first productivity tool without paid advertising in a market dominated by well-funded competitors?
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Growtality — SEO, Website Design & Growth Strategy Growtality came to us at a stage where their digital presence wasn't doing justice to the product they had built. The website lacked conversion intent, organic visibility was near-zero, and there was no structured growth framework in place. The brief was clear: fix the foundation, then build on it. Website Design & CRO Rebuilt the site architecture with a conversion-first approach — restructuring the user journey, tightening messaging hierarchy, and reducing friction at key decision points. Page load performance was improved by 40%, and the redesigned landing pages saw a 28% uplift in on-page engagement within the first 60 days post-launch. SEO Conducted a full technical and content audit. Identified and resolved crawl issues, improved internal linking structure, and built a keyword strategy targeting high-intent, mid-competition terms relevant to their niche. Within 4 months, organic sessions grew by 65% and 14 target keywords moved onto page one of Google Search results. Growth Tactics Layered in growth experiments across the funnel — from top-of-funnel content plays driving qualified traffic to bottom-of-funnel retargeting and lead capture optimisation. Implemented behavioural tracking via GA4 and Hotjar to inform iterative improvements, turning the site from a brochure into a working acquisition asset. The engagement demonstrated what a joined-up approach across design, SEO, and growth strategy can deliver — not just traffic, but measurable business outcomes.
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Sarah Buchan-Innes
Edinburgh, UK
Motion designer specialising in 2D animation
New to Contra
Motion designer specialising in 2D animation
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NPO 3PM OOH Work. Company - d8 Animation - Me Design - d8 20 different sizes in two versions.
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Take on Tomorrow Podcast for PwC Company and design: d8 Animator: Me Editing short videos from a longer podcast format and adding animated intros and outros, key informationa and subtitles. Weekly Podcast, required fast turnaround of assets, editing and sound to complete on time.
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Company: d8. Company: Penguin Books Animation: Me, Sarah Buchan-Innes Art Direction: Laura Laville, David Beattie Illustration: Linda Trivet Account Manager: Keren Ibbostman It was a pleasure to collaborate with the team at D8 to animate these stunning illustrations for Richard Osman's new book, "We Solve Murders." These animated illustrations were showcased on television and social media in the lead-up to the book's release. I particularly enjoyed animating Trouble the cat and the title reveal. We then created work for the paperback edition and a special, festive holiday social video with Trouble the cat in a santa hat. The title lockup took inspiration from murder scene outlines and which then fill in with a liquid looking effect.
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Animation: Me, Sarah Buchan-Innes Illustration: Gordon Beveridge Account Manager: Rosie Street Music and Creative Direction: David Beattie It was such a privilege to bring these super fun colorful illustrations to life. Inspired by the Summer of Love-style psychedelia and the cool animation styles of that era, I had an absolute blast diving into every tiny detail to make them burst with personality. Using the beat as an anchor to time each movement was really importnt. Then, taking each item and offsetting an path or a section really brings it to life. I used C4D's sketch and toon feature to create this swirling effect. It was such a cool addition!
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