About Motion Design. Animation and Us at Mighty Giant in Manchester.

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We work with aspirational brands and agencies who appreciate the value of animation and moving image as a customer communication and engagement tool. We apply our specialist skills purely to meeting briefs and to bringing ideas to life through film based content.

Our number one priority is delivering work that is on-brand and effective; we avoid a house-style preferring to find the perfect solution for the brief. We are multi-skilled across animation, 3D and film, and in this sometimes confusing and mysterious world of animation and 3D we work in partnership with all our clients to develop content. After all, it is collaboration, teamwork and the bringing together of different skillsets that make the difference between an average and a great piece of work – the whole is then definitely greater than the sum of the individual parts. Becoming a trusted, specialist partner is what we strive for and value.

Our Values

Excellence

Quality above quantity. We strive to produce the best work we can.

Kind/Considerate

How we treat others is as important as the work we produce. We all love working with the nice guys.

Animated

We always stay buoyant and positive and always try to make the experience fun for us all.

Professional

It’s possible to have fun and stay professional as a business. Keeping an eye on the detail is crucial in our world.

Jonathan Ashworth

Creative Director

The original Giant and a motion designer with a background in the BBC and freelancing in London. Moved back home to Manchester with Mighty Giant in 2012. Loves film and TV titles.

James Thompson

Head of 3D Design

James is the 3D man scuplting, modelling and animating with his favoured tool of Cinema 4D. James studied at Salford and joined as a junior 3D Designer, taking charge of most things 3D since.

Dan Castrogiovanni

Lead Animator

Dan is the main animator and illustrator at Mighty Giant. Having hung up his guitar and left his previous band life behind he studied Graphic Design, finding his love for animation somewhere along the route.

Grace Simmons

Studio Manager

Grace has ventured all the way from down South to join us as our production assistant, having swapped out from being in front of the camera, she's now probably the person you'll first be in contact with.

Jordan Armitage

Lead Designer

Jordan brings a wealth of design, compositing and animation skill to the team with 10 years experience at studios across the North West. He has a passion for, Photography, Cinematography, Music and Art in general.