Originally a maths and stats graduate working as a business analyst. Amy’s design career started in 2009 when she completed a course at Shillington College in Manchester. She worked in studios in the north of England and then moved to Melbourne where she lived and worked for a few years, and after a period of freelancing, took a full-time role at branding agency Savi. Amy recently returned to Leeds and has been freelancing at studios such as DesignStudio, and Pollit & Partners

Recently featured in our Pathfinder podcast, New York teacher Michael is a graphic designer, illustrator and animator, educator and all-around creative guy originally from the Chicago area, currently living in Brooklyn, New York. With a design background in advertising, he created award-winning campaigns for agencies like Oglivy & Mather. Recently, alongside teaching at Shillington, he’s been working as a freelance designer and illustrator and contract visual designer at Google, creating online learning graphics for their Mastery design team.

Online teacher Hilary began her career in marketing and advertising until moving into graphic design. In her design career, she’s worked with a focus on art direction and environmental design in both agency and brand. Now, outside Shillington, Hilary is the founder of The Merchant Assembly and creative director of brand consultancy Twenty Assembly, which specializes in art direction and brand communication for fashion and creative industries.