ABOUT

Sarah Urquhart (urk-hart) is an Emmy award-winning art director, designer and conceptual creative traditionally trained in graphic design. She has spent her entire career in broadcast media bringing animated life to design. As design director, she leads the art direction for all things CBS in Chicago. Her in-house team specializes in everything from motion graphic design and original series development to marketing strategy and production of both over-the-air and digital content. She started the Urk-Art blog in 2016 as a place to share DIY and design projects as well as ideas, creative inspiration and the occasional life update. Urk-Art’s mission is to inspire everyone to find art in everyday.

When she is not working or learning new things on Skillshare, Sarah binge-watches TV like the rest of humanity. She also enjoys illustrating, writing and playing video games with her fiancé. Feel free to reach out directly via the CONTACT tab above.

To see Sarah’s Art Direction and Design portfolio, please CLICK HERE.

RECOGNITION

2 EMMY AWARDS | 2020

Outstanding Craft Achievement in Art Direction 

Outstanding Achievement for News Promo (Single Spot)

IBA SILVER DOME AWARD | 2020

Best use of Graphic Design 

EMMY AWARD | 2019

Outstanding Craft Achievement in Art Direction 

CBS EYE ON EXCELLENCE AWARD | 2019

First Place

GRAPHIS NEW TALENT | 2016

Silver Award 

10 EMMY NOMINATIONS | 2015-2020

Categories include Outstanding PSA, Single News Promo/Campaign, Craft Achievement in Graphics/Animation/Art Direction, Special Event Coverage, Cultural Documentary, Historical Documentary

 

SKILLS

CREATIVE DIRECTION | BRANDING | GRAPHIC DESIGN | ILLUSTRATION

 TYPOGRAPHY | MOTION GRAPHICS | PHOTOGRAPHY | PROJECT MANAGEMENT

 STORYTELLING | TEAM LEADERSHIP | CREATIVE WRITING

Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite especially After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Illustrator & InDesign, iPad Procreate and Affinity Designer. Familiar with Microsoft Office, Sketch, VizRT, Final Cut Pro, HTML & CSS and WordPress.