Sarah Urquhart
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.