ABOUT

Sarah Urquhart (urk-art) is a three time Emmy award-winning art director, designer and creative strategist. When she isn’t working, she is either binge-watching a new tv series or drawing on her iPad. 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. It has now grown to include her professional illustration work. Feel free to reach out directly via the CONTACT tab above. 

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

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.

RECOGNITION

3 EMMY AWARDS | 10 EMMY NOMINATIONS | 2015-2020

2 for 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