Career insight: Exploring careers in Visual Storytelling

This event will bring together illustrators and animators to discuss the role of visual storytelling in their work. From the creative process behind storyboarding and producing films to practical guidance on how to build a career in animation and film making.

This event is hosted and co-produced by the V&A Youth Collective.

This event will be live streamed to online audiences from the V&A Museum. Book a ticket on this page to join us online, or click here to join the live audience at the V&A.

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Caitlin McCarthy is an illustrator and animator from London with a playful and colorful hand-drawn style. Working commercially as well as filmmaking in her down time, she enjoys bringing a sense of humor to everything she makes. Caitlin appreciates the nastier and more absurd sides of life, approaching them with affection.

Her clients include BBC, Nike, Cheerios, adult swim, and MTV. Her films have been screened at festivals worldwide including SXSW and Pictoplasma, and she is a recipient of the prestigious ADC Young Guns award.

Anna Peronetto is an artist and animator based in London. Originally from Italy, where she studied animation, Anna moved to London and initially worked at Cartoon Network, first in the Advertisement department and later as a key animator on "The Amazing World of Gumball."

Currently, she engages in various creative projects as an animator. She creates vibrant and engaging animations for educational content at Mrs Wordsmith. Additionally, Anna is contributing her animation skills to an indie game still in development and is particularly proud of her role as the sole animator for "Heartstopper," the Netflix TV show adaptation of the record-breaking graphic novel. Anna is happiest when experimenting with animation and working on inspiring projects that have a social impact.