About me

Alixe Lobato is the Founder and Creative Director of Flying Duck Studio Lab. She has a background in Motion Design, VFX, Teaching, Production and Content Creation with over 20 years of award-winning experience working for some of the biggest brands and production companies in the world - (Discovery, Adidas, Coca-Cola, Nike, Microsoft, Netflix, BBC, UN, Google, Instagram...) the list is long. She holds several degrees and diplomas in post-production, motion graphics, animation, communication, etc. Alixe previously worked as an Executive Creative Producer at Nintendo for 7 years.
Her vast expertise in managing teams, production, marketing and building projects from scratch has given her the perfect set of skills to be on top of Flying Duck as a Start-Up entrepreneur.

She has participated in several mentor programs such us Evolve and Female Founders (Creative England), Purpose lead (Natwest), Ad:Venture, and #WECAN (Leeds Beckett University). Has been selected by the Yorkshire Post as part of the 42 under 42 business entrepreneurs and invited as a guest speaker by the Calderdale council, IFT, Focus 2021 and other different organisations.
Winner of the Rising Star Award and Creative Company of the Year in 2023
Shortlisted for Outstanding Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion 2024
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Her love for positive and inspiring storytelling is reflected not just in her personal projects, but also in commissioned work where she pays special attention to detail and design. ​

Skills

2D Animation, 3D Animation, After Effects, Agile Development, AI, Animation, AR/VR, Art Direction, Branding, Colour, Compositing, Creative Direction, Graphic Design, Illustration, Motion Graphics, Outdoor (OOH), Photography, Photoshop, Post Production, Visual Effects

Sector Experience

Advertising, Animation, Arts, Audio / Visual, Branding, Broadcasting, Charity / Not for profit, Creative Services, Design, Film (Short / Documentary), Live Entertainment, Media, New Media, Non-profit, Production, Startups, Sustainability, Television, Theatre

Awards

Great British Entrepreneur Awards, Shortlisted for Outstanding Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion 2024, startup awards

Clients

Coca-Cola, Discovery Inc, Disney, McCann London, Microsoft, Nestle UK, Nintendo Software Technology, TFL INTERNATIONAL LTD

Trade Associations

Advertising Producers Association APA, UK Screen Association