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Antonia HeslopSenior Creative Designer at BuzzFeed UK

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Thanks, its great to be invited to speak to you todayIm Antonia Heslop and Im the Senior creative Designer at BuzzFeed Uk

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Antonia Heslop / Senior Creative Designer

Today, Im going to talk about about 4 things

Who am I?!

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Who am I?

Who am I?!WTF is BuzzFeed?

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What is BuzzFeed?

Who am I?!WTF is BuzzFeed?What does a Senior Creative Designer do?

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What do I do?

Who am I?!WTF is BuzzFeed?What does a Senior Creative Designer do?What is it like to work at BuzzFeed?

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What is it like to work at one of the fastest growing media companies in the world

Who is Antonia?

So a bit about me

Whos Antonia?


This is where it all started. Heres me aged 3 in my garden in East London Wearing my bat-cape and pink willies running around pretending to be Batman

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And this is where I am at nowNot much has changed really, although luckily I wear a few more clothes nowThere have been 3 main influences for me throughout my life

Batman & Comics

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First up, as you might have guessed, is Batman and comicsI used to spend hours on end watching Batman: The Animated Series and reading through my uncles old, yellowing comics from the 70s

Batman & ComicsMovies

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Next up is moviesFrom Rocky Horror Picture Show, to The Terminator and the GooniesTheir stories captivated me and I always wanted to make my ownI used to create my own stop-motion animations having been brought on Ray Harryhausen films

Batman & ComicsMoviesVideo Games

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Last but not least, video gamesBeing able to interact with the stories and characters captured my imagination and its always been a dream to make a game one dayAll of these have story-telling in commonand have Built the foundations of what I love to do now

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Growing up I thought differently to other kidsStruggled a bit with reading an writing and had different ways to work out sums to everyone elseBeing competitive I worked 20 times harder than rest of classSo much so my teachers never realised my struggles as I was always the swot at the top of my classWasnt until uni I found out I was dyslexicI only took the test because of the possibility of a free iMacTurned out I was really dyslexic and everything made senseIm not worried though, dyslexia can be quite funHow many of you can say

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Every time you walk past Topman

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You see Tampon?

You will now!

Whos Antonia?


Well you will now!

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