MEET YOU TUTOR

Tom Ellis

Head of Graphic Arts, Design and Animation
@Submarine

Tom Ellis is a graphic artist, designer and animator, and co-founder of Submarine.
Tom graduated from Central Saint Martins in London in 2003 after completing a foundation course and a BA Hons degree in Product Design. After gaining valuable experience working at The Conran Shop, D&AD and also studying animation at London School of Printing he co-founded the visualising company Treehouse 24 Ltd in 2005 with Lucy Scott. For the past 18 years Tom worked as artist, animator and project manager on hundreds of commercial projects producing storyboards, animatics and concept visuals for some of the largest global brands and working with many of the UK's leading advertising and design agencies. Clients include BBC, Stella Artois, Kinder, British Airways, Budweiser, Amazon, Bacardi, BT, Virgin Media and many many more.

In 2024 Tom and Lucy launched Submarine, an independent, modern art and design school, located in the centre of Edinburgh, focusing on providing opportunities for people of all ages to experience a full programme of fun and inventive creative classes, workshops and events and hopefully provide an introduction to more of the creative industries that exist in the world we live in today.

Tom has volunteered as a football coach for many years at Stockbridge primary school. As well as working on his classes and workshops Tom produces his own independent graphic art and design work within his own company Nanou. He lives in Edinburgh with his family and 2 dogs.