Callum Peters

Callum Peters

Todays guest speaker was Callum Peters. Callum works at CBeebies/CBBC and designs things that you can use on your tablets and smartphones. After getting into graphics-based art and stop-frame animation in sixth form, he went on to study Graphic Design at university. During his second year, he did a six-week stint at AKQA in London where he picked up an interest in designing digital experiences. This lead him to specialise in digital design in his third year. Straight after graduating he worked at a digital agency in the Cheshire countryside, before joining the BBC as a Junior UX Designer in November 2013. That’s when his journey as a user-centred designer properly began! 

What I learnt from him is how quick your aspirations can become reality, depending on how hard you try and how you approach it. He should be seen as an inspiration to a lot of young students as he represented that you can take your degree and use it to get the job that we strive to achieve.