ciaran moore

Creative Director

experience

February 2026–Present Aran Labs

founder + creative director

Founded Aran Labs. Building a suite of composable agent products for creative businesses; the agents handle operational coordination so senior teams stay on creative work. Lead product, brand, and go-to-market. Early beta, with a paid pilot active and a second customer in onboarding.

January 2025–February 2026 Vana

creative director

Led creative direction and product marketing for an AI data sovereignty platform in a fast-moving B2C environment. Shaped positioning, visual identity, and product experience end-to-end. Directed launch campaigns across digital, product, and community channels, and worked cross-functionally with product, engineering, and growth to translate customer insight into messaging that moved adoption metrics.

January 2023–December 2024 Gitcoin

art director

Owned art direction and creative strategy for a global fintech-adjacent platform serving millions in the public goods funding ecosystem. Led campaign design and brand systems across quarterly grants rounds — high-stakes, time-boxed GTM moments requiring clear messaging, strong creative, and tight cross-functional coordination between marketing, product, and partner teams. Set the creative bar while maintaining brand integrity across a rapidly growing ecosystem.

2021–2023 Port4 + CD Creative Guild

founder + creative director

Founded and ran a creative studio and practitioner guild. Led client engagements across brand, product, and digital — from strategy and messaging through to launch. Managed a roster of creative talent and built the operational backbone for delivering consumer-facing campaigns at pace.

2018–2021 Sophie

creative director

Long-running creative collaboration with electronic musician SOPHIE across visual identity, art direction, and cultural campaigns spanning music, fashion, and performance. Built and led creative teams around album cycles and live moments — product launches in everything but name, with global audiences and zero margin for error on craft or timing.

2016–Present Freelance

creative director + designer

Independent practice across technology, culture, and fashion. Brand identity, product design, and campaign work for clients ranging from early-stage startups to established brands.

2016 Lululemon Athletica

concept and design

2021–2023 Kernel

guide

education

2017–2019 Royal College of Art

MA (Hons) Design · London

2011–2015 Glasgow School of Art

Bachelor of Design (Hons)

awards + recognition

2018 Bill Moggridge Award

Presented by IDEO and Techmer PM.

2020 The Koppel Project London

Solo Artist Residency.

2015 Texprint 2015

Selected graduate designer.

2015 Verve for Design Award

Messe Frankfurt.

skills

Marketing + Strategy

  • Product marketing and positioning
  • Go-to-market strategy and campaign execution
  • Launch planning and cross-functional leadership
  • Consumer and B2B brand marketing
  • Customer insight and data-driven iteration
  • Value proposition development and messaging

Creative Direction

  • Brand identity and design systems
  • Art direction and campaign design
  • Product and UI/UX design
  • Motion and video direction
  • Creative quality standards at scale

Leadership

  • Team building and mentorship
  • Managing creative and cross-functional teams
  • Briefing, feedback, and creative operations
  • Founder-level ownership and commercial judgement

AI + Tooling

  • Designing AI systems that extend marketing and creative output
  • Agent design, orchestration, and workflow automation
  • Figma, Adobe Creative Suite

other

2021–2022 L3gendary DAO / NFDAO / Olympus DAO

operations and governance