1ProDesigner — available for work

Stefan Costain

Digital DesignerMotion AnimatorAI-Aware Creative

Motion-led digital design for brands, campaigns and entertainment — built to stop the scroll and hold up in every format.

Clients
PlayOJO · Ladbrokes Coral · Victor Chandler
Markets
UK · Worldwide
Experience
20 years in digital & motion
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01Selected work

One idea. Every screen.

Campaign systems, social motion and retail animation for some of the UK’s biggest gaming brands. Hover to preview, click to watch with sound.

01 Campaign System

PlayOJO — Big Bass Bonanza

One campaign idea carried across every placement — desktop hero, tablet, mobile, story and feed motion — keeping the offer, game art and compliance line clear at every size.

Client
PlayOJO
Role
Design & motion
Formats
16:9 · 3:4 · 9:16 · 1:1
Markets
UK · Worldwide
Digital DisplayDesktop hero16:9 · static
Social MotionStory9:16 · video
Social MotionFeed1:1 · video
Digital DisplayTablet3:4 · static
Digital DisplayMobilePortrait · static
02 Social Motion

Campaign motion for social

Short-form loops built to stop the scroll — licensed IP, seasonal promotions and localised market cuts, produced at pace for PlayOJO and sister brand PlayUZU.

Clients
PlayOJO · PlayUZU
Role
Design, animation, edit
Format
1:1 social video
Markets
UK · Worldwide
iGaming CreativeBreaking BadPlayOJO · Licensed IP
Motion CampaignLucky EnvelopePlayOJO · Lunar New Year
Social MotionMushroom RavePlayOJO · Atmospheric promo
Motion CampaignPharaoh’s ShufflePlayOJO · Game-mechanic promo
Localised CreativeWinter SpinsPlayUZU · Spanish market
Localised CreativeMafiosoPlayUZU · Spanish market
03 Retail Motion

Ladbrokes Coral — in-shop screens

Attract-loop animation for gaming machines and in-shop screens across the Ladbrokes Coral estate — character animation, 3D and bold game branding designed to pull attention from across a room.

Client
Ladbrokes Coral
Role
Animation & 3D
Format
Portrait machine screens
Market
UK retail
Animation · 3DWild CannonsGaming machine attract loop
Licensed IPMonopolyBring the House Down
Character AnimationOoh Aah DraculaNew game launch
Retail MotionMermaid of the NileIn-shop attract loop
04 Archive

Earlier work

Brand campaigns, sports creative and CGI from seven years at Ladbrokes Coral. Full projects on Behance.

Frankie Dettori signature campaign for Ladbrokes
Brand CampaignFrankie Dettori SignatureLadbrokes · Behance ↗
3D gaming machine render for Ladbrokes Coral
CGI3D Gaming MachineLadbrokes Coral · Behance ↗
Ladbrokes gaming machine screen designs
Retail ScreensGames BannersLadbrokes · Behance ↗
Ladbrokes sports social and web designs
Sports CreativeSports DesignsLadbrokes · Behance ↗

02Case study

THE ONE

AI Music Video / Creative Direction

An AI-aware music and visual project combining creative direction, motion editing, artist identity and release-ready entertainment content.

Directed by Stefan Costain for artist Jovane Ray: a three-minute cinematic world of gold, fire and lions — developed with generative tools, then shaped shot by shot through direction, compositing, edit and grade. Built alongside a set of 9:16 teasers for the release campaign.

Artist
Jovane Ray
Role
Creative direction, visuals, edit
Workflow
AI-assisted, hand-finished
Formats
16:9 film · 9:16 social
Jovane Ray on TikTok ↗
AI Music VideoTHE ONE — full film16:9 · 3:19 · sound on
Social MotionRelease teaser9:16 · social-first
Jovane Ray flanked by two golden lions
Artist identity
Jovane Ray performing on a fiery stage
Performance
Golden lion rising over a gilded city
World-building
Fire lions running through a burning street
Motion & pace
  • Creative direction
  • AI-aware workflow
  • Music visuals
  • Motion editing
  • Artist identity
  • Social-ready content

03Showreel

Motion graphics, in motion.

Games, sports and retail motion — gaming-machine attract loops, animated billboards, landing pages and banners across Ladbrokes, Coral, Victor Chandler and more.

Supporting reels

Animated BannersBanners 2006–2019Reel · 0:33
ShowreelShowreel 2020Archive · 1:20
More on YouTube

04About

Twenty years of making brands move.

Stefan Costain is a multi-disciplinary digital designer and motion animator with experience across iGaming, digital campaigns, social content, animated banners, music visuals and AI-assisted creative workflows.

From Victor Chandler’s stadium LED adverts broadcast on BBC1, through seven years of Ladbrokes Coral campaigns across online, retail and gaming-machine screens, to five years of multi-market motion and social creative for PlayOJO — the constant is work that looks sharp, lands on brief and ships on time in every format.

AI, directed.

AI sits inside the workflow, not in place of it — for concepting, look development, generative plates, voice and music prototyping. Every piece is directed, composited, edited and finished by hand in After Effects, Photoshop and Premiere.

Production that scales.

Alongside the design work: Bannerflow templates and Photoshop JSX automation that take the repetition out of multi-market production — more variants, fewer errors, faster turnaround.

Selected clients

  • PlayOJO
  • Ladbrokes Coral
  • Victor Chandler

Markets UK · Worldwide

06Contact

Let’s make it move.

Available for digital design, motion graphics, animation and AI-aware creative projects — permanent, contract or freelance.

Email
stefancostain@gmail.com
Based
Hertfordshire / London, UK
Open to
Permanent · Contract · Freelance