Software & Creative Tools
Creative software & agentic AI for Adobe and Just Eat Takeaway
const Snowball = require('./core/engine');
const AIAgent = require('./ai/gemini');
// 1. Fetch data from campaign source
const campaignData = await Snowball.fetchSheetsData();
// 2. Rig compositions to dynamic values
for (let comp of app.project.items) {
if (comp instanceof CompItem) {
Snowball.rigLayers(comp, campaignData);
// 3. Verify motion and text via agent AI
await AIAgent.validate(comp);
}
}I design and build the software that creative teams rely on, from agentic AI inside Adobe After Effects to data-driven automation pipelines deployed across Just Eat Takeaway's global creative organisation. Each tool below started as a real bottleneck and shipped as production software.
Snowball 3.0
The Problem
Versioning campaigns by hand meant designers manually editing values across hundreds of compositions: slow, error-prone, and creatively deadening.
What I Built
A custom After Effects plugin that rigs compositions and binds their values to a Google Sheet. Stakeholders edit the sheet; the plugin pushes changes into hundreds of comps in a single click, separating the repetitive work from the creative work.
How It Works
Google Sheet (stakeholder input) → Snowball plugin → bulk value injection across rigged compositions in After Effects → one-click render-ready output.
Creating 200 Videos in Less Than a Minute
JET AE AI
The Problem
After Effects has a steep, time-consuming learning curve. To help more people work in it, I built an AI agent that lives inside After Effects, letting the team automate repetitive tasks through a simple chat and an Automation panel that generates custom scripts on demand.
What I Built
One of the first tools to bring agentic AI directly into After Effects. It understands the issue at hand, writes expressions from scratch, debugs a selected expression, answers questions instantly, and executes whole tasks on command, for example changing a single word across every composition in one instruction. It's not just an API call, but a entire MCP server that I set up to enable any Agent to be able to use tools to accurately work inside of After Effects autonomously.
How It Works
Prompt → Agent API Harness (MCP) → expression generation & task planning → executed directly inside After Effects.
Gumroad Plugin
A free plugin version of this tool is available for download on Gumroad, bringing AI-assisted scripting and expression controls directly into After Effects.
Get Free Plugin on GumroadAI building a custom rig for screen tracking
Breadn Butter
The Problem
Motion guidelines are hard to apply consistently, especially for designers who don't live in the Graph Editor. Breadn Butter packages our entire motion language into a single, easy-to-use CEP plugin. Every designer on the team uses it to turn a storyboard into a polished animation without needing to be a specialist. Alongside these day-to-day tools, a built-in GIF exporter batch-exports and compresses directly inside After Effects, saving hours on large campaigns.
Studio Hub
The Problem
Design teams and stakeholders wasted hours searching for templates across fragmented drives, and asset delivery relied on manual engineering and bottlenecked request queues.
What I Built
A secure, enterprise-grade digital asset manager and AI-powered workflow hub deployed across the entire organization. Built as a desktop app and native After Effects panel, it connects AI agents to automatically surface creative assets directly from Jira tickets, supporting full self-service for stakeholders. This is the first app built by a non-engineer to be adopted company-wide, and it is now supported by a dedicated Product Owner.
How It Works
Jira Ticket / User Query → Studio Hub Desktop App/AE Panel → AI Agent → Automated Drive Asset Retrieval → Stakeholder Self-Service.
Studio Tools
The Problem
Installing custom After Effects and Premiere plugins required navigating obscure directory structures, dealing with OS-level permissions, and installing third-party ZXP installers. This created a significant technical barrier for artists, leading to version fragmentation and frequent support requests.
What I Built
A bespoke Electron desktop application that serves as a central hub and app store for all custom plugins (including Snowball, JET AE AI, and Breadn Butter). It handles licensing through Google OAuth and automates installation directly into Adobe directory structures. New updates are automatically pushed through, ensuring the entire team always runs the latest verified versions without manual installation.
How It Works
Google OAuth (User Licensing) → Studio Tools Electron App → Auto-Update Checks → Local Node.js filesystem operations → Automated Plugin Injection & Updates.