About me
Tri-lingual creative director (English/French/German)
- executive links across broadcasting, government & business
- highly regarded as a major award-winning innovator in the business communications industry
- successful international record of directing communications across the EMEA regions
- multi-platform skills: creating content & innovativer communications for all media platforms, covering multiple business models.
- technology specialist including: web streaming, television, live events, social media, immersive screens.
- working at an Executive communications level for over twelve years
- a personal database of the best communications talent in the industry, allocating internal and external resources to the value of £2-3m per year
- currently working for a heady mix of global companies as the lead Creative through several worldwide agencies. Originally an Executive Producer in broadcast Television & Radio now working at the heart of many Government and Businesses institutions, shoulder to shoulder with CEOs and Civil Servants.
- a canny designer of strategic and engaging communications, he conceived the DTI's 'Living innovation' event and the futurefocus@dti Innovation space in Westminster; GSK's 'R&D Day' - a pinnacle event for promoting pharmaceutical innovation; all BP'S internal/external comms via live webcasts; designed and executed innovation strategies for: BMW, Goldman Sachs, Tescos, Vodafone, Unilever, Tetra Pak, M&S, HBOS, the Royal Navy, Deloitte and BUPA
- a proven record of internal communications that unify public, staff & senior executives behind clearly defined messages and a strong external communicator and public-facing strategist with high-concept to high-quality execution
- proven management to board-level with strong, confident leadership, hands-on people management, development & mentoring, managing, auditing and implementing change & restructure
- most comfortable with full responsibility & accountability over creative & commercial objectives by taking executive briefs, writing creative treatments, strategies, scripts, presentations and budgets.
Skills
Broaddcast, Film, Documentaries, Creative Writing, Video Production Commercials, Documentary, Feature Films, Drama, Motion Graphics, Film Production Screenwriting, Corporate Communications Creative Direction
Awards
BA, English & Dramatic Literature, Queen Margaret University College BA in English & Dramatic Literature, MA (Distinction in Scriptwriting & Cinematography, Film & TV Production, London International Film School MA Film Production & Technique
Clients
3 MOBILE - Hubbub TV, ALL3MEDIA & FOOD TV NETWORK - Ooyala, ASTRA ZENECA - Involve, BBC World Service, BMW - John Ryan International, DCSF - Crown Business Communications, DYNAMIC PRESENTING - Leading Financial Services Company, FIRST GROUP PLC - Unspun, LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS - LOCOG/CROWN, MICROSOFT - Channel 4 News, NE LINCS COUNCIL - Practicus, NOKIA - Inferno Advertising, RED CROSS - EdComs, RENAULT - Crown Business Communications, ROYAL NAVY TV - CTN Communications, Visage et al