About me
A versatile award winning designer with vast experience, from awards for website design such as bt, through to awards for brands such as the middle east's telecoms giant Etisalat and the restaurant of the year Les Trois Garçon.
Setting up of 2 successful branding consultancies with offices in London & Dubai, designing forecourt brands for the likes of Enoc, Al Dress, Afriquia and Moove oil, with car care brands such as AutoPro the leading UAE brand in the sector, the designer for the latest J2O packaging design and many other important accolades.
30+ years in the design industry
Award winning designer
Founded 2 successful branding and design agencies with offices in London and Dubai.
Judged on design awards for the CSD + Plymouth University.
2 spots on Channel 4's tv show Supershoppers as a branding and packaging consultant.
Several guest talks at awards and brand related events.
Art directed £1m budget photoshoots in the UAE across multiple sites, including writing the brief, model selection, location selection etc.
Written programmes, briefs, questionnaires, and undertook stakeholder interviews for brand strategy workshops for global fortune 500 companies.
Written and advised on brand strategies for massive multi cultural brands across the world.
Presented to ministers, sheiks in varying cultures, arranged translators and costed projects in multi currencies.
Sat client side of table on agency selection, written brand creative briefs and agency procurement processes for clients to help with ad agency procurement.
Written and designed celebrity endorsement programmes, loyalty programmes and franchise strategies.
Skills
Art Direction, Branding, Creative Direction, Packaging, Packaging Design, Web Design
Sector Experience
Automotive, b2b, beauty, fashion retail, financial, forecourt, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, private label, professional services, Retail, Telecoms
Awards
Benchmarks award - best of brand - winner, Design Effectiveness Award, Design Week award - winner
Clients
Afriquia,, bt,, CoaCola,, Enoc,, Ernst & Young,, Etisalat,, Eurotunnel,, J2O,, L'Oreal,, LloydsTSB,, Mobily,, Saisnbury's,, Shell,, Warburtons,
Trade Associations
on 10th July 2018 Project featured:Nine rivers
on 11th March 2022 Contributor:
Joseph Hedges has been a Contributor since 13th July 2018.