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5 minutes with... David Freer - Founding Partner at O Street

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What do you actually do?
I sit at a big desk in an open plan office with the rest of the company. We are a creative led company, so each of us does account management as well as design. It's hard not to just spend all the time designing, but speaking directly to clients and chasing work has helped give me a much broader understanding of clients needs, and also allows me to have much more control over the kind of jobs I want to work on.

What would you be doing if you weren't doing that?
Probably a failed musician (aren't all designers) or a frustrated art school tutor.

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How did you get started in the industry?
I studied design at Glasgow School of Art and Rhode Island School of Design. When I graduated I got my first big break with a placement then full time job at Saatchi & Saatchi in London.

What's your current favourite piece of creative work at the moment?
We are just about to launch an iPhone game for a client and I can't stop playing it on my phone (it's still top secret, but in a couple of weeks if you search for ‘Glasgow' & ‘Cone' you will be able to download it for free)

What do you love about your job?
Listening to music while I work and hanging out with creative and inspirational people.

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If you could give one piece of advice for someone starting out, what would it be?
Don't get stuck in a dead end job, learn what you can from it and move on as soon as you can.

If you have one Super power what would it be?
Flight.

What do you want to be when you grow up?
A musician.

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What was your worst job and what did you learn from it?
Packing frozen turkeys into bags at a supermarket. I quickly learned that I don't want to work in a supermarket, or with frozen goods of any kind.

You have already worked with some amazing brands, who would you like to work with next?
Nike.

iPhone or Blackberry?
iPhone.

Your favourite app?
The aforementioned secret app mentioned above, followed by Scrabble.

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Too Cool for School or too School for Cool?
Too cool.

Facebook or Twitter?
Twitter.

Eat In or eat out?
Eat in.

Follow David:
Vimeo: @ostreet
LinkedIn: /dfreer
Visit my website

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