About me

Hello. I'm an award-winning freelance creative with experience in strategy, brand/ campaign development & creative direction.

I once used satellites to find Tupperware in the woods and created a gesture-controlled anger management game. R2D2 has served me a Darth Maul-tini and an Ebru artist helped me sell cosmetic surgery. Believe it or not, I've convinced dedicated burger lovers to swap their buns for lettuce leaves. I've made a virtual reality flying machine and aged some patients - 60 years in 30 seconds. Once I even scared the living bejesus out of millions of Germans to raise health awareness.

I love making insightful, exciting and effective work. Please get in touch for a chat, I'd love to work with you on your next project.

Right now I'm freelance but prior to this I was Associate Creative Director (Art) at DDB Remedy London for almost 3 and a half years. I was responsible for the creative output across DDBR's key healthcare clients (Allergan/ Gilead/ Johnson & Johnson/ Pfizer). Hands-on/ directing work across: film, print, digital and experiential. Experiential/ digital experience includes: augmented/ virtual reality, gesture controlled gaming tech (xbox connect), dreamOC holograms, GPS tech & projection mapping.

Management experience at DDBR includes: hiring/ managing a team of 7 permanent (art directors and designers), 360 appraisals & SMART goal setting. Completing Omnicom's management development program, mentoring and coaching programs. I also assisted with resourcing/ managing freelance talent.

Thank you for considering me.

Employment:

Freelance CD/ Creative Lead/ Team - JWT London, w2o Group, Evoke, Cherry, MJL, Blue Latitude, Hamell, Lime, Undercurrent, Wavemaker, VCCP Health

Sept 17 - Present

Associate Creative Director (Art) - DDB Remedy

June 14 - Sept 17

Freelance Senior Creative - Mindshare, FCB Inferno, BD Network, Havas Life Medicom, Cada, Kerbang, Crown

April 13 - June 14

Senior Creative - Zero Degrees West

Jan 12 - April 13

References:

"Dave is a strong creative who will work tirelessly to ensure every piece of creative is perfect. He has the drive and commitment behind him to take a creative idea and see possibilities for this idea in every channel there is." Hazel Soanes - Managing Partner DDB Remedy

"Having worked with Dave for 3 years I can honestly say he is one of the best creatives I have worked with during my career to date. Dave's understanding of comms strategy, his relentless drive for producing great creative work with his teams, balanced with the ability to take the client on the creative journey has led to not only producing award winning worth work but also trust with the clients to lead the creative process and pushing the boundaries where possible. His style of presenting makes him very personable, his ability to tell a story makes what he says extremely relatable to his audience. All of this, coupled with his wit and (self proclaimed) charm makes him a pleasure to work with and a person your clients will just love." Zara Kemp - Head of Account Management DDB Remedy

"Integrated is an overused and abused term right now to describe creative talent. But in Dave's case it is fitting. He can turn his hand to anything from pure design craft and art direction through to creative platforms that feed multi-channel campaigns. His enthusiasm for great creative is boundless and he rarely pauses in pursuit of a differentiating and engaging creative idea. He's also a tiny bit charming which really helped clients trust him and buy our best ideas." Martin Hafley - Creative Director DDB Remedy

"Dave's attitude and natural creative ability make him a pleasure to work along side. Let it be a small press ad or a complete branding campaign Dave always approaches the task in hand with a professional and creative approach. As well as being talented and experienced, Dave is also brilliant in front of clients, being equally at home presenting concepts or taking feedback. Dave's mature and friendly attitude, alongside his experience and creativity make him a great asset to any team." Rob Nicholls - Creative Partner Zero Degrees West