About me

An award-winning, highly-experience, strategic art-based creative director with a strong point of view. I've created high-quality, competitive and effective work for loads of international brands and businesses. On a broad scope of work including press, posters, international television campaigns, marketing materials and communication design, copy, photography, packaging, point-of-purchase, retail and experiential design and events, online and social advertising. I'm an excellent judge of creative work, a confident communicator, experienced pitcher and I'm great with clients. I can understand and direct brand strategy, and design thinking, lead workshops, brainstorms and ideation sessions. Have a solid grasp of product development and manufacturing, international markets, consumer insight and the business of advertising, branding and marketing. I can lead and motivate a team, give and take creative direction and leap tall buildings in a single bound.

Skills

Advertising, Art Direction, Copywriting, Creative Direction, creative strategy, design, live events, Team Management

Sector Experience

Advertising, Communications, consumer electronics, f&b, FMCG, hotel & leisure, luxury, Music, Retail

Awards

d&ad book entry, if design award, Red Dot Concept Design Award, scottish advertising awards, scottish design awards, The Roses

Clients

ASDA Walmart, AXA group, Ballantine?s Wiskey, Bellhaven Breweries, Bombardier Bitter, British Heart Foundation, Coors Light, Cyprus Tourist Organisation, Diageo, Domino's Pizza, Duncans of Scotland, Eastspring Investments, ebookers.com, First Group LTD, GEOS Corporation Japan, Glaxo SmithKline, Greek National Tourism, Grolsch, Heineken China, Hotpoint, Introversion software, iVillage.co.uk, Johnson & Johnson, La F, Lanson Champagne, Marriott, NEC Computers Scotsman Publications LTD, O'Neill, Office for Product Design. Shangri-La Hotels, P&O, Pernod-Ricard, Philips Lighting, Playboy Intimates, Prudential, Red Stripe, RoC Skincare, Scottish Amicable, Smartnav, Sony Centres, Suntory Distillers, Swan Hellenic Cruises, Templeton investments, Tiscali/Virgin Broadband, Traders hotels, Visit Britain, WowWee Ltd

Trade Associations

d&ad member

Recommendations
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Availability
Looking for work
Contract
Perm, Freelance, Temp-Perm
Location
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Skill Level
Senior, Director
Languages
Native Speaker: English, Survival level: Spanish, French, Mandarin & Cantonese
Creativepool member since 18 September 2007