About me

Think, make, deliver.

An inspiring and down-to-earth Creative Director, ready with rolled-up sleeves and the means to show how great (and small) ideas can make all the difference.

With exceptionally broad experience in agencies (to Board and senior management level) and with clients across the world (Europe, Middle East, India, the US and Japan) I'm able to offer counsel and inspiration for project teams whatever their size, composition or experience.

Core skills included: Information design, on- and off-screen, signage and wayfinding, environmental design, design for print, brand and identity, identity management materials, internal communications and learning / development, NPD / NBD, packaging design, POS / POP, writing for design, art direction, presenting and business development, project / client management / nurture.

Skills

Advertising, Art Direction, Consultancy, Copywriting, Experience Strategy, Experiential Marketing, Graphic Design, identity programmes, Illustration, information design, Internal Communications, Point of Sale Design, Problem Solving, signage and wayfinding, Strategy Planning, Typography, UX/UI

Sector Experience

Automotive, Education, Government, Real Estate / Property, Retail

Clients

Bentley, Berol, BMW, boots, Butlins, Caterham Cars, Comet, Consignia, CSCI, Diageo, DIFC, Elizabeth Arden, Emmar, Friends Provident, Hamleys, Infiniti, JTI, Kawasaki, Kia, Landmark, Landmark Group, Lexus, LSBU, Masdar, Mitsubishi, NFU Mutual, Nissan, NLC, Oman Ministry of Tourism, Oxford brookes University, Oxford University Press, Pearson, Post Office, Post Office Retail, Rank Group, Reliance, Renault, Royal and Sun Alliance, Saab, Scottish and Newcastle, SpreadEx and WH Smith, Suffolk University, Tchibo, Time Machine Properties, Tussards, Volvo Car Group, Volvo Car UK, ZCP

Trade Associations

Information Design Society, Sign Design Society

Ranking
#2 Ranked Creative
Recommendations
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Currently No Recommendations
Achievements
Annual 2023 People's ChoiceSweary PostcardsCopywriting Annual 2023 People's ChoiceThe Millennium Brewing CompanyGraphic Annual 2021 ShortlistNew Lotus Retailer Corporate Identity3D Annual 2020 ShortlistDizpachoes Mail Order GazpachoGraphic Annual 2018 ShortlistAt last! A new project that's not an NDA!Graphic Annual 2017 ShortlistMonthly Enthralments - Zenos Cars financeGraphic
Top 25 Creative Project featured:Volvo Global Training Programme
on 24th February 2016
Project featured:HappyStay
on 22nd August 2016
Project featured:Satta Up / Setting Up
on 31st August 2016
Project featured:People and Performance Collateral
on 7th October 2016
Project featured:Monthly Enthralments - Zenos Cars finance
on 14th November 2016
Project featured:The Lanson 'Decemberary'
on 4th January 2017
Project featured:ShedBuilders
on 18th April 2017
Project featured:The Build Paper
on 24th May 2017
Project featured:West London super-showroom-scheme
on 4th February 2021
Project featured:New Lotus Retailer Corporate Identity
on 14th July 2021
Project featured:Sidelines IV
on 20th September 2022
Project featured:Sidelines V
on 31st October 2022
Project featured:The Millennium Brewing Company
on 5th December 2022
Project featured:Sweary Postcards
on 7th July 2023
Project featured:Sidelines / April 24 / circle8
on 24th April 2024
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Contract
Perm, Part time, Remote
Location
Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Skill Level
Senior, Director
Languages
English
Creativepool member since 21 September 2010