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I was born and raised in South Yorkshire, England. I have a Masters Degree in Communication Art & Design from The Royal College of Art London. Here I worked with Alan Kitching using letterpress as a design tool. After the RCA I went on to work as a designer at Pentagram, Crescent Lodge and Meta Design. I then moved into advertising and joined the original team of Albion London, then a new start up. During my three years there I gained invaluable experience as a Senior Art Director working with Innocent drinks, Skype, Blaupunkt and Virgin. Then an opportunity arose for me to join the start up team for the Springer and Jacoby International office in Amsterdam and I seized it, here I worked as the Head of Design working with clients Olympus, Mercedes and Unilever. Then I joined Wieden and Kennedy, Amsterdam as Designer working with high profile clients such as Coca-Cola, EA Games, Nike, Old Spice. Here I have gained the work experience of a large international established agency. At present I work as Creative Director at LOVE based in Manchester, UK. Here I have won global advertising accounts such as PlaySation, Umbro, and recently pitched for EA Games. I have also won the PlayStation Digital account.
QUALIFICATIONS
MA (RCA) Art & Design Communication / Royal College of Art / 1999 – 2001
BA (Hons) Graphic Design / Camberwell College of Arts / 1994 – 1997
EXPERIENCE
LOVE / Creative Director / 2007 - present
Wieden + Kennedy / Senior Designer / 2005 - 2007
Springer & Jacoby International / Head of Design / 2004 – 2005
Albion Communication / Senior Designer / Art Director 2002 – 2004
Crescent Lodge Design / Designer / 2001 - 2002
Meta Design / Designer / 2000 – 2001
Royal College of Art / Typography Workshop Lecturer / 1997 – 1999
Work placements
Pentagram
Imagination
Mr Smiths Typographic Studio
Alan Kitching / The Typography Workshop
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Miami Ad School (Whilst working at S&J) 2005-2006 Lectures
London College of Printing - 2002-2003 Visiting tutor
Southampton Institute - 2003 -2004 Visiting tutor
University of Brighton - 2003 Visiting tutor
Kent Institute of Art & Design - 2001 - 2003 Visiting tutor