Creative Director
Kochava, Sandpoint
February 2021 - Present
Concepting and maintaining the creative vision for the company, training sta , problem solving, running re-brand campaigns and keeping the ship afloat.
Running the creative department for the last 5 years, with my day-to-day ranging from concepting new branding projects, training new designers, maintaining marketing website and developing UI’s for multiple products. Also get to oversee our events with Booth design, branded materials and swag.
Art Director
Kochava, Sandpoint
February 2016 - 2021
Senior Designer
Earth & Sky Studios, Twisp
November 2014 - February 2016
Designing on all fronts for a great design agency in the Methow valley.
Senior Designer
EVRYBDY, Twisp
July 2014 - November 2014
Leading strategy, concept development and design for studio projects.
Art Director
The Seattle Times, Seattle
Mar 2013 - July 2014
Take lead on special projects and re-branding campaign
Concept, design and photography for the Seattle Times Media Kit site.
Brand Campaign - Lead on year round campaign, ensuring concepting and project is aligned with schedule and budget
Directed Photo shoots.
Used my own photography for various ads and sites.
Directs designers of various levels on the execution of creative concepts
Senior Designer
Pop, Seattle
Jan 2013 - Mar 2013
Designed Gears of War: Judgement landing page and Trenches of Judgement, from Concepting to Finished design.
Worked on Target account, helped design their Annual Report site.
Freelance Designer
Brand Images, USA
Feb 2012 - Jan 2013 (intermittently)
Working on the Activision account, translating English packs into foreign languages.
Cheifly working within Indesign, with some Photoshop and Illustrator work.
Outsourced Studio work, have provided support from my office at Home.
Lead Sr. Designer
Euro RSCG, London
Jul 2011 - Feb 2012
Personally handled all retouching going through the studio, varying from creative to high-end.
Would take on Creative projects from concept, to finished design
and then onto print/web production.
Designed logos, worked heavily on branding and corporate identity.
Designed everything from large format printing, press ads, in house materials, national pamphlets and many more.
Worked on iPad and iPhone apps.
Lead Designer
Brothers & Sisters, London
Jan 2010 - Dec 2010
Art Director for several National Campaigns.
I Handled everything from scamp stage to pre-press for Sky.
Worked on pitches for potential and current clients.
Held accountable for the weekly design of Full pages, Half Pages and Strips for all weekend fixtures for Sky Sports.
Dealt with printers to ensure all deadlines were met.
Initially taken on as a Freelancer then taken on as a Full time employee after 3 months.
Freelance Designer
Brand Images, London
Nov 2008 - Dec 2009
Packaging and Point of Sale for EA, Activision, Sony and M&S.
Working with template design for game packaging.
Spent 2 months at French Connection UK designing their Fashion Catalogue.
Also spent time at Royal Caribbean where I designed their catalogue.
Designer
Brand Images, London
July 2004 - Aug 2008
Created all European packaging for EA and Activision.
Jointly ran the Activision account as Senior Designer for around a year.
Worked on the EA account for over 2 years.
Adapting and maintaining the online templates, working closely with the client and quality checking all outgoing work.
Started my apprenticeship in the Large Format Print department where my duties included the printing and installation of all out going work.
Left Brand Images to go traveling, where upon my return I was sought after by Brand Images to work as a Freelancer.
References
Laura McAdoo
Creative Director, The Seattle Times
lmcadoo@seattletimes.com
Suzanne Canino
Director of Corporate Marketing
scanino@seattletimes.com
David Buckley
Creative Director (Target Account)
David.Buckley@popagency.com
Tony Garrett Director,
Tapestry (Brand Images)
tony.garrett@tapestry.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7896 3310
Nick Hembury
Head of Operations, Havas World Wide
nick.hembury@havashealth.com
Ed StaporPartner
Co-CEO, North America, Euro RSCG
ed.stapor@eurorscg.com
Steven Branton
Studio Manager, Brothers and Sisters
steven@brothersandsisters.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7199 3100
Mike Nichols
Managing Director/Founder, The Farmhouse Ltd.
mike@thefarmhouse.co.uk
+44 (0)77775642050