GREAT BRANDS

DON’T JUST TALK.

They act. They build things and create moments people actually want to spend time with. I bring classic advertising craft and simplicity to every part of the campaign, and everything that lives beyond it.

Work

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Capture the Store

We built a Game Store in Fortnite for EE, then hired streamers as virtual guards. If players beat them - they got to raid the store and take real stuff for free.

Impossible Signing Sessions

People queue for hours to get books signed by their favourite authors. We made it possible to get theirs signed by authors who are no longer alive - in their actual handwriting.

EE Learnsmart

An interactive content platform that teaches teens what they actually want to learn, by people they actually want to learn from. Think of it as a healthier, smarter TikTok.

Diet Coke

We got Sex Education’s Tanya Reynolds to give us a very Diet Coke take on celebrity endorsements. Light, charming, and a bit weird.

IKEA KLIKK

A photography app that only lets you take one photo. Ever. No filters, no hashtags, just one shot to become part of IKEA’s real-world photography collection.

Prime Changes Everything

We launched Amazon Prime’s new brand platform by rewriting some of history’s most iconic stories with Prime at the centre.

EE Set the Stage

We recruited a crew of first-time filmmakers entirely from TikTok - to prove they are not just wasting their time and some of them are actually developing real skills on there.

The Drink for Losers

Coca-Cola bought this campaign where we positioned Aquarius as ‘The drink for losers.’ The older I get, the more I respect them for it.

Proud Supporter Programme

Football culture can still come with a lot of toxicity. We created a content platform offering parents and kids the tools and language to deal with hate in the game.

Meet the Real Experts

In a category dominated by tech jargon and analogies involving walruses on speedboats, we developed this new content format enabling EE to explain their propositions in a relatable, human and British way.

Amazon Prime Day

In this campaign, the items you’ve left in your basket for ages try to convince you that Prime Day is finally their moment.

Keep Aaron Cutting

During the London riots, 89-year old barber Aaron Biber had his shop destroyed by looters. We launched this campaign, raising £35,000 in three days, enabling the internet to help him get back on his feet, before crowdsourcing was a thing.

CV

Executive Creative Director with 15+ years' experience, having held senior roles at Publicis Groupe, Amazon and McCann. I’ve led major accounts, built teams and delivered integrated campaigns across every channel and at all scales. Awards include Cannes, D&AD and One Show, but I value real world impact above those. I bring classic advertising craft and simplicity to all parts of the campaign and wider brand experience.

  • Publicis Groupe / Digitas / Boomerang · Full-time
    October 2022 - present
    London, United Kingdom

    Leading CX, digital, content, social, activation and CRM for EE in an integrated ECD role, splitting time between Digitas, Boomerang and Saatchi & Saatchi teams.

    Launched ‘LearnSmart’. Built EE’s gaming offering including the ‘Capture the Store’ activation; drove CX innovations such as ‘Playbooks’; created social and content formats like ‘Explained By’ and ‘The Table’; and oversaw major sponsorship activations for BAFTA, Wembley and The FA - including the ‘Proud Supporter Programme’ and ‘Set the Stage programmes.

  • Amazon · Full-time
    Dec 2019 - October 2022
    London, United Kingdom

    Led brand and retail creative for Amazon Prime EU as Creative Director in their internal department and to their agencies - including the launch of the ‘Prime Changes Everything’ brand platform, three global Prime Day campaigns, Prime Groceries, and the Prime Early Access Sale - a new global retail event.

  • McCann Worldgroup· Full-time
    November 2017 - December 2019
    London, United Kingdom

    Worked across Coca-Cola for UK and EU markets, launching Aquarius as ‘The Drink for Losers’, and developing campaigns for Diet Coke (‘Exotic Mango’, ‘Twisted Strawberry’) and the core Coca-Cola brand.

  • BBH / Adam & Eve / Iris / DDB Brussels / State · Full-time
    July 2011 - November 2017

    Started my London career in 2011 with placements at BBH and Adam&Eve, winning D&AD and Campaign BIG with Keep Aaron Cutting. Landed my first full-time role at Iris, which I left to help launch tech start-up State — earning a Webby along the way. Rounded out the chapter with a (slightly extended) stint at DDB Brussels, winning Cannes Gold and several other awards for Impossible Signing Sessions and IKEA KLIKK.

  • Gewest13 · HSP  Full-time
    June 2008 - July 2010
    Den Bosch, Eindhoven, Netherlands

    I started as a graphic designer at local Dutch agencies. Which even though being limited in scope awakened an obsession with craft and art direction, particularly type and logo design - which inspired me to move to London.