I’m a millennial hybrid CreativeDirector with a broad creative skillset, a wealth of brand, media and platform experience, and more than 17 years spent turning business problems into ideas people remember.
I’ve helped build brands, launch products and create campaigns for global companies, challenger businesses and charities across advertising, design, digital, social, retail and experiential. Whatever the channel, my approach remains the same: find the simplest, most compelling idea and make it work wherever people encounter it.
Today, I lead multidisciplinary creative teams, shape brands and campaign platforms, mentor emerging talent and work closely with clients to turn ambitious challenges into effective, beautifully crafted work.
Along the way, I’ve picked up three D&AD Pencils, a CannesLion, six CreativeCircleawards and 21 other shiny industry objects.
Outside agency hours, I run the YCC, the Placement Poverty Pledge and Single Creatives. Through them, I’ve spoken at universities and created thought-provoking, educational events with some of the UK’s leading agencies and global brands, helping the next generation find a fairer route into the industry.
Helping shape the agency’s creative output across brand, advertising and design. I lead multidisciplinary teams from pitch through to production, developing ideas that solve real business problems while raising the creative standard across every brief.
SOUTHPAW
Associate Creative Director
June 2021 – September 2025
Led creative across an international portfolio including Brown-Forman’s whisky brands, Woodford Reserve, Fords Gin, Honda, Estrella Galicia, UNICEF and Zip Water.
Responsible for developing campaign platforms, brand identities, launch campaigns and integrated creative spanning advertising, digital, retail, experiential and social. Managed creative teams, mentored junior talent and worked closely with clients to turn ambitious briefs into commercially successful work.
PULSE CREATIVE – THE&PARTNERSHIP
Associate Creative Director
March 2016 – June 2021
Creative lead across News UK’s portfolio including The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, talkSPORT and Virgin Radio.
Created integrated campaigns designed to grow subscriptions, audiences and commercial partnerships across print, digital, outdoor, radio and social. Helped shape the creative direction of one of the UK’s largest media publishers.
FREELANCE CREATIVE
TM Lewin, People.io, C8 Management, PS London, Nonsense, Elvis
March 2016 – June 2021
Worked with agencies and brands including TM Lewin, People.io and Elvis, pitching and developing ideas for brands including Cadbury, Budweiser, Virgin Trains and Quidco.
Adapted quickly to different agency cultures while bringing fresh thinking to pitches, campaigns and brand development.
MBA
Midweight Creative
August 2015 – March 2016
Developed integrated campaigns across B2B and consumer brands including O2 Business, Embraer, Neilson Holidays, Avios, Sage Appliances and Comté.
Built experience creating ideas across advertising, digital, CRM and brand communications.
FREELANCE CREATIVE
Possible WW, The Croc, Blue Hive, Havas, Wax Comms, The Minimart, StartJG, Big Comms, Rehabstudio, Doco, Rabbit
February 2011 – May 2013
Campaigns and projects for Domino’s, Ford, Sainsbury’s, Adidas, Holland & Barrett, WKD, FlyBe, RedBull and Google.
LEITH
Junior Creative
September 2009 – January 2011
Work produced for Irn-Bru, Visit Scotland, First Bus, Scotrail and the Scottish Government.
UNION
Junior Creative
February 2009 – August 2009
Live work created for Historic Scotland and the Scottish Government.
CREATIVE PLACEMENTS
Hooper Galton, The Red Brick Road, FCB Inferno, Amp London
April 2008 – December 2008
Saw work in the wild for Tesco, National Express, Vodafone, Campo Viejo.
Awards
I've won lots of shiny metal, some wood, and a bit of glass.
D&AD 3 Wood, 2 Shortlist
CREATIVE CIRCLE 2 Silver, 4 Bronze
CANNES 1 Silver, 1 Shortlist
KINSALE 1 Silver, 1 Shortlist
EPICA 1 Bronze, 1 Shortlist
FRESH AWARDS 1 Silver
FAB AWARDS 1 Shortlist
DRUM AWARDS 1 Shortlist
BIMA 1 Nomination
DRUM CREATIVE OUT OF HOME AWARDS Grand Prix, 4 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze