Experience
Conceptual Art Direction / Branding and Visual Identity / Typography Design / Print and OOH / Animation and Motion Graphics / UX and UI Design / Digital Banners / Presenting / Design Direction and Team Lead / Adobe Creative Suite including After Effects / Sketch / InVision

Leo Burnett  —  Since Nov 2018
Senior Designer
BMB London  —  March 2014 to Oct 2018
Interim Design Director / Senior Designer / Interactive Designer / Junior Interactive Designer
Sky Sports Digital —  Sept 2013 to March 2014
Junior Digital Designer
Trinity Expert Systems  —  Sept 2011 to Aug 2012
Junior Interactive Designer
Selected Clients
McDonald’s UK / Global
TUI
Škoda UK
Premier Inn
Vision Express
McCormick (Schwartz)
Bridge & Tunnel
New Balance UK
Samsung
Rowse Honey
Hula Hoops
Batiste Dry Shampoo
Rubicon Drinks
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I've Gotta Be MeŠKODA.
Album Covers to accompany the ŠKODA TV campaign from 2019.
As part of the 2019 ŠKODA brand campaign, Fallon London asked 6 artists to cover Sammy Davis Jr's "I've Gotta Be Me": Paloma Faith, Alexis Ffrench, Lady Leshurr, The Sherlocks and The Kingdom Choir. I was tasked with creating vinyl artwork to run alongside the TV slot and OOH campaign as a promotional and PR piece. The art direction was based around reflection - looking at yourself in the mirror and declaring: I've Gotta Be Me. Fragmented shards of glass reflected the image of the artists, with the fragments showing forms and shapes with a personal meaning to each artist - e.g. a dove for Paloma Faith, representing her back tattoo. We shot these portraits alongside the TV campaign, allowing colours from the sets to bleed through to give each a distinctive look. Within each shard, the portraits were distorted and changed slightly to create an illusion of movement and expression. The main album cover used reflective silver paper with the type set simply over the top, whilst individual covers for each artist showed their fragmented glass portrait overlaid with silver reflective type. The typeface used was ŠKODA Next Expanded.
Client  —  Škoda UK
Agency  —  Leo Burnett / Fallon London
Year  —  2019
My Role  —  Lead Design, Art Direction
Creative Direction  —  Ronaldo Tavares, Phil Bosher
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