A highly motivated and inspired Creative Director & Graphic Designer working with multiple major brands and publishers for over 17 years. Creating inspiring, visually appealing and beautiful content to build and communicate quality in a demanding market. Improving and developing channels to encourage customer brand loyalty and as a result growing brands.
Projects
- X-RatedLets you feel good without feeling bad.” – Emmanuelle Sex sells! Since moving pictures were invented, nothing promotes a movie better than unashamedly sexual advertising. X-Rated Adult Movie Posters of the 60s and 70s is released this summer by Reel Art Press and features over 350 orgasmic posters, pressbooks and stills from the Golden Age of the X-rated movie – an inspiration for graphic designers and creatives alike, an invaluable time-capsule for historians, and an irresistible page-turner fo
- Audrey Hepburn In HatsA family affair for this one as my Aunt wrote and Edited this one. Same crew as always. Graham Marsh and Tony Nourmand. Beautiful photographs of one of Hollywood's most fashionable icons. Enshrined in Hollywood’s golden age is the iconic image of Holly Golightly peering provocatively from beneath the wide saucer brim of her fabulous black Chapeau du Matin, the boa-length pink hatband declaring an unmistakable independence of spirit. Quintessentially elegant, Hepburn’s status as a global style
- Jazz Festival: Jim MarshallA lot of love and passion went into this book. Stunning photography. Design inspired by the music. Same Crew, Graham Marsh and Tony Nourmand editing. From Thelonius Monk to John Coltrane, Miles Davis to Nina Simone, Jim Marshall's defining photographs of the 1960s jazz scene Jim Marshall is known as the defining father of music photography and his intimate photographs of the greats of rock & roll, country, folk, blues and jazz are legendary. Renowned for his extraordinary access and ability t
- Hollywood BoundOne of the first titles I worked on for reel art press. A nice introduction to the kind of books that we would continue to make together. A photographic ride through the history of movie bondage. Hollywood was a city of extremes: not for Tinseltown the carefully judged subtleties of shot and tone that were the hallmark of the art-house auteurs. It demanded passion, thrills, suspense, violent outbursts of emotion and movement - and so for every protagonist sweeping his way across the screen wit
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Projects credited in
- Asda MagazineOur integrated solution for Asda, supports Asda’s ‘Saving you money every day’ brand promise while increasing perceptions of quality and freshness across 30+ media channels. Asda Magazine continues to enjoy the highest distribution of any monthly magazine in the UK with independent research emphasising the effectiveness of the title. We’re proud that our consistent, creative content has rewarded us with 14 successful years of working with Asda.
Work history
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Art DirectorSelf Employed
London, United KingdomFreelance
A highly motivated and inspired Art Director & Graphic Designer working with multiple major
brands and publishers for over 15 years. Creating inspiring, visually appealing and beautiful
content to build and communicate quality in a demanding market. Improving and developing
channels to encourage customer brand loyalty and as a result growing brands.
Art DirectorHearst Magazines UK
- London, United KingdomFull Time
In this position as Art Director at Hearst Magazines UK, I lead a team that art directs, designs and produces one the UK’s highest read magazines (1.95m ABC JUNE 2018) as well as concepting and art directing UK based food campaigns. I work with an expert team of photographers, stylists and graphic designers to develop the overall style of the brands media. Including the in-store magazine and digital content.
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Skills
- Creative Direction
- Illustration
- Creative Art Direction
- Typography
- Concept art
- Magazine Design
- Team Leadership
- Client Interaction
- Editorial Design
- Book Design