About me

After 7.5 years as Creative Director at Facebook & Instagram (Meta), consulting for brands and agencies, and years before that as Creative Directors at agencies like Mother and R/GA, my creative partner Lucas and I are now available to freelance.

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Projects

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  CastelloThe brief for Castello cheeses was 'mellow'. So the idea was to start a jazz record label covering classic tracks and creating accompanying music videos for each of the varieties of cheese. Accompanying print below.
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  Aubin & WillsAubin & Wills asked us to promote their up-coming Autumn/Winter collection, so we made a music video for the folk act Blue Rose Code, with each musician wearing items from the collection.
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  NiveaNivea wanted to sell their collection of five different deodorants to young women. So we created a girl band of five different girls, each representing a product. Then we made and recorded a (bad) song with them, but Nivea got cold feet and didn't promote it. Boo. Later we made idents around Gok Wan's TV show that were all about the best female friend relationship, and how getting ready to go out is often the best bit of the night.

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Projects credited in

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  October 2017 (applications closed)10+ industry leaders will be the Mentors for the evening, reviewing portfolios and offering their artistic wisdom. Mentor Lineup Includes; Naresh Ramchandani, Partner, Pentagram Julie Seal, Creative Strategist, Facebook + Instagram Vikki Ross, Copy Chief & Founder of Copy Cabana Rosa van Heusden, Design Director, VICE Media Polly Williams, Senior Studio Manager, VICE Media Natalie Brown, Senior Creative, Brand Studio @ Google Darren Bowles, Partner & Executive Creative Director, M&C Saatchi Pa
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  ADVICE FROM JULIE SEAL, CREATIVE STRATEGIST AT FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAMTo celebrate International Women’s Day, we’re putting the spotlight on some of the most inspiring women in the creative industries on The Dots. Over the rest of the week, we’ll be highlighting their work, thoughts on what it means to them to be in the creative industries, their inspirations, aspirations, iconic role models and sage words of advice. Next up, we have advice from Julie Seal, Creative Strategist at social giants Facebook and Instagram.

Work history

Creative DirectorMeta
Aug 2015 - Dec 2022London, United Kingdom
Creative DirectorThe Sunshine Company
Sep 2014 - Apr 2015London, United KingdomFreelance

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Skills

• Advertising
• Art Direction
• Copywriting
• Strategic Planning
• Creative Direction
• Social Media
• Creative Strategy
• Television

Education

Graphic Arts and Design
Aug 1999 - May 2001
First class