About me

Matthew Hancock is a designer and illustrator from the UK. His first brush with the visual arts came at a young age, when he began photoshopping hats on to guinea pigs instead of doing his homework. In the years since he’s worked with many different clients; from startups to tech giants, charities to fashion houses. His creative process has remained largely unchanged.

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Projects

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  A Scots QuairA trilogy of books by Scottish author Lewis Grassic Gibbon. “What is most incredible about it is how it pulls together so many characters... all going about their business independently of each other, but all linked.” For Left Cultures.
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  Billboard: Indie Power PlayersBillboard’s Indie Power Players is a yearly recognition of industry leaders working at independent labels and distributors.
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  Responsible LeadershipHero illustration for a series of talks and events relating to the topic of Responsible Leadership. Client undisclosed.
• Are You Listening?One of the most significant factors in job satisfaction is often overlooked simply because you can’t see it. Effective acoustical design may be invisible to most people, but the benefits are easy to see.
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  Design for InnovationWorkspaces designed to support moments of rest, focus, and collaboration foster a fertile environment for new ideas.
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  The Perfect Marriage“Is there anything more inexplicably human than when one person says ‘Oh god, that’s disgusting’ only for another to respond ‘Really? Let me try!’?“ For Cheese Magazine.

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Work history

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Illustrator and DesignerMatthew Hancock Ltd.
Oct 2013London, United KingdomFull Time
Illustration, design and art direction. Selected projects: Adidas, Airbnb, Apartamento, Burberry, Cambridge Audio, Dishoom, Ernst & Young, Facebook, Hilton, Nike, TransferWise, Union Coffee, Virgin, Waitrose, Wedgwood, Wellcome Collection Selected agencies: Accept & Proceed, The Chase, Heavenly, Information is Beautiful, Jack Morton, Koto, Magpie, Mother, Prophet, SEA, Studio Juice, Wiedemann Lampe

Skills

• Art Direction
• Creative Typography
• Editorial Design
• Creative Direction
• Typographic Design
• Branding
• Editorial Illustration
• Graphic Design
• Concept and Ideation
• Graphic Art

Education

Graduate Certificate in Design for Visual CommunicationUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
Jan 2009 - Dec 2009London, United Kingdom
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Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English LiteratureDurham University
Oct 2005 - Jun 2008Durham, United Kingdom
First class honours.

Awards

Finalist (Editorial); World Illustration AwardsAssociation of Illustrators (AOI)
Finalist (Editorial); V&A Illustration AwardsV&A

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