Stefan Vallance

Stefan Vallance

Art Director | CreativeLondon, United Kingdom
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Stefan Vallance

Stefan Vallance

Art Director | CreativeLondon, United Kingdom
About me
Vibrant, London-based Art Director with nearly a decade of experience in design. I'm a commercially-minded creative that delivers award-winning results through exciting strategy and exceptional execution. I have an eclectic taste when it comes to hobbies. From nerd-culture to electronic music production, I take inspiration from a lot of unexpected sources; ask me about your favourite thing sometime – chances are I can enthuse with you.
Projects
  • Thomson Reuters – 3E Cloud Campaign
    Thomson Reuters – 3E Cloud CampaignThomson Reuters wants to engage and grow their presence across the c-suite across law firms and address the CFOs bandwidth challenge. In order to do this, Hotwire Global produced a series of whitepapers and campaign assets to help position Thomson Reuters as a partner and solution provider that can help CFOs embrace their position as strategic revenue drivers.
  • Album Artwork - Graphic Design
    Album Artwork - Graphic DesignA collection of concept album artwork created using Photoshop.
  • Soundtrack Artwork - Graphic Design
    Soundtrack Artwork - Graphic DesignThis next project is a visual exploration of the Wip3Out Fusion soundtrack. Released in 2002 along with the videogame of the same name, the full playlist featured a collection of leading names in acid, electronica and breakbeat across the UK and Europe, including: Luke Slater, Future Sound of London (FSOL), Cut La Roc, Utah Saints and Timo Maas.
  • Soundscape - Futuristic Concept - Graphic Design
    Soundscape - Futuristic Concept - Graphic DesignSoundscape is a concept for an architecture and sound engineering project which I explore through graphic design. This project focuses on the conjunction of architecture and sound engineering to invent a building which manipulates its structural integrity to amplify and control defined resonance. Imagined to launch in 2030, the graphic design appeals to futurism and minimalism with a restricted colour palette and constructivist typography. Photography, structure and texture take precedence in my
  • Japanese Poster Series
    Japanese Poster SeriesCaptivated by Japanese culture and graphics, I wanted to create a poster series which explores Asian design treatments. Whilst style choices like heavy composition, contrasting colour palettes and vertical typography also feature in Western design, when blended together, the result is something that feels distinctly Japanese. This project also acted as a studying exercise of the Japanese language. I frequently visit NHK (https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/), a Japanese News site geared to languag
  • AR-King - Futuristic brand concept
    AR-King - Futuristic brand conceptAR-King is a concept for a futuristic racing brand. Heavily inspired by The Designer's Republic art-direction for the console game series 'WipeOut', this came as part of a series in which I would develop my own team brand identities for an anti-gravity racing event.
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Work history
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    Art DirectorHotwire Global
    London, United KingdomFull Time
    I lead the visual direction on award-winning campaigns for global clients, working closely with the Creative Director and copy department to own strategy and execution for integrated marketing campaigns.
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    DesignerHotwire Global
     - London, United KingdomFull Time
    Part of a team of ten creatives with joint responsibility for the development and execution of creative campaigns for global technology companies at an award-winning marketing agency.
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Skills
  • Graphic Design
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Typography
  • Illustration
  • Campaign Management
  • Concept Development
  • Print Design
Education
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    BA Philosophy 2:1The University of Essex
     - Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
    Additional studies in Spanish language (2:1) to intermediate level.
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    4 A-Levels (C and above)Droitwich Spa Sixth Form
     - Droitwich WR9 0AA, UK
    - B: Critical Thinking (A/S) - B: French - B: Philosophy and Ethics - C: English Literature - C: General Studies
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Awards
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    Limitless AwardHotwire Global
    Quarterly award winner in HWUK team with several prior nominations.
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    Employee of the Year NominationEssex County Council
    Nominated from over 10,000 employees for my creative work on multiple regional campaigns.
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