I’m an art director who has worked in London, Los Angeles and New York. I like to create work thats engaging, amusing and fun. My work has won awards and praise from the AIGA Design Archive, the Clios, MarCom Awards, Royal College of Art, YCN, Penguin Books, Hearst Publishing & Creative Review Magazine.
I'm the founder of Mean Mail. Mean Mail makes cards for those you love and love to hate. They’re inspired by the way best friends talk to each other and the Oscar Wilde quote “True friends stab you in the front.” They're stocked in Liberty, Colette and we ship internationally.
Projects
- Mean Mail Black Friday CardMean Mail Black Friday card. We're not big fans of Black Friday - for the traits that it brings out in humans and the expectation that even small independent makers feel obliged to offer a massive discount. Instead we've created this. £4.95 including shipping worldwide using the code BLACKFRIDAY. We've shut down the rest of our website for the next 24 hrs to focus on selling this card. All profits will be donated towards CALM - the Campaign Against Living Miserably dedicated to preventing male s
Projects credited in
- Mean Mail Workshop for BumbleAs part of a 12-month events programme for the Bumble app, our objective was to raise Bumble’s presence in Manchester. Working with celebrated local artists and creatives all the way from Barcelona at concept stores and co-work spaces across the city, app downloads and engagement went up month on month. For this event we were thrilled to have London-based Vicky Simmons, founder of ‘beautiful cards, brutal words’ brand, Mean Mail up in Manchester for a one-off collage workshop.5
- Panel discussion on changing careers and venturing into entrepreneurshipOn Wednesdsay, January 31st, 2018, For Working Ladies launched it's first sold out event titled "Changing Lanes", with over 100 women from diverse industries in attendance. The conversation between panelists Pipa Jamieson (Founder, The-Dots), Vicky Simmons (Founder, Mean Mail), Lola Hoad (Founder, One Girl Band) and Zeze Oriaikhi-Sao (Founder, Malee) was an indepth and honest insight into the challenges of changing careers and venturing into full time entrepreneurship. A huge thank you to eve7
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Work history
Founder of Mean MailMean Mail
London, United KingdomFull Time
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Senior Art DirectorMedia Arts Lab / TBWA
- London, United KingdomFreelance
Client: Apple
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Skills
- TV
- Art Direction
- Copywriting
- Typography
- Design
- Illustration
- Project Management
- Creative Direction
- Creative Strategy
- Music Promos
Education
BA(Hons) Graphic DesignUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
- London, United Kingdom
Camberwell College of Arts
http://www.arts.ac.uk/camberwell/courses/undergraduate/ba-graphic-design/
Awards
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Clio Awards - Bronze - Branded ContentMedia Arts Lab / TBWA
Apple - Détour by Michel GondryC
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Self Made Summit - WinnerCosmopolitan UK
Mean Mail won a six month office space with Second Home at Cosmopolitan Magazine's Self Made Summit / Pitch Palace 2017.+ Show more