Honest, hardworking and dedicated, with a natural eye for design and a passion to get things right, exceed a clients expectations and deliver a highly engaging final product.

With 10 years working with HP, Apple, Samsung, Asda and BT, both above and below the line, I'm able to offer a wealth of experience across a range of applications from proposition to execution. I've worked on a good blend of creative artwork, and corporate branding and have worked on artwork for Mercury Music Prize nominated bands, and DVD covers for BAFTA winning BBC3 shows.


Here's some of the services I can offer:

• Company and Product Branding
• Print and Online Advertising
• Direct Mail, Brochures and Email Marketing
• Web Build and SEO Consultation
• Social Media Marketing

Area Covered: Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes, London, UK
Company Name: Citizen Design
Industry: Marketing and Advertising
Employees: 2-4


Work Experience
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Summary: Visit www.citizenstudios.co.uk for full details on experience and portfolio.


Creation Agency
(Turnover 4.1m | 57 employees) www.creationagency.com
2004-2010. Creative Director

Citizen (below) was bought out and merged with an existing agency to form Creation Agency. I joined as Creative Director and sat on the board of directors. Drawing on my experience and client base the company maintained productive partnerships with Apple and JLP and we expanded our portfolio to include Xerox, BBC, iTunes, Leicester City Council, Samsung and Computacenter. I was instrumental in the acquisition and development of all clients from 2004 onwards and managed a team of interactive and print creatives.


Citizen www.citizenstudios.co.uk
2003-ongoing. Owner

M:/Drive was bought by a US investment group. I seized the opportunity to start up my own company - Citizen. I continued my relationship with Apple at John Lewis whilst expanding my portfolio to include other major brands such as HP, John Lewis Partnership, Universal Records and The BBC. Citizen has been driven by a need to express creatively, and built on a relationship with contacts within the Entertainment industries.


M:/Drive
2001-2003. Art Director

I began as Junior Designer with very little experience of how an agency worked. I quickly rose through the company, soon securing position as Art Director with my own team of designers. My most high profile account was the Apple (at John Lewis campaign) who ran advertising across all major national press. I also worked with Toshiba and Microsoft.
Job Title: Creative Director
Company: wedding tea towel
Description: Design of wedding tea towels
From:03/Nov/2010 To:07/Jun/2011

Job Title: Creative Director, Owner
Company: Citizen
Description: Citizen Corporate

With 10 years working with HP, Apple, Samsung, Asda and BT, both above and below the line, I'm able to offer a wealth of experience across a range of applications from proposition to execution.

Here's some of services Citizen offer:

* Company and product branding
* Corporate brochures
* Advertising
* Direct mail and EDM
* P.O.S
* Brand planning

Citizen Arts

If you've got an interesting brief, then I'm interested in it. You get my experience of working with brands like Apple, Mute, Universal Records, iTunes and the BBC and I get a nice portfolio piece.

I"m interested in doing all kinds of creative design; from corporate work to club flyers, album covers, single covers, basically anything that needs an idea.

Citizen Freelance

As a freelancer I'm available on long or short term contracts, and flexible with my location. I can be very adaptable with the work I undertake, and will fit into your structure as required.

My rates are negotiable and competitive. I'll consider all work in East Anglia and London area, and, maybe further afield depending on the scope of work.

Here's some benefits of using Citizen Freelance:

* No agency fees
* Guaranteed credentials
* A fresh creative perspective
* Honest and hard working
From:01/Jan/2001

Job Title: Owner
Company: Original Wedding Tea Towel
Description: In December last year Ben and Karen got married. I'm a designer so was under huge pressure to come up with a cool idea for the invitation. After about 20 failed attempts they finally hit on the idea of doing something people could keep, (after all, why spend all that money on something that people are only going to throw away), so perhaps, oddly, we decided on doing a teatowel.

Eventually, we a design and got it to print, then we came to the day of sending them out. Waiting for people's responses was quite terrifying, we were worried it was going to be met with a blanket 'WHY?', but really, it couldn't have been further from the truth. People seemed genuinely blown away by them and the feedback was totally amazing.

Anyway, we got married and when the dust had settled they both thought maybe the idea was good enough to make a little business out of, so that's exactly what they did. They've taken orders all over the UK and sent out loads of samples.

Our experience in marketing (Karen was a Senior Project Manager at BBH and Ben's Creative Director at alarge MK agency) means they can use that professionalism with our clients to make themfeel at ease. Our biggest challenge is getting free press from the magazines and wedding blogs, so far we've been pretty successful in getting the idea picked up, and that press has driven most of our business.

People always ask "why don't you do mugs, coasters, or sell the idea to schools, and playgroups" but we're not going to diversify in that way and lose focus. The strength of the product and of it's targeting is its niche; it's a specific type of product for a specific type
of customer at a specific time in their lives and the smaller that target the more likely we're the only ones that can hit it.

It's a simple idea that appeals to the kind of interesting people we want to work with, and a busines that's grown-up with love and attention.
From:01/Dec/2009 To:01/Jan/2010

Job Title: Creative Director
Company: Creation
Description: £4.1m | 57 employees) www.creationagency.com

Citizen was bought out and merged with an existing agency to form Creation Agency. I joined as Creative Director and sat on the board of directors. Drawing on my experience and client base the company maintained productive partnerships with Apple and JLP and we expanded our portfolio to include Xerox, BBC, iTunes, Leicester City Council, Samsung and Computacenter.

I was instrumental in the acquisition and development of all clients from 2004 onwards and managed a team of interactive and print creatives.
From:01/Jan/2003 To:01/Jan/2010

Job Title: Art Director
Company: M:/Drive
Description: I began as Junior Designer with very little experience of how an agency worked. I quickly rose through the company, soon securing position as Art Director with my own team of designers. My most high profile account was the Apple (at John Lewis campaign) who ran advertising across all major national press. I also worked with Toshiba and Microsoft.
From:01/Jan/2001 To:01/Jan/2003

Job Title: Editor
Company: Rock City
Description: in-Chief
I set up the Rock City Review Magazine and was appointed Editor-in-Chief. I was solely responsible for generating and sourcing content
for the entire 32-page publication, laying it out and supplying print-ready files.

M:/Drive
From:01/Jan/1999 To:01/Jan/2001

Education Summary: 8 GCSE C+ including Art and Design. 3 A-Levels: Art, Business Studies and General Studies
1997-1999 BA Hons in Marketing and Business from Northampton University