Alpha Agency (formerly White Marble Consulting)

Creative Director

Wanted Studio

Founder of an independent brand consultancy helping to transform ambitious companies across the health, manufacturing and financial services sectors.

Working with strategic partners in the UK, US and EMEIA. 

Clients included HSBC, R1RCM, Clarios and Oyster Yachts.

MSL UK

Executive Creative Director for MSL (part of Publicis Group), a top global communications and PR network, ranked sixth largest in the world. A member of the MSL Board, responsible for providing a strong vision and leadership for MSL UK’s creative offer, reporting directly to the CEO. Key clients include Renault, BT, Diageo, Sainsburys, McDonalds, Huawei, Airbus, Oyster Yachts, Landsec, Mondi, Abinbev, Reckitt Benkiser, BP, Nestlé, EY, Lloyds, GSK, Swarovski, P&G, AkzoNobel, Unilever. Responsible for building and maintaining a team of specialists with the right blend of skills and experience required to deliver against new and existing requirements. Lots of success at leading and winning pitches, presenting to clients and building relationships with them.

Executive Creative Director

Originally employed as Design Director leading a small team of designers in this fab independent B2B agency, but later promoted to assistant CD. The types of projects included branding, annual reports, internal and external campaigns, websites.


Clients include: 
Bloomberg, BT, Diageo, BP, Sainsburys, Felicity J Lord, EY, TSB, Aviva, GSK, Unilever, NATs

Assistant Creative Director

Fin International

B2B agency working on behalf of international professional services and financial brands. Hands on designing as well as leading a small team of designers and artworkers working on everything from literature, advertising, annual reports and websites.

Clients include: 
Credit Suisse, Pictet, Mellon, ABN Amro, Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank

Design Director

Facade

Designing literature in a small design team at this B2B agency working on advertising, branding and literature.

Clients include: 
Pillar Properties, Fibernet, Morgan Grenfell, Country Casuals

Senior Designer

Needhams

Sole designer working in this small agency working on literature and campaigns.

Clients include: 
Richards Butler, Shakespeares Globe Theatre, London Philharmonic Orchestra

Designer

Longmans Publishing

My first job, cutting my teeth in a fast-paced book publisher, handling a number of books at any one time. This time taught me attention to detail, typography, commissioning art and managing printers and typesetters.

We help financial brands break through the complexity, confusion and mediocrity that is holding back their growth.

We do this by combining industry leading research, strategy and creativity to build emotional connections with their audiences.

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