Ok, some long copy at last.
I’m a copywriter by trade and now an ECD by good fortune, building and leading a department of brilliant creatives at Havas. I've been lucky – surrounding myself with brilliant partners (cheers Andy Garnett & Jo Casey) and some of the brightest, sharpest and funniest minds in the business from Saatchis, Grey, DDB & now Havas. Now, as the industry and opportunities get ever more diverse, this job just keeps getting better and better.
Recently, I’ve been named in Campaign's Top 40 over 40; represented British Creativity in the House of Commons & at SXSX Austin; co-founded a VR film series for people with Alzheimer’s to remember their past; helped bring back Elf when Hollywood couldn't; turned self checkouts into health check outs; created a book that's now part of the National Curriculum and stopped a European Super League.
The full head of hair may have gone (at 21) but the full head of ideas is still here – more curious than ever. And although i like to pretend industry awards don’t matter much, i'm going to contradict myself here by writing a long list of some of them below:
The Wayback VR Film Series
• UK ‘Challenge Dementia’ / Government Prize (Most proud of this one of everything)
• D&AD Yellow Pencil
• SXSW Best Emerging Tech award Silver (Gold went to a $100 billion project from Samsung)
• British Arrows Silver x 2
• Campaign BIG
• Creative Circle Golds x 2 Radio
• Creative Circle Silver
• APA 'Best Idea of the Year'
• 100 Great British Innovation Award
• Shots Best Innovation Award
• Ciclope Film Award
• Lisbon Tech Fest Winner
• Permanent feature BFI
• Contagious Magazine Winner
• Featured in New Scientist Magazine! (Ok, it's not an award but when you got a 'FAIL' in GCSE science it's pretty rewarding all these years later)
ASDA / Elf
3 Creative Circle Golds
1 Creative Circle Silver
6 x British Arrow Finalist
Creative Review Annual of the Year
Thinkbox Winner 2023
5 x One Show Finalists & 1 x Clios Finalist
The Drum Most Loved Xmas Ad
ASDA/ Tickled Pink
• £5.9 million raised for Breast Cancer Now
• Clio Silver
• Campaign BIG
• 4 x Creative Circle Gold including best writing & best integrated campaign
• 1 x Creative Circle silver
• 3 x Eurobest Bronze
• One Show Merit
• 4 x British Arrows including best writing
• 1 x Kinsale Sharks / Best New Director for Rosie
Refugease
• Creative Circle 4 Golds, 2 silver & bronze for audio, print & integrated
• Campaign Top 5 Prints Ads
• Campaign top 10 campaigns
• Eurobest & British Arrows Finalist
BOSE
• British Arrows Best Campaign of the Year (The John Webster Award)
• 1 x British Arrows Gold
• 1 x British Arrows Silver
• Film Directors Guild of America annual 'Best 3 ads in the world'
• New York Festivals Bronze
• APA TOP
NSPCC / NCH
• Cannes Gold Lion
• Campaign Silver x 3
• Campaign Direct Gold
• D&AD Wood
• Creative Circle Silver
• One Show Bronze
HSBC
Campaign BIG Awards Gold 'Writing'
Campaign BIG Silver
Creative Circle Silver & Bronze
Right Guard
Campaign BIG silver
DMA Golds x 4
MCCA Awards Silver
Creative Circle Bronze
plus…
D&AD Pencils for BHF
Global Poster Winner
Over 40 Finalists at Cannes
One Show Silvers & Bronzes for St Mungos & Divorcesolicitor.com & ASDA
The Eurobest Google Award for Schwartz
aaaaaand…Campaign BEST YOUNG CREATIVE TEAM (yep, going back that far!)
Still reading?
Hello Mum.
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