hi, so here's more about me...
what i've done and where
2022 – 2024
Global Business Executive Creative Director.
Wunderman Thompson / VML / Hogarth Health Prague
Clients: Snapchat (EMEA, APAC, MENA), Shell, KB Bank, Beiersdorf, Dr Max, Komercia Banka, MSD, GSK (Global creative lead)
Responsible for all creative output within the agency developing existing business as well as driving an intense pitch strategy. Since winning the Snap chat business have spent time developing and building the team and business in all regions predominantly mainland Europe and the MENA. Heading up MSD pharma business for Europe as well as developing and heading up creative for Hogarth Health division EMEA.
2021
Executive Creative Director.
Ogilvy MENA
Working part remotely from Sweden and part on the ground in Oman launched Vodafone brand in Oman. Created and led all marketing activity for full 360 campaign encompassing the launch and the following campaigns.
Clients: Vodafone.
2020 - 2021
Consultant Creative Director working for numerous international clients Sweden
Sixty layers of cake, Been There Done That, Umbrella Budapest/ New York, ECCO shoes Dk, Great Guns London.
From Shoes in Denmark to a Georgian water brand helped develop campaigns for household brands internationally from Sweden during the covid crisis.
Clients: PepsiCo - Hrusteam (Russia)
Campina - Landeliebe, Borjomi bottles water (Georgia)
Heinz sauces (UK), Schindler, Ecco shoes (Denmark) Campina - Reveil Gourmand, Bollywood Parks Dubai, SICPA.
2014 - 2020
Executive Creative Director.
WPP Team Red Budapest
Responsible for, all marketing activity for Vodafone in Hungary both consumer and B2B as well as playing a role in their Global brand objectives. Alongside this developing full 360 campaigns including in-store touch points for electrical retailer Mediamarkt.
Clients: Vodafone, Erste Bank Hungary,
Audi (Hungary), Zwak, MediaMarkt (Electrical retailer).
2013 - 2014
Consultant Creative Director.
Havas Worldwide; Prague, Amsterdam
Clients: Skoda, O2, Jack Daniels, Citroen, Emirates, Post NL, Center Parcs.
2011- 2013
Global Creative.
Arnold Amsterdam
Part of the founding team responsible for the Global Volvo Brand. Managing the roll-out of a new brand look and feel, overseeing a revamp of all social media platforms, launch of a new car, V40, new corporate identity guidelines and responsibility for European markets. As well as developing new business and existing international business.
Clients: Volvo, Dell, Lee Jeans, Douwe Egberts, Stüssy.
2011
Senior Creative.
Euro RSCG 4D, Amsterdam
Led predominantly digital projects for the agency’s lead clients. Clients: Volvo, Reckitt Benckiser, Café HAG.
2009 - 2011
Creative Director
CCCP Amsterdam/ Rotterdam
Helped to transform what was formerly a production company into a full-service agency. Developed and led multi award winning campaigns for Dutch department store Hema and Hi-Tec.
Clients: Hema (Dutch Department store chain), Sparta Bicycles, Hi-Tec, TomTom,
T-Mobile, ANWB.
2007 - 2009
Consultant Creative Director.
Community, Amsterdam
Restructured what was effectively a CRM agency into a full- service agency in under 2 years with two major client wins including Canon and TomTom. Clients: TomTom, Canon Europe, TDK.
2002 - 2007
Joint Creative Director.
Dentsu, Amsterdam
Helped bring Canon to the forefront of the highly competitive DSLR market. Launched the cable TV and internet provider UPC in the Netherlands. Clients: Canon Europe, Skoda, UPC Digital TV.
2002
Senior Creative.
Wieden + Kennedy London
Launched the Manchester United stripe, Nike’s first and biggest premiership replica-kit merchandising initiative.
Clients: Nike, The Disney Channel.
1998 - 2002
Senior Art Director.
Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe Y&R London
Y&R Panda, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Worked on the full spectrum of clients.
Part of the pitch winning team that brought Ford into the agency and created one of the COI’s most recalled campaign. Developed and led anti-smoking campaign for Kazakhstan government.
Clients: Ford Cars of Europe, Landrover, Cuervo Gold tequila, Virgin Trains, The Times Newspaper, Colgate, The Sunday Times Magazine, Philip Morris PMI, Ministry of healthcare of the republic of Kazakhstan, Nestlé Danone, British Government Central Office of Information (vehicle crime reduction), Ericsson
what I've won
Cannes Lions
One Show
Effie Awards
Golden Blade (creative awards Hungary)
Hipnozis (creative awards Hungary)
Dutch Interactive Awards
Art Directors Club of the Netherlands
Advertising Age
Epica Awards
my 13 year old sons tattoo art
it started with a drawing of a star on his knee, that's cool I thought and what a great tattoo is would make - and where better to test it than on myself - I've tested quit a few since then, so if we get the chance to meet I can take you through them.
