Design Director
Wunderman
Total years of experience :11 years, 0 Months
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Moving to a worldwide advertising agency in 2018 I took the role of Digital Design Director at Wunderman in Dubai, an agency with over 100 personnel locally and 200 global offices in 70 countries. During my time at Wunderman I have been responsible for working with clients including Microsoft, RSA insurance, Unilever, Samsung, IMKAN and Dubai Properties.
Highlights include:
• Introduction and adaption of new design standards, processes, staff, and software.
• Delivering cutting-edge creatively focussed solutions our clients love and that deliver results.
• Winning several pitches securing new business and long-standing contracts.
• Delivering on a Dubai client project resulted in expanded business in the Saudi and Omani region.
• Launching a new digital platform for RSA insurance which after go-live produced over 4x the client's revenue target.
• Winning a 2019 Effie Award for the B2B Jotun app platform.
Through my design standards, management style, and client-facing work, Wunderman now has a platform to combine amazing design and development with exceptional quality control and the ability to think and execute far beyond what is required.
Skills
• Exceedingly high attention to detail; a pixel-perfect approach.
• Years of both agency and client-side experience.
• Fluent in “digital” responsive UI design and prototyping
• Site mapping, Wireframing, User journeys, testing workshops.
• Experience in a variety of industries from Media, F&B. banking, Property, Sports, E-commerce and Insurance.
• Open-minded with a confident manner, able to inspire, instruct, critique, and create.
• A constantly evolving knowledge of emerging platforms, formats and the evolving media landscape
• Knowledge of HTML 5, CSS 3, Magento, and multiple content management platforms
• Broad knowledge of design programs and platforms, including Sketch, Adobe Suite, Invision and Figma
• Daily use of Agile project management tools, Monday.com, Toggl, and JIRA
Relocating from the United Kingdom to Dubai in 2016, I took the role of creative director at TenTwenty, a 30+ person boutique digital agency, with clients such as the DIFC, Arabian Business and ITP Media.
During my time at TenTwenty I lead the agency to all time high standards and achieved new levels of success, creativity and delivery for the company. Winning several international awards for the website, apps and branding work produced. Awards including awwwards.com, CSS design awards and FWA awards
I was head designer at Rippleffect, a full-service digital agency with 100+ staff based in Liverpool and London.
I managed a design team responsible for winning work, designing concepts and products for new and
established clients.
I have played a major role in winning and desgining some of the agencies biggest ever client contracts,
including Liverpool Football Club, UK Sport and Wetherspoon Pubs.
