I am a Creative and Experience Director working within financial services, luxury brands and retail industries. I have led projects for global brands including Deutsche Bank, managing multi-channel design deliverables across Agile and Marketing teams. I have extensive experience managing internal and external design teams; and I have built a pattern library of components to visually unite websites and bring commercial efficiencies. I am experienced in managing stakeholders through UI/UX design projects for online banking apps and websites, service design and digital advertising campaigns. One of my strengths is collaborating closely with colleagues from different backgrounds: strategists, product owners, engineers and SEO experts. My career has spanned the digital and mobile first generation of brand experiences through different technologies and platforms.

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Over the years, I have also enjoyed helping entrepreneurs and new brands to develop their strategic thinking to launch new design products and creative services. For one of these projects I worked with Julian Callede , a founder at Made.com, establishing a new commercial furniture collection. Running design workshops with Russell Bestley and Paul McNeil at the London College of Communication has been another fun pursuit. In 2014, I became a Lead Tutor on the MA Typographic Media course.

In summary, I remain excited by the power and richness of design. My current home is with Deutsche Bank - Private Bank, where I am Global Head of Digital Design and Brand in the Client Experience team.

Design work featured in:

Graphic Design for Art, Fashion, Film, Architecture, Product Design
and Everything In Between, Published by Prestel, 2018

The Times Style, 2013 – 2016
Design Geek, 2016
Design Hunter, 2016
Grafik Magazine, Various 2009 – 2015
Design Milk, 2014
My Warehouse Home, 2015
ICON Magazine, 2014
Elle Decoration, Various 2011 – 2014
Cote Sud, 2013
Homes & Gardens, 2013
The Observer, 2012
The Guardian, 2012
Form, 2012
House & Garden, 2012
Creative Review, 2012
Grand Designs, 2011
World of Interiors, 2011
Wallpaper, 2011
I Love Type Series: DIN, Published by Victionary, 2011
I Love Type Series: Futura, Published by Victionary, 2010