
Creative Director for Swamp Brahm
Leeds, United Kingdom

Creative Director for Swamp Brahm
Leeds, United Kingdom
Entered the digital marketplace in 1995 as a 3D visualiser and multimedia designer and played a key role in the creative development of top 10 Digital Agency Brand New Media between 1997 & 2002 in the capacity of Senior Designer and Creative Director creating ground breaking FMCG websites for brands such as P&G, Durex, Hugo Boss, Heinz, HulaHoops and Irn-Bru.
Brand New Media was a top 10 Digital Agency employing 250 people in London, Leeds and Manchester. BNM was bought in 2000 by French PLC FiSystem, establishing a pan-european network.
In 2002 became a founding partner of digital marketing agency Swamp and helped grow it into one of the UK’s leading digital agencies. Swamp built on the successes of Brand New Media and added household names such as Umbro, Ribena and Horlicks to the client list.
In 2006 Swamp joined up with marketing agency Brahm and as Creative Director Andrew has responsibility for the creative development of online and integrated communication campaigns.
In 2008 Revolution Magazine declared Swamp the UK’s number one agency for Creativity, Return on Investment and Acting Technically in its annual client survey.
I speak at industry conferences and contributes to digital marketing press and has judged many national and international awards including the FAB Awards and the New York Festivals Awards.
digital creativity consultant, director, creative director
(Internet industry)
2006 — Present (4 years )
(Internet industry)
April 2002 — Present (7 years 10 months)
(Internet industry)
February 1997 — March 2002 (5 years 2 months)
(Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
December 1996 — February 1997 (3 months)
Arty techie geek guy
2:1 , film, media , 1992 — 1996
computers, internet, art, music, writing, guitar, flamenco, illustration, animation, 3D, installation
Storyhunters
1997 The Yamaha Sound World First Prize, Tizer
1998 Best New Media DRAMI, Irn-Bru
1999 FAB, Hula Hoops
2000 Best Web Site DRAMI, Irn-Bru
2000 Salad Cream (Heinz) London International Advertising Awards
2001 Winner of FAB Awards, Lovelunch (Heinz Soups)
2001 Finalist New Media Age Awards, Durex
2002 Winner of FAB Awards, Salad Cream
2003 Short listed in the Comic Relief Viral Challenge
2004 MCCA Marketing Magazine, Best Art Direction, Umbro
2005 Revolution, Heinz Beanz, Best Integrated Campaign
2005 Best Agency, GRAMIA, Grocer Magazine
2006 FAB, international Food & Beverage awards, Heinz Offers, best email
2007 Best Agency, GRAMIA, Grocer Magazine
2008 Swamp voted No1 for ‘Creativity’, ‘Return-On- Investment’ and ‘Acting Technically’ in Revolution Magazine’s 2007 client survey
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