Using expertise in Business, Brand, Design, Marketing and Technology to help 'good' organisations and talented people to make a bigger, better impact. If you are a small organisation with a big idea or a big organisation that wants to be better - I can help.john@basil.agency

Wire Agency specialed in business improvement through brand, marketing and digital innovation. I founded the business with partner Peter Higgins in the 'Golden Hart' of Shoreditch in the year 2004. I was personally responsible for creating strategy and successfully delivering all marketing, brand and technology projects. I was also responsible for finding, pitching, winning and developing new business. I have had the privilege of working with some brilliant people at some exceptional organisations - they include: The National Health Service, IngeusUK, Providence Service Corporation, MyPain, Camden CCG, ABRSM, Ellenor Hospices, Development Securities, North Hertfordshire Homes, Business Disability International, Ideal Rooms, Ammonite, Face Equality International. Affinity Sutton, Aldersbrook Brewing Company, ArtHide, Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, British Council, Cambridge University, Deloitte UK, Design Council, Development Securities, Ellenor Hospices, Fabian Society, Foundation for Youth Music, Fused & Fired, Getty Images, GLA, Home Office, Housing Corporation, Ideal Rooms, Ingeus, L'Autre Pied, LB Camden, LB Enfield, LB Lewisham, LB Newham, LB Southwark, LB Tower Hamlets, Lend Lease - Athletes Village, Leonard Cheshire Disability, London South Bank University, London Symphony Orchestra, LV Technologies, Natural History Museum, NatWest, Nokia, NW Regional Development Agency, Office for the Deputy Prime Minister, Pied-a-Terre, Price Waterhouse Cooper, Providence Service Corporation, Refugee Council, SE Regional Development Agency, The Guardian, The Kings Fund, The Royal College of Art, The Royal Society of Art, Thomson Finacial, Tower Hamlets Homes, University of East London, Whole Education, Youth Music, Young Foundation, Z-Cards.

Corcoran was a radical, creative agency with roots in events marketing and design. We pushed boundaries in creativity and technology in the pioneering, early days of the internet. I was personally responsible for all traditional and digital design, coding and development plus all digital strategy and client training. I set-up the business from scratch, attracting and winning new business, and developing successful client relationships.Clients included: Harlequin Solutions, The Core Business, Lewisham Council, Inside Housing, IPC magazines, Office for National Statistics, BP.

Before setting up my 'first' business, I travelled extensively and spent six years as an events publicity and marketing manager in London, promoting the likes of Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea and Maya Angelou. Prior to that, I was a social development officer for Warrington Runcorn Development Corporation booking and promoting, jazz, dance, film and community events. After leaving Boteler Grammar School, I spent two years as an analytical chemist and a trainee design engineer before pursuing a passion for fine art and design.