Marketing and promotion for brands, products and services; local, national and international accounts. Creative communication core to business; design for print, product, packaging, merchandising & promotions. Small team with perceptive vision and innovative ideas.. Broad experience in wide range of markets. Check

Developed the client base to include brands for kids. Managing clients with sensitivity.

Introduced children's brands to the mix

Client contact, design, creative and business management

Design and art direction of all packaging and graphics for emerging range of games, puzzles, crafts and toys for Europe

Set-up and management of creative division; art direction of promotional collateral for wide range of National and European, corporate incentive programmes

Avon Overseas was set up in 1971 to include selected creatives from all Avon European Countries. Work involved development of creative promotional campaigns to promote Avon products across Europe. We worked with the best photographers of the day and produced some fine work. The integration of multi national personnel in 'agency style creative teams' was a brave step by the management; these teams included mixed nationalities to optimise the multicultural atmosphere.The experience was unique, offering the chance to share ideas, experience and work with fellow creatives from all the major European countries within a genuine Pan-European operation.The cultural highlight was a 'European' Soccer Team which included English, Scottish, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Belgian players. Famously we played in a European tournament and against a team from the Knightsbridge barracks in Hyde Park; the result of the latter was unimportant, the memories of the match and the social time afterwards, live on... as do those of working closely with and learning from some great creative colleagues; particularly those from Germany.

Design and art direction of sales campaign brochures for UK market. Concept and presentational visualising; coordination and art direction of illustration and photography. Photography included still life product, model and emotive, locally in Northampton and in London.

Member of team created under Thompson Group ownership, to provide in house advertising agency-style service for in-paper clients; local and national retail, industrial and service industries.Design and origination of corporate promotional collateral