Stephen Judge Email & Phone Number

Ampthill, Bedfordshire, GB

• As an award-wining Creative Director and having played a pivotal role in Bonfire’s growth, team development and creative output over the years, my role today focusses on strategic/creative direction and on client.
• Drum Roses Awards Finalist for digital marketing
• Government InnovateUK Award for innovation
• App of the Year Award for innovation
• Appointed part-time Managing Director to support during COVID.
• Maintaining DrumRecommends status

Ampthill, Bedfordshire, GB

• Core role focussed on building and growing the account team, business development, pitch direction and company promotion and brand positioning. In 2016 Bonfire joined the Drum's RAR+ Recommended Agency initiative that.
• Development of company newspaper platform “5/11”
• Achieving and maintaining The Drum's RAR+ Recommended Status from 2016 onwards (later renamed DrumRecommends).
• Achieving The Drum's RAR+Top100 UK independent agency list.
• Leading on the winning brand pitch for a new restaurant chain for Whitbread

Ampthill, Bedfordshire, GB

• Founding / award-winning Managing Creative Director developing a company and culture based on the “intelligent use of creativity” and built on the values of community, integrity, and results.Lead on Creative/Brand.
• Prepared the company for and achieving Design Association Accreditation (first in the UK)
• Directing numerous winning pitches including the first and second Bosch pitch
• Set-up and development of the Client Services team
• Delivery of an International showcase event for Renesas in Barcelona
• Landed and directed our first TV advert for Olympus

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New York, NY, US

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Greater London, GB

Volunteer for Saddle Up! a not for profit organisation supporting those recently made redundant who want someone to listen. Three x 20 minute sessions offered per week, after hours or at the weekend. PM me for details.

Luton And Bedford, Bedfordshire, GB

Towcester, Northamptonshire, GB

Year contract to head up the creative studio at MPM (now the Brand Architects), looking after brands such as CHEP, Morgan Stanley Quilter, Farnham Castle and creating the branding for St Barts Hospital.

Luton, Beds, GB

Senior creative role working on brands such as Vauxhall, Orange Retail, DLR, Acrylicon, Royal SunAlliance, Centrica and leading on the agency's self promotion materials.

Senior creative working on brand development, packaging and PoS for brands such as Charles Wells, Bombardier, Red Stripe, Schlumberger, JPM, Howden Airdynamics, BAE and Meggitt.

Nelson, Lancashire, GB

Reporting directly to the CEO - mid-term in-house contract starting with brand market research leading to the successful rebrand and roll-out for this rapidly growing IT Services company: from guidelines, to brochures, to signage.

Working on branding, marketing collateral and PoS for Whitbread, Travel Inn, Pizza Hut, TGI Fridays, Marriott Hotels, Beefeater, Courtyard Hotels and BBFS.

Part of the large team working on the branding for the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS).

London, Greater London, GB

Ideas and brand development work for a Saudi Arabian children's charity.

New York, US

Part of a large team working on the development of the new British Airways identity, and researching artists and designers for the tail fin designs. Also worked on concepts for the covers of a series of books.Then Newell and Sorrell.

Sheffield, GB

Designer working on various materials for brands such as Coop Bank, First Direct Bank and many of the then Whitbread (owned and distributed) drink brands (Boddington's, Heineken, Fosters, Caffrey's, Murphy's, Flower's etc).Then Scope Creative Marketing.

London, GB

Then Sampson Tyrrell.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Design And Visual Communications, Research

Post Graduate Diploma (Pgdip), Design And Visual Communications

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Visual Communication

Foundation Course, Art And Design

Foundation, Mechanical And Electrical Design