Chris Townsend

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Group Creative Director at Saatchi & Saatchi // Cannes Lions guest speaker @ Saatchi & Saatchi UK
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Throughout my career I have always looked for new and innovative ways to build meaningful connections with global audiences, creating work for brands such as; Adidas, Activision (Call of Duty), Bentley, Diesel, EA, Heineken and EE.This has seen me make a magician a household name, create the world's most extraordinary car photo and bring a holographic AI Stylist to the BAFTA red carpet. With work being recognised at Cannes Lions, Webby's, BIMAs, Lovie's, Big Awards, Campaign Tech awards, Dadi’s and FWA.In 2019 I was also a Guest Speaker at the Cannes Lions festival on the interactive stage.

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Saatchi & Saatchi UK

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Group Creative Director at Saatchi & Saatchi // Cannes Lions guest speaker
Chris Townsend Work Experience Details
  • Saatchi & Saatchi Uk
    Group Creative Director
    Saatchi & Saatchi Uk Jan 2024 - Present
    London, England, Gb
  • Publicis•Poke
    Creative Director
    Publicis•Poke Jun 2019 - Jan 2024
    London, England, Gb
    In 2019 Poke became Publicis•Poke. This saw me take the lead for the EE team. Highlights include the BAFTA 2019 campaign, turning the world’s first CGI supermodel Shudu, into the world’s first 5G AI stylist. Not only did the work win multiple awards for innovation, it also lead me to speak on the Interactive stage at the Cannes Lions festival. In 2023 as part of the one EE team I helped transform the brand to launch new EE.
  • Poke
    Creative Director - Heineken Global
    Poke Jan 2018 - May 2019
    London, Greater London, Gb
    Working as part of a dedicated Heineken team within Poke, I was responsible for leading digital campaigns across the various Global Heineken partnerships: UEFA Champions League, F1, Rugby World Cup, Heineken Light and brand, overseeing teams of creatives, art directors, designers to deliver extraordinary digital experiences.
  • Vml
    Senior Art Director
    Vml Aug 2016 - Dec 2017
    New York, New York, Us
    Key Accounts: Bentley, Sony MusicAs Senior Art director, I continue to lead the digital creative for Bentley, working with the brand agency as well as the client to continue the BeExtraordinary campaign.I actively participate in pitches, helped develop social content for Colgate to reposition their product in the beauty market.Alongside client work, I created a short VR film in support of homelessness. The film was shown at London’s first VR cinema and taken across Europe, with all proceeds going to the charity. The work was also recognised at The FWA, The Webby’s and Shortlisted at Cannes.I was also chosen as VML Visa Global competition winner, taking me to the Sydney Australia office.
  • Vml
    Art Director
    Vml Jul 2015 - Aug 2016
    New York, New York, Us
    Key Accounts: Bentley, Virgin Active, XBOXMy biggest highlight for VML was leading the creative for Bentley’s #BeExtraordinary campaign. Their most successful campaign in Bentley’s history.My role expanded to take the lead on XBOX creative: reviewing work, presenting and pitching. I also created online content for the Virgin Active website, leading the project from idea to execution.Along side work I took pride in being part of BIMA Digital Day, The Great British Diversity Experiment and D&AD New Blood Portfolio reviews.
  • Five By Five Global
    Art Director
    Five By Five Global Dec 2010 - Jul 2015
    London, England, Gb
    Key AccountsAdidas Body Care, Activision (Skylanders, Call of Duty), UKTV (Dave, Watch & Alibi)In 2009 Five by Five had repositioned itself as an ‘Ideas Agency’, no longer limited to it's digital roots, but driven by the belief that an idea can come from anywhere and live anywhere, fitting the new proposition of “Boundaryless Ideas”. My main role was being lead creative for Activision, supervising creative teams and leading pitches. Notable pitch wins include: Adidas Body Care, UKTV and Patron Tequila. It was also essential to identify and work collaboratively with a variety of specialists to ensure we produced creative and innovative work of the highest quality.This has lead me to send a beer and a curry into space (powered by tweets), make a magician become a house hold name and create a scripted reality film.
  • Five By Five Global
    Senior Digital Designer
    Five By Five Global Apr 2007 - Dec 2010
    London, England, Gb
    As Senior Designer I headed up the campaign design team, specialising in FMCG and gaming clients where I took concepts from idea to execution. My role as the creative lead saw me work collaboratively with the Creative Director and/or Art Director as well as mentoring and leading the junior designers. With the emergence of social, my role became more integrated with the planning team to ensure that strategy was at the heart of our creative thinking. Experimental rich media advertising also played a large part in my role. Creating bespoke formats and page takeovers. I was involved in developing concepts, sketching ideas, green screen film shoots and design. In 2009 Activision took my Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 concept, globally.
  • Five By Five La
    Art Director
    Five By Five La Jun 2013 - Jun 2013
    During my time at Five by Five, they sent me out to work in the fairly new LA office as cover while searching for a new Creative Director. During my short stint in LA, I was responsible for the creative output as well as enjoying pitch success.
  • Lawton Communications Group
    Digital Designer
    Lawton Communications Group Feb 2006 - Apr 2007
    Southampton, Hampshire, Gb
    Digital was at the heart of everything and I worked on generating conceptual ideas for campaign sites, widgets, banners, emails and a range of other supporting collateral.To ensure our ideas we're executed to perfection, it was essential I worked in close collaboration with the creative lead, the creative director and the digital developers.
  • Freelance
    Travelling & Freelance
    Freelance Nov 2004 - Feb 2006
    After leaving Alchemy I pursued a life time ambition to go traveling. During my time away, I made a promise to try anything new. So I jumped off a number of very high things, ate weird insects, made life long friends, experienced different cultures and narrowly avoided a Tsunami. Along the way I worked for several design agencies on a freelance basis in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.
  • Alchemy Digital
    Lead Designer
    Alchemy Digital Jan 2002 - Nov 2004
    As Lead Designer my responsibilities included: Developing design concepts, overseeing the design process and mentor the junior designers.Major clients included: General Electric, Centrum Multivitamins, Anadin, Twinings and Apple.
  • Alchemy Digital
    Designer
    Alchemy Digital Jan 2001 - 2002
    During my first 6 months I was promoted to Designer and was responsible for creative input and design for one of the teams at Alchemy. I also had an active role in usability and usability testing as well as HTML production.
  • Alchemy Digital
    Junior Designer
    Alchemy Digital Aug 2000 - Jan 2001
    Off the back of my graphic design degree show, I was offered at job as Junior web designer. In the interview, it was the Creative Director that inspired me to take a leap into the unknown world of the web. Starting at the very bottom and learning on the job, I taught myself HTML, Flash and how to design in 256 colours.

Chris Townsend Skills

Art Direction Interaction Design Creative Direction Digital Strategy Creative Strategy Concept Development User Interface Design Web Design Graphic Design Digital Marketing Information Architecture Corporate Branding Interactive Advertising Typography Social Media Advertising Online Advertising Keynote Adobe Creative Suite Art Storyboarding Sketching Design Thinking Storytelling

Chris Townsend Education Details

  • Solent University
    Solent University
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