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Hi, I'm Austin and I’ve been navigating my way around this wonderful creative world for the last two decades building in depth experience across multiple disciplines from web design, illustration, print, exhibition stand design,

Hi, I'm Austin and I’ve been navigating my way around this wonderful creative world for the last two decades building in depth experience across multiple disciplines from web design, illustration, print, exhibition stand design, social content creation, experiential design and branding. In that time, I’ve swapped the hats of junior designer for creative director, have directed many a video shoot for global FMCG brands, concepted and created engaging social campaigns, re-branded companies from the worlds

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Hi, I’m Austin and I’ve been navigating my way around this wonderful creative world for the last two decades building in depth experience across multiple disciplines from web design, illustration, print, exhibition stand design, social content creation, experiential design and branding.

In that time, I’ve swapped the hats of junior designer for creative director, have directed many a video shoot for global FMCG brands, concepted and created engaging social campaigns, re-branded companies from the worlds of fitness, finance and betting, launched a cutting edge multi-million-dollar technology at an international trade expo, built props and decorated sets for immersive 360 video experiences and scripted, planned and developed award nominated large scale XR training videos.

I’ve worked agency side, client-side, freelanced and started my own creative studio working with global brands, start-ups and everything in between. It’s been quite the ride; I’ve never stopped learning or relishing the challenge and although the beard’s gone grey that hasn’t diminished my desire to be creative in whatever shape or form the brief requires.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

May 2022 – present. Freelance Creative: Creating marketing strategies for Anytime Fitness, branding for Synfully Sweet Scents and 3D virtual tours for Perception Studios

Aug 2017 – Oct 2022. Founder/Creative Director: United Visual
Founded a scalable multi-disciplined creative studio working across a number of industries such as FMCG, education, finance and technology. Clients included Accenture, Fuel10k, Oxford University Press, Smeg, Paddy Irish Whisky, 137 Gin and P2i.

Jan 2015 – Aug 2017. Head of Content Creation: Jaywing
Formed and grew a dedicated social content creation team producing highly engaging social content across a portfolio of global brands including Pepsi Max, Doritos, Lay’s, Mountain Dew, Gatorade, Copella, Sunbites, Popworks and Tropicana.

Jan 2009 – Dec 2014. Art Director: Graphico / 2020 / Jaywing
Brand guardian across a silo of digital clients including Sky, Pepsi Max, United Biscuits, Gatorade, Mountain Dew, Sea Life and Madame Tussauds.

Jul 2008 – Dec 2008. Senior Designer: Freelance
Creating digital assets for brands such as Harrods, Danone, Cross Country Trains.

Jan 2008 – Jul 2008. Senior Designer: Complete
Responsible for concepting and creating online ads and sites for clients such as Euroffice and Vodafone.

Dec 2002 – Dec 2007. Senior Designer: Wheel / Lbi
Worked across a number of online clients creating sites and ads for the likes of Sony, Laura Ashley, BT.

Dec 2001 – Dec 2002. Designer: Imagika Designs
Worked within a small team across print and digital creative for clients such as London Bridge Museum & Education

Jan 2000 – Jun 2001. Designer: Pres Co.
Guided by Senior Designers and Art Directors, created and maintained websites for M&S, Laura Ashley, The Big Bus Company and BT

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Skills

Adobe Illustrator
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Logo
Adobe Photoshop
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Branding
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Illustration
T-
T-shirt Design
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Experience Level

Adobe Illustrator
Expert
Logo
Expert
Adobe Photoshop
Expert
Branding
Expert
Illustration
Expert
T-shirt Design
Expert
Icon
Expert
Business Card
Expert
Poster
Expert
Presentation Design
Expert
Sticker
Expert
Web Design
Expert
Pitch Deck
Expert
Adobe InDesign
Expert
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Language

English
Advanced

Education

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Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Consumer Goods, Computers & Electronics, Energy & Utilities, Media & Entertainment, Real Estate & Construction, Retail, Telecommunications, Software & Internet, Travel & Hospitality

Testimonials

Jan 2023
by Jamie Newbury
A very talented, energetic and committed interaction designer, Austin is great to work with. He has a wealth of experience, considered views and thorough knowledge of interaction design plus undoubted illustration skills. He has the ability to see both the detail and the overall structure of a design. I hope to work with him again in the near future.
Jan 2023
by Aman Matharu
Austin was a key figure in shaping the creative output for Pepsi Max’s social content. He led the evolution of the creative from simple static posts to innovative and engaging video that helped Pepsi MAX lead the field in communicating with its core audiences. Spearheading the content team, he continually pushed the creative on to new levels with a flexible approach to the creative, always up for a discussion whilst his attention to detail ensured the highest quality output.
    uniE621 P2i Interactive exhibition stand design and experiential activation
    https://www.twine.net/signin Liquid Repellent Nano Technology. Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, but this was the task faced when creating a brand in order to launch Dunkable, the latest liquid repellent nano technology product innovation from technology firm P2i launching to the OEM market at
    uniE621 Birmingham Airport
    https://www.twine.net/signin Whilst working as an art director at Berkshire creative agency 2020, I led the design pitch response for a refresh of the Birmingham Airport website. An initial style tile mood board was created to help define the direction of the design. Modern and friendly typefaces
    uniE621 Herd
    https://www.twine.net/signin A personal project in the shape of my take on a birthday card. Celebrating the old man's 70th needs more than a token gesture from Clinton's. Long story short, I've always drawn cards for birthdays. More of a personal touch especially when I place the old man in the
    uniE621 Arabian Adventures website design
    https://www.twine.net/signin Emirates owned Arabian Adventures called for pitch submissions for a redesign of their tourist destination site that offered a range of exciting activities and excursions in Dubai. Whilst working as an art director at Berkshire creative agency 2020, I led the design response
    uniE621 Century
    https://www.twine.net/signin Not a project as such, more a two part series of hoops to jump through in order to land a gig. The first task was to design and illustrate the two lead characters from the novel Jane Eyre in a clean and elegant style suitable for secondary school age children. Rather than
    uniE621 Hotshots Paintball
    https://www.twine.net/signin Local paintball outfit Hot Shots Paintball wanted a series of dynamic black and white pencil sketch style illustrations to help convey both the action on the day and the range of additional extras available at their facility outside of just shooting each other with rock hard paint
    uniE621 Classroom Presentation Tool
    https://www.twine.net/signin The Oxford University Press Classroom Presentation Tool (CPT) is an aid for teachers in creating engaging lessons by allowing them to present the source material on screen either physically in a classroom or digitally in remote lessons. ​ Traditionally the CPT had been
    uniE621 United In Iron
    https://www.twine.net/signin Born from a desire to stand out from the Gymshark wearing clones, United in Iron is a brand created for those who want to feel like an individual and wear apparel that reflects their attitude and focus to their training. The entire brand was developed from the ground up,
    uniE621 Euroffice
    https://www.twine.net/signin Euroffice is one of the largest business and home office supplies providers in the UK, offering over 30,000 products that range from basic desktop stationery and office supplies to ergonomic chairs, cleaning products, ink & toner and hardware such as laptops and