Award Winning Creative Director, Designer, Mentor & Author

Previous lessons have included subjects such as art, art history, creative writing designing prints / patterns / graphics for a variety of market areas from fashion to media. Trends, business, licensing & career advice, Adobe demonstrations, drawing workshops etc.

I'm an award winning Creative Director, Author, Mentor, Designer & Speaker.

I have wide list of global clientele & I've had an abundance of my work published across many well known press & media outlets. Such as design books, interiors magazines, TV appearances, trend books & online features.

My unique design portfolio has also allowed me to create a number diverse products within the ceramic, interior, fashion, textile, greeting, stationery, gadget & personalised markets.

I'm an experienced & passionate professional with great expertise across print & pattern design, art direction, content development, creative writing, social media campaigns, strategy, growth, product design, styling, branding, marketing, mentoring, management, team leadership & recruitment.

I'm a hardworking, friendly & approachable person who continues to think outside the box.

All of my experiences even prompted me to begin public speaking & I am now regularly hired to deliver design-based seminars & lectures around the UK & USA. As Co-Founder of Make it in Design, I have developed a ground-breaking educational online platform & taught over 30,000 individual students across 100 countries alongside the hugely popular Make it in Design podcast. A place of curiosity, discovery & inspiring conversation the podcast was created to provide interviews with designers who have made bold moves & followed their hearts in order to thrive as creative professionals.

I'm also a member of the ACID (Anti-Copying in Design) Advisory Council & an active member in the design community.

I have a best selling book called Power Up Your Creativity – Ignite Your Creative Spark. Develop a Productive Practice. Set Goals and Achieve Your Dreams (published by Quarry books).

Clientele examples:
Adobe / Arts Council / American Greetings / Artistic Britain / Artscase / Avery / Card Crazy / Channel 4 / Collage Greetings / Demdaco / DENY Designs / Derwent / Fit For Keeps / Graham & Brown / Hallmark / Hobby Lobby / ITV /Jelly The Pug / Landor /