Experience

Something More Near

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  Something More Near are specialists in participatory approaches to innovation, strategy and brand. Deploying collaborative processes to inspire teams, invite audiences in and harness the energy of uncommon talent. We call it social changework. Projects for Museum of London, TED, Ravensbourne University and Client Earth.



pyka

• Director

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  Pyka are a multi-disciplinary group of programmers and artists. We use digital technology to reconnect people to their own creative capacity and to people, places and stories that surround them.Our projects include apps and creative learning experiences for schools across the UK and commissions for institutions including Tate, Roundhouse, The Globe, National Museums Wales and many more. www.wearepyka.com



Incidental

• Director

  • Jan 2005 - Jan 2016

  Incidental was a small organisation specialising in cross-disciplinary creative work.Over a decade, our team conducted experimental projects in Europe, the U.S. and Asia, including a wide range of outputs – from live music performances and public events to software design, CD releases and printed publications. Key projects include interactive sound installation in a condemned Phnom Penh housing project (The Room), a hoax exhibition at National Museums Wales featuring real museum objects alongside wildly fictive histories (Museum of Lies), an iOS app that lets you remix the world around you (Feed) and the generation of a collaboration / workshop design methodology used with World Health Organisation, Museum of London and more (Work Lab). Projects were commissioned by organisations including New York Tenement Museum, Future Everything, Arnolfini Gallery, Asian Development Bank, Fundacao Serralves, futureplaces and Manchester International Festival, Arts Network Asia and the British Foreign & Commonwealth office.



Prophet

• United States
• Technology, Information and Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Innovation Director

  • Jul 2013 - Dec 2015

  Strategic lead for Samsung Europe account. Strategy & identity projects for Gourmet Burger Kitchen, Stanhope, etc. Specialist roles in facilitation & collaboration design.



Figtree

• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Strategy

  • May 2012 - Jul 2013

  Overall management of strategic output of the company, and leading positioning and strategic consultancy for clients including Axa UK, Orange and Blackberry.



The Futures Company

• United States
• Advertising Services

• Freelance consultancy

  • Jan 2005 - Jan 2011

  Principally focusing on future technology & scenario futures



WPP

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Fellows Programme

  • Sep 2002 - Sep 2005

  The WPP Fellowship is a graduate programme, involving 3 one year placements with different companies across WPP, one of the world’s largest marketing groups.Sept 2004 – Summer 2005: Manager, Brand Strategy & Client Services, Landor Associates. Roles as above.Jul 2003 - Aug 2004: Analyst, The Henley Centre, London. Clients included Department of Trade and Industry, British Telecomm, Procter & Gamble, Arts Council England, East of England Development Agency. Role included: managementof large-scale strategic futures projects, envisioning possible futures and identifying long-term strategic planning; trend reports and strategic analysis of markets, involving qual and quant research and extensive desk research; workshop facilitation and presentation with both public & private sector clientsJune 2002 - June 2003: Account Manager / Planner, Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe / Y&R. Clients included Virgin Trains, Marks & Spencer and Lego. Work included:management and strategic support of integrated national advertising campaigns involving television, print, radio and internet executions; strategic analysis and synthesis of a wide variety of primary and secondary research sources to providestrategic brand and social trend reports.