Experience

Classic Driver

• Managing Editor

  • Oct 2020 - Present



Private Motor Club

• Founder

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  Private Motor Club is a luxury automotive brand producing a bi-annual automotive journal. The journal is the world's most exclusive car magazine and is read global via our highly profited mailing list and select distribution network. We also produce a number of films per year and social content.



AutoTweetUp

• Founder

  • Sep 2011 - Oct 2020

  AutoTweetUp was put together to allow automotive manufacturers and brands an opportunity to interact and meet with influential tweeters and bloggers. We orgainise meets but can also help you organise an event and tap into a highly influential group of people.



FP Creative

• Creative Strategist

  • Jul 2014 - Feb 2016

  Human ideas factory, art director and writer getting stuck into anything that gets thrown my way. So far that has included script writing, art directing videos, interviewing, filming assistance, camera car driving, generating ideas for new products and pitches and directing voice overs.



Super-Luxe

• Founder/Editor

  • Feb 2014 - Dec 2015

  A biannual luxury automotive journal featuring supercars, luxury cars and classic cars along with the beautiful lifestyle that come with owning these machines. On track to launch in 2015.



GTspirit.com

• UK writer and marketing

  • Dec 2013 - Aug 2014

  I write for the website and manage relations in the UK with manufacturers and brands. I also help with brand development and strategy.



Tim Hutton

• Art Director and Graphic Designer

  • Oct 2013 - Jul 2014

  Self employed creative offering London agency work without the scary price tag.



Tim Hutton Graphic Designer

• Freelance

  • May 2007 - Jul 2014

  I work as a freelance graphic designer creating various print work for the automotive industry. My experience is mostly in the print world with corporate identity, brochure and magazine work a speciality. In the last ten years I have created design work for pretty much every manufacturer going.



Gumball 3000

• Head of Design

  • Mar 2013 - Oct 2013

  I head up the design team at Gumball 3000, managing all creative that comes out of the office and liaising with global brands ensuring brand continuity. I also edit the motoring section of the Gumball 3000 website.



Racing & Waiting

• Editor

  • 2010 - Mar 2013

  Editor of a online automotive lifestyle magazine and website



MindWorks Marketing

• Senior Designer

  • Oct 2008 - Mar 2013

  Senior designer, managing junior and freelance designers and artworkers. Taking client briefs through to finished print.



Stiff Web Magazine

• Editor

  • 2010 - Oct 2010

  I run the show and have full power. But I have a great bunch of guys who I work with to make Stiff happen on a daily basis. Why call it Stiff? because it seems to get people talking!



The Grand Tour

• Creative

  • 2010 - 2010less than a year

  Designed brochure and printed materials as well as branding for the event.



Bullrun Rally

• Creative

  • 2006 - 20104 years

  I design all the printed rally collateral, car branding layouts and overall branding for Bullrun as well as a yearly sponsorship brochure.



Road Magazine

• Founder and Art Director

  • Apr 2007 - Dec 2009

  Founded and launched Road magazine the UK's first online car magazine, quickly followed by Drivers Republic but they had a huge cash injection, still we built up a loyal readership and lasted longer than DR. The model for Road helped me understand what a online magazine can and should deliver to the user.



Nexus/h

• Designer / Art Director

  • Feb 2006 - Apr 2007

  Rebranded pan european Honda car brochures and art directed new lifestyle imagery using an editorial photographer (Joe Windsor Williams) to bring the brochures more inline with the TV and Print advertising from W+K. Also worked on Cunard, Suzuki 4 wheel and WKD.



Gumball 3000

• Creative

  • Jan 2005 - Feb 2006

  Worked as creative for Gumball creating event materials and working on many crazy and wonderful projects, good times



Intersection

• freelance designer

  • 2004 - 2004less than a year

  Magazine layout and art direction



fingal design

• designer

  • 2001 - 20043 years

  Design, branding and magazine layout for: Aston Martin, BAR F1, Balvenie, Bentley, BMW, BTCC, Glenfiddich, Honda Racing, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mazda, Mercedes, Nissan, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Skoda, Volvo.