Creative & Design
At The Creative Collective, we bring together a hand-picked team of senior creatives from fashion, film, broadcast, and publishing—driven by passion and collaboration.
Our expertise spans Creative Direction, Design, Branding, Motion, Key Art, Presentation Design, Illustration, and Retouching—delivering world-class creativity with agility and expertise.
Creative Directors
John
Creative Director/Project Manager
John is an award winning multi-disciplined Creative Director with over 27 years of experience working in the retail and public sector. For the last 12 years, he has been working at senior and management level, project managing and empowering design teams to deliver creative briefs for a variety of brands. His design roots are embedded in photography, fashion, graphic & signage design, and design in the built environment. He graduated from Middlesex University with a BA Honours in interior Design. His true calling for interior architecture was cemented whilst studying and working in Germany. He has a high level of competency working across different design disciplines, which informs all aspects of his work.
Over the last 2 decades he has worked with a diversity of clients and brands such as Kiss FM, MOBO Awards, Universal Music Group, Adidas, Lululemon, Vauxhall, Honda, Opel, Mazda,
VW, MG, SEAT, Skoda, Ineos, Blackpool Council, Queen Elizabeth’s Boys School, Croydon Council, Idea Stores, and Abu Dhabi-Department of Culture & Tourism.
Clare
Design Director/Print Designer
Clare won the BSME Award for Art Director of the Year at Stylist magazine, and previously held the position of Design Director at Marie Claire US in New York. Other editorial titles she has worked on include: Vogue, Sunday Times Style, Cosmopolitan and Tatler. A seasoned expert in print design, Clare is now making an impact in the advertising, marketing, branding and the digital world. She has transferred her creative thinking, concept design and general good taste on screen for We Are Social, Facebook, Adidas, Amazon, Coach, Tapestry and numerous luxury brands.
Christine
Creative Director/Multidisciplinary Designer
Christine is an award-winning multidisciplinary designer with more than 20 years’ experience. The combination of her training as an illustrator, her passion for craft and her experience as the Creative Director of Marie Claire UK and the luxury fashion biannual, Marie Claire Runway, gives her a unique voice and visual language.
Christine has hand-embroidered covers for Stylist magazine, hand-cut more than 100 tiny paper dolls for mini fashion shoots and once decorated the windows of Heal’s on Tottenham Court Road with rainbow confetti. She always takes a 360 holistic view of a project, and is able to take the kernel of an idea and create a whole world across all platforms.
Christine’s past clients include John Lewis, Selfridges, Harvey Nichols, Tatler and Boots. Recently she has transferred her skills into the charity sector, working with #Togetherband on social campaigns aiming to amplify the message of the United Nations’ Global Goals for Sustainable Development.
Key Artists/Retouchers
Graham
Lead Key Art Designer
Graham is an award-winning creative retoucher and designer specialising in the concepting and creation of key art. With more than 15 years experience in the field, he has created artwork for BBC, Warner Bros. Discovery, UKTV and Tribeca Film. Graham’s approach is eclectic, drawing on his background in the time-honoured traditions of oil painting and fine art photography as well as a keen interest in developing technologies such as AI image generation.
Jo
Senior Creative Retoucher/Project Manager
Jo is an experienced creative retoucher with a love for impactful imagery. Having spent many years working across advertising, broadcast, fashion, retail and sports sectors she is capable of working on a variety of different subjects.
Jo’s skills include key art design, colour matching / grading, skin retouching and creative image manipulation. Having also acted as Project Manager on high volume projects she values excellent organisation, clear communication and endeavours to nurture an atmosphere of ease within a creative team.
Adaptable to different workflows, Jo focuses on what would be the most helpful to the client and and impactful to the project at any given point, whether that be big or small.
A passionate creative person, Jo is also a fine artist specialising in watercolour and ink, a portrait photographer and a budding martial artist. Her varied interests include Japanese culture, gardening, music, travel and she can often be found attending live music events or browsing art galleries.
Steve
Senior Creative Retoucher/Key Art Designer
With 15 years experience as a creative retoucher, Steve has honed his craft working for many of London's leading advertising agencies and retouching studios. His expertise covers automotive, key art, fashion and beauty, CGI retouching and colour grading.
A true creative retoucher with an art and design background and a great understanding of colour, lighting and composition. Steve approaches the process with clear communication and meticulous attention to detail. He produces subtly perfected and natural looking results, whilst always meeting demanding deadlines and without compromising quality.
Steve enjoys creative pursuits such as painting and photography and is an avid music and film lover. He has a strong interest in graphic design, art and illustration and enjoys regularly attending exhibitions and galleries.
Designers
Zahra
Multimedia Designer
Zahra is an experienced designer with print and digital experience in both editorial and commercial settings. She has worked across a range of fashion, beauty and lifestyle brands, her clients include Harrods, Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Harper’s Bazaar, Red, Women’s Health, Esquire, Treatwell, Superdrug and The Perfume Shop.
She is a hard working, enthusiastic and creative individual who is confident in using editing software programs such as Photoshop, lndesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Illustrator.
Nele
Graphic Designer
Nele is a London-based graphic designer who graduated with a BA in Graphic Design from Ravensbourne University in 2014. She went on to work for Discovery and then The Telegraph before she transitioned into a highly successful freelance career. Over the years Nele has cultivated a versatile skill set and the ability to seamlessly adapt to various client needs and team dynamics. Specialising in branding, information graphics, print, digital, and illustration, she has worked on a wide variety of projects for reputable clients such as Ustwo games, Data Design, Discovery, and Designit. Nele's deep passion for fine arts serves as a constant source of inspiration, propelling her to look for new ways of approaching her work. She maintains an unwavering commitment to innovation, continually seeking fresh perspectives and creative avenues in her design endeavours.
Amy
Designer
Amy is a designer with experience building brands in-house. After graduating from the University of Dundee Amy moved to London to work at Formula E, immediately being thrown into the middle of a new brand roll out. Working on projects for events, marketing, hospitality, etc. allowed her to see all parts of the business and get involved in large projects from the beginning.
She then moved to her position as lead designer at Extreme E, a new electric off-road racing series, overseeing all areas of brand and design for this exciting new championship. Working with a small internal team and working closely with partners they delivered an award winning product for the first two seasons in remote locations across the globe.
Vic
Art Director/Graphic Designer
An award-winning art director with a flair for typography and graphic design. Vic has a reputation for consistently delivering innovative ideas for a range of national and international brands.
Reliable, professional, and resilient in the face of pressure, her expertise in editorial and infographic design is matched only by her efficiency and proficiency to hit deadlines.
Hanna
Graphic Designer
Hanna is an experienced multidisciplinary designer with expertise in print, digital, and motion design. She has worked across a diverse range of industries, including media, entertainment, engineering, fashion, and children’s content. Her clients include WSP, Discovery, BBC, Moonbug, and Seraphine, along with many more.
She is a highly motivated, creative, and detail-oriented designer who thrives in fast-paced environments. Skilled in industry-standard software, she works confidently across the whole Adobe suite to bring brands and campaigns to life.
Lydia
Designer/Illustrator
Lydia is a full-time graphic designer, illustrator and writer with a history of designing for entrepreneurial start-ups. She was former Head of Design at ToucanBOX, a children’s craft-box subscription. Lydia studied Graphic Design at Nottingham Trent University and was headhunted to join the creative team at notonthehighstreet.com.
Lydia’s illustration style is playful, colourful, fun and deliberately naïve, with quirky, humorous ideas and characters that dance across the page. Her work is full of energy and plays to that childlike innocence that is in all of us, regardless of age.
The Ant’s Pants is her first children’s illustrated book – published by Orion, under the Early Readers series, summer 2018.
Lydia brings an inimitable sense of style to everything she does: from makeup artistry and face painting to fashion and hair modelling.
Jamie
Senior Product Designer
Jamie is a senior product designer with 8 years of experience working with both large multinational companies and small start-ups creating market leading apps and websites. Jamie helps clients identify growth opportunities for their brand and design user-centric solutions to maximise revenue.
Whether you are looking to evolve your current product or build something from scratch Jamie can help turn your concepts into the final product.
Kirsty
Multidisciplinary Designer
Kirsty is an experienced multidisciplinary designer with over 20 years’ experience. Having honed her skills in editorial design for some of the UK’s biggest magazines, she now works for various digital clients, including ITV and The Trainline.
With her great storytelling skills, Kirsty can create a full 360 experience – whether that’s for a print publication, short edits for social media or storyboarding a full campaign. She loves nothing more than creating exciting and vibrant motion design for social that surprise audiences and capture their attention.
Rachael
Designer
Rachael is a graphic designer who has experience on numerous rebranding projects, guideline designs, signage design projects, marketing material development, exhibitions and print work.
She studied Graphics at Central Saint Martins, part of the University Arts London, and works at an architectural design company in London, and also on a variety of freelance projects.
Clients include Honda Motors, European Region of Gastronomy, Croydon Council, Toyota, Tropicalia, The Royal College of Nursing, The City of London, Ordnance Survey, Idea Stores, Mazda Motors, Blackpool City Council.
Natasha
Graphic Designer
Natasha is a graphic designer who has worked for multiple companies in London, Australia and New Zealand for the last 12 years including brands such as Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC, ANZ, various fashion brands and international advertising agencies such as TBWA and Leo Burnett.
She likes to work on a diverse range of projects including branding, print, digital design for website and social, as well as retouching. Having freelanced right from the beginning of her career starting out at Discovery Networks in London, she is used to fast-paced environments, managing multiple projects and meeting client deadlines. Her warm presence and clear communication means she forms great relationships with all those she works with.
Natasha balances her design career with her passion for health & wellness, teaching yoga and holistic workshops, sharing tools to help people perform and feel their best. Her practice in this area allows her to manage her time effectively, meet the demands of tight deadlines and produce the best work possible.
Julia
Designer/Typographer
Julia has worked as a graphic designer and art director for several luxury brands including Harrods and Condé Nast as well as retail destinations such as Canary Wharf. Specialising in design for print and editorial design, she has produced a range of consumer and corporate publications.
Alongside her design work she set up the Wood Words Letterpress Studio in London which houses a collection of vintage wood type and printing presses. Inspired by the collection she works with clients, organisations and fellow creatives on typographic commissions that bring letterpress into contemporary design and print.
Using her extensive digital knowlege she is able to further manipulate and explore typography and design through this beautiful analogue process and has provided solutions for branding projects, surface designs, posters and stationery. Personal projects include a series of letterpress look books and type specimen books.
Motion Designers
Fedele
2D and 3D Motion Designer
Fedele is a highly talented, award winning motion graphic designer with over 20 years of experience as a senior creative at BBC News. He has a background in branding and photography, and understands the importance and impact of bringing an idea to life through design.
Working across all aspects of channel branding, broadcast, social media and continuity from initial design to final delivery.
Clients include BBC, Sky, UBS, Amazon, and Smirnoff.
Monika
Motion Designer/Digital Art
Since she can remember Monika was always interested in visual storytelling. Starting with drawing on the walls and tables, then moving on to more sophisticated paper, finally diving into the broad field of digital art. Starting with digital static illustrations and graphic design layouts, she combined these two together and learned how to bring them to life with 2d and 3d software. She blended her genuine lifelong passion for art and design and become Motion Graphics Artist.
She has proficient knowledge of Adobe After Effects (2d animation), Illustrator and Photoshop, which she uses for assets creation (Illustrator), textures and organic illustrations (Photoshop). Additionally, in her workflow she uses Adobe Premier Pro for editing and InDesign for layouts or presentations. Apart from Adobe CC, Monika is a big fun of Procreate on iPad and Cinema 4D for 3D illustration and animation.
In her career Monika worked on projects for clients such as: BBC 3, CBBC, Cartoonito, Cartoon Network, World Health Organization Africa, SKY1, WTV
Stefan
2D and 3D Motion Designer
Stefan’s range of skills as an enthusiastic lead creative and senior motion graphics designer can help you create impactful visual content that cuts through on any platform.
A proud Ravensbourne alum, with over 11 years of creative agency experience. He has hadthe privilege of working with global brands of all kinds, including the BBC, ITV, Fremantle, Ancestry and The Financial Times amongst others. Equipped with a Swiss army knife of creative solutions, he specialises in 2D & 3D motion graphics, animation, social content and branding. He has a strong knowledge and years of experience using Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop and Cinema 4d.
Stefan creates content that can be used in limitless ways from TV, DOOH, online to social campaigns. Whatever the opportunity to reach your audience or customer he can create something that will grab their attention and make them look twice.
Tom
Animatior/Motion Designer
Tom is an animation director, lead animator and illustrator working across 2D and 3D. He loves to find imaginative simple solutions to complex ideas using clean clear design and smooth enjoyable motion with a playful tone.Tom has worked with brands such as Discovery, F1, Nike and Playstation to name a few.
Dee Cee
Motion Designer
Here at the Creative Collective we are proud to introduce Dee Cee. He is an extremely talented and motivated motion graphic designer with 20 years experience in UK and International broadcast design. Working across all aspects of channel branding, broadcast, social and continuity from initial design to final delivery. Clients include MTV and Nickelodeon through to Discovery, Animal Planet and UKTV. Dee Cee is dedicated, diligent and a gem to work with.
Alice
Animator/Motion Designer
Alice is a talented animator seeking to positively impact society through emotive storytelling and imaginative design. Promax awarded Alice Best Design Newcomer Of The Year in 2018. She has since worked for many big brands creating on screen graphics for film and TV promos. Clients include NBCUniversal, BBC and Discovery Channel.
Mark
Motion Designer
Mark is a multidisciplinary creative focussed in motion graphics, video editing and storytelling. He has a wealth of experience in the advertising and entertainment sectors, including working with big brands Disney, MTV and Nickelodeon. Mark's speciality is to approach every project with imagination, playfulness and creativity.
Caitlin
Motion Designer
Caitlin is a dog loving, London-based Motion Graphics Designer and Illustrator who graduated from Ravensbourne University in 2019. She has 5+ years experience working across multiple sectors, in creative studios and agencies as well as freelance.
Working with brands such as Pampers, Ariel, Aussie, Ancestry, the Financial Times, Freeview, BBC Studios and more have allowed her to explore a wide variety of media distribution techniques and deliverables from broadcast and TVC adverts, to social media videos and advertising, static designs and on set shoots.
Caitlin has always had a huge passion for Media & Design and ever since growing up in the Isle of Man, she’s always loved creating visually exciting graphics. Caitlin’s a designer, Illustrator and animator by trade (mainly 2D), however she’s worn many hats during her career and loves embracing a challenge and exploring new avenues.