London-based graphic designer, art director and creative. Currently the Deputy Art Director for EMPIRE, the world’s biggest movie magazine.

Experienced in editorial design and art direction with seven years of print and digital design for The Sunday Times Culture and projects for award-winning brands Sony Music, Goodwood and WIRED magazine.

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Past Commissions, work and awards

EMPIRE Magazine (2020 - Present)

Deputy Art Director, EMPIRE

Winner of three prizes for Best Magazine Cover (Supplement) in the European Newspaper Awards 2020

Participant in Secret 7’s 2020

Print and Digital Design, Culture
Promotional Material Peters Fraser Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award
Promotional Material EFG Short Stories Award
Art direction on The Sunday Times Guide to James Bond, digital supplement
Art direction on The Sunday Times Unofficial Guide to Star Wars, digital and print supplement
Art direction on 'And the Winner is...' The Sunday Times Guide to the Oscars 2017, digital supplement
Art direction on The Sunday Times Guide to Game of Thrones, digital supplement
Identity for 'Screen Times' social group

Art Direction on website and digital experience for Goodwood 2019

Susan Boyle Greatest Hits Album Artwork, Sony Music/Syco Entertainment 2018
Grenfell Charity Single, Sony Music/Syco Entertainment 2017

Promotional material and exhibition branding, The Greenwich Fan Museum 2017

LEGO Alphabet, WIRED Magazine September 2013

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