About
Originally from London, with 5 years in Amsterdam, I’m now in the Bay Area. I hold a BA in Visual Communication & have enjoyed a diverse career in the creative industry. I’ve worked with tech giants & advertising leaders, creating everything from billboards & TV ads, to apps & campaigns on the tube.
Experience
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Experience *
MadMen AI, Contrast Design Works
Art Director, Freelance
San Francisco, USA
2023 - Present
The Team, Appnovation
Art Director, Freelance
London, UK
2020 - 2023
mobiquity
Design Lead, EU
Amsterdam, NL
2018 - 2020
R/GA , Huge, W12, DPDK
Freelance Art Director
London, UK & Rotterdam, NL
2015 - 2018
isobar / dentsu creative
Midweight - Senior Visual Designer
London, UK
2012 - 2015
imano PLC
Junior - Senior Mobile Designer
London, UK
2009 - 2012
(A bit more) About me
I am a first-time homeowner and relatively new to the Bay Area. I am the owner of two pups - Eddie & Olive, a snowboard enthusiast, a Spotify playlist creator, husband and a TV show specialist.
I am a versatile multi disciplinary designer with a focus on digital creative working across product, advertising and motion. I've collaborated with various sized global agencies and renowned brands. I am an experienced art director who is confident leading project teams, managing design teams and presenting to stakeholders whilst maintaining a very hands - on design approach.
Some kind words
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Some kind words *
“Working with Steve has been a great pleasure and learning for me and the team at Mobiquity. Always keep pushing for the best, en driving the floor towards a higher level. A variety of design skills keeps his project approach fresh. Next to that a great person to be around with. Thanks mate.”
— Paul Van Raak, Creative Director Brand Father
Steve is an ambitious lead that continuously lends support and guidance to myself and the rest of the team.
He is never shy to communicate his opinion and is decisive in difficult situations, which was great support for us in order to get our work done. He always knew when to step in and help, but also encourages others to solve their own problems.
He comes up with new ideas and approaches and has good knowledge of industry trends.
He has also proven himself to be very detailed, and he makes sure to push every project (and everybody on the project) to it’s max.
Thanks tor the good times!
— Elena Pavaletz, Senior Designer, Creative Lead
Steve was our lead designer on a major Unilever brand’s relaunch campaign. His great eye for type not only made our message look its best, it helped set the tone of voice for the whole campaign. Throughout the whole work stream Steve moved fluidly from designing our communications, to the more systematic side of design with the new website we were creating in parallel. With this being a complete relaunch campaign, Steve’s excellent ability to turn his hand to both sides of the design work ensured a much needed consistency across everything we did.
— Matthew Serge Guy, Google Creative Lead
“Had the pleasure of working with Steve for almost two years at Mobiquity. Was particularly impressed by Steve’s great eye for visual design and his unwavering determination for quality even under tight deadlines. He gets the work done and still has time to buy the latest trainers. Steve would be an asset to any team.”
— Lionell Schuring, CCO EMEA/APAC Hexaware
I have had the pleasure of working with Steve for almost 2 years across a number of digital projects at The Team.
Steve is a versatile designer with strong skills in UX and UI. He understands the value of designing across multiple platforms and really gets under the skin of a brief. As well as being a talented designer, he takes the lead in client meetings and is confident in sharing his work, expertise and thinking.
He is extremely personable and fitted into our team very quickly. An asset to any organisation.
— Ashley Gladwell, Senior Project & Marketing Manager
“Steve is a true Swiss Army Knife of a designer. A veritable compact toolkit of knowledge, skill and talent. From crafting slick and authentic illustrative typography styles in ads for Auto Trader to pixel-perfect-accuracy UX designs for Toyota's mobile experiences. Steve is a versatile and gifted designer whose work is always brilliant; always on brief and always a labour of love. His wit is razor sharp too. This witty erudition, and his enthusiasm for his craft —and his insatiable appetite to keep progressing— makes him a much admired member of the Isobar crew.”
— Nick Craske, Creative Director Chelle