Head of Creative at Stan
Stockport, United Kingdom
Head of Creative at Stan
Stockport, United Kingdom
Stephen has fourteen years of brand, marketing and digital experience. Former Creative Director at Chemistry and Amaze, his work for Goldfish Guides short-listed at the BIMA Awards and won Best Consumer Product or Service at the PPAi Awards, 2001.
Clients have ranged from large blue chip organisations to FMCG brands and include: Beck's, Kia, Kodak, Kronenbourg 1664, Microsoft, Sony, Toyota and Yell.com.
Digital marketing, online advertising, web design, search engine optimisation, graphic design, branding and identity, business development, copywriting and technology journalism.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)
April 2008 — Present (7 months)
Stan is a new kind of agency that blends the best in traditional and digital communications. From branding and media relations through to websites and digital marketing Stan creates messages which resonate with the public.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 2000 — April 2008 (7 years 8 months)
Blending marketing & technology with creativity, The Sunmachine is a digital consultancy that specialises in branding and business development.
Clients included: Carlton Fuels, ESL Biofuels, Goldfish, GB Oils, Kia, Microsoft MSN, NEC, Stirling Lloyd and Thamesview.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
February 2005 — November 2005 (10 months)
Amaze is a business-driven technology solutions agency – taking high profile international brands online in a highly creative and engaging way.
As a pure-play, brand-based digital marketer, Stephen managed both the creative output and strategic direction of the Digital Marketing service. At Amaze he directed and helped create some of the agency’s best, integrated campaigns, including: AGYO by Toyota, Toyota Yaris and RAV4 and Lexus RX400h.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 2000 — June 2002 (1 year 10 months)
Chemistry (briefly named The InAgency) is a full service DM and marketing communications agency working from strategy to solution. Stephen managed, directed and helped create some of the agency’s best, integrated, digital marketing campaigns. In his tenure he also held the position Design and Technology Director.
Clients included: ArtsOnline (ACE), Beck’s, BTopenworld, Goldfish Guides, Kodak, Kronenbourg 1664, Prudential Financial Services, Open Market, SafeDoor, Sony Business & Professional Europe and Yell.com.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 1996 — September 2000 (4 years 4 months)
TPD was a customer communications and contract-publishing agency. Stephen directed, designed and created marketing communications in a variety of formats and often in multiple languages.
Clients included: Compaq, Goldfish Guides, Orange, Microsoft, ONdigital (ITV Digital) and Sony Business & Professional Europe.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)
March 1995 — June 1996 (1 year 4 months)
Zero-Up, co-founded by Stephen, was a boutique, small, full-service and fully-fledged business providing solutions for print and interactive communications specialising in real-time, video graphics and brand design.
Clients included: Marriott, Hampton Press, TCI, PPP Records, Precision Tune, Ralph Graves Productions, Sato Travel and VCC.
Goldfish Guides, www.goldfishguides.com (no longer active), was short-listed for the COI Communications Award at the British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) and won Best Consumer Product or Service at the PPAi Awards, 2001.
Comment and editorial has been published in: Create Online, Mac User (UK), Precision Marketing, PR Week, Technology Weekly, The Baltimore Sun and USA Today.