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Senior Graphic Designer with fifteen years experience in the design and advertising industry. Strong focus towards new business and the pitch process. Vast experience having worked on in excess of 100 pitches for Bartle Bogle Hegarty London. Delivering exceptional output and pitch success. Highly skilled designer with advance knowledge of presentation design both across Keynote and PowerPoint. Accomplished user of Adobe InDesign, Illustrator & Photoshop.


About me:

Hello. I’m James. Senior designer and new business specialist with fifteen years experience working with a diverse mix of high profile blue chip clients. My specialism lies at the meeting point of agency creative pitching and design — encompassing graphic design, advertising design, artworking and presentation design.

My career started at a boutique design agency in Shoreditch, working with clients in London such as Hewlett Packard. Relocating to Soho in 2008 following a stint of freelance, I held the position of senior designer at Lavish Creative — a design studio focused  in supplying total creative design and marketing solutions for the entertainment industry. Servicing global clients including the BBC, ITV, Monster, NBC Universal and The Wall Street Journal. Leaving to become Bartle Bogle Hegarty London’s senior new business designer in 2012. A position I held for 8 years.

At heart I’m a designer and new business specialist, my experience has instilled in me a deep understanding of design and pitching. As of 2020 I have worked on in excess of 100 high profile client pitches from chemistry to post pitch pints. I take pride in being an expert in creative agency competitive pitching and an advocate of design craft.

Clients I have worked with include:

Audi, Barclays, Google, Mentos, Absolut, Virgin Media, Tesco, Samsung, Ladbrokes, Vespa, British Airways, Christie’s, Clipper, Experian, BBC, Symonds, Deloitte, Ray-Ban, Oakley, KFC, Costa, LTA, Ubisoft, Burger King, Adidas, Investec, IAG Cargo, Tesco Mobile, Martell, COTY, VW Commercial Vehicles, Nestle, McCain, St John Ambulance, Refuge, Heinz, Abbvie, Western Union, Johnnie Walker, Trainline, Revance, Lego, American Express, Pernod Ricard, Ikea, England Rugby, Bwin, Britvic, Surf, Barnardo’s, Dove, Alpen, Ginsters, The Guardian, Bertolli, Gordon’s, Lynx /Axe, Perfetti, Parker, ITV, Baileys, World Gold Council, Vaseline, Robinsons, J2O, Heineken, RFU, MySpace, Mothercare, Dulux, St, John’s Ambulance, Tango, eBay, UniCredit, Yeo Valley, Sol, Adidas, Kronenbourg, Weetabix, Waitrose, Matalan, Refuge, Pirelli, Vespa, Zagorka, Old El Paso, Huawei, Clarks, Mentos, Vigorsol, Philadelphia, Tele2, Wall Street Journal, NBC Universal, Monster, Hewlett-Packard, Smirnoff


Below is a brief work history:

Aug 2012 – May 2020
Soho, London

Bartle Bogle Hegarty London
Senior Graphic Designer (New Business & Design)

Feb 2010 – Aug 2012
Piccadilly Circus, London

Lavish Creative
Senior Graphic Designer

Jan 2009 – Feb 2010
Aquent, London

Freelance Middleweight Graphic Designer

Oct 2006 – Oct 2008
Shoreditch, London

121 Design Consultants
Junior - Middleweight Graphic Designer


References available upon request:

Jon Peppiatt - Chairman at BBH London

Ross Mawdsley - Head Of Design / Creative Director & Partner at BBH London

Ben Fennell - Chief Executive Officer at BBH London (1994-2018)

Isobel Thomas - Global Communications Director and Partner at BBH London


CV available upon request:

07734779913 // Email // Linkedin