Hi. I’m Neil.
Beyond passionate, solution oriented & super collaborative, because I know it takes a village.
MY PROFESSIONAL SIDE:
Honed my craft at renowned London ad agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi, AMV BBDO, Leo Burnett & HHCL (Campaign Magazine agency of the year for 2 consecutive years). After stints in Paris & Amsterdam working for brands, event companies & design studios, I settled in Canada to do more of the same - only with far more quality of life. I now spend my time between EMEA & N.America servicing my B2B & B2C clients.
MY SUPER POWER: TURNING CHAOS INTO CLARITY.
Whether its stakeholders’ tangled thoughts, a creative department’s sprawling ideas or internal indecision, I create the thread that ties everyone & everything together with smarter insights & more powerful ideas. Ideas that define your brand, align your people & deliver measurable results.
Possessing that rare experience of having led both agency creative departments & brand internal studios, I filter ideas that marry engaging creative with business results.
Passionately believing meaningful brands have the power to improve lives & the planet, I’m eager to bring my extensive experience in ideation (through Creative Direction, Copywriting or Brand Strategy) to brands, agencies, event companies & design studios who genuinely desire engaging, meaningful work.
Plugging into projects at any stage, I can:
Work solo on anything from creative strategy to concepts, from scripts to SEO focussed copy.
Partner with art directors as a writer.
Lead agency teams as a client facing CD, overseeing projects from concept to completion while mentoring juniors.
Work directly with brands alongside internal resources or external suppliers.
Build you a bespoke team of production talent, overseeing your execution needs.
Act as ‘concept shepherd’ from insight to implementation to align stakeholders.
Work remote or onsite.
Pitch like a demon! Decks are ma thang!
Deliver on ANY deadline.
Having always sought out the most varied & testing creative challenges, whether its concepts for advertising campaigns, global sporting events, brand repositioning, branding, store window design, show ideas, social activations, content series & even a live TV show, it all comes back to one thing: My love for solving problems - and there’s ALWAYS a solution.
MY PERSONAL SIDE:
Passionate about everything nature, sports & fitness, I’m an outdoor enthusiast & adventure traveler, regularly embarking on long bike-packing trips, crazy trail-running expeditions, countless thru-hikes & wild-camping shenanigans.
As an ex semi-pro footballer and England squash player, I passionately believe in the mental & physical benefits of exercise & welcome brands who wish to communicate similar values.
Working remote, onsite & on set, I’m constantly never home, travelling to wherever my passions lead me & my clients need me.
A chat costs nothing but can change everything