My career started out as a studio junior at BBH, learning the craft from the ground up — and over 25 years I've worked my way through every layer of studio life, arriving at a place where I love both the making and the managing. That journey has taken me through some brilliant environments: building the design & artwork studio at Wieden+Kennedy London practically from scratch, leading global design and production at Jo Malone London, and delivering work for brands like Nike, Apple, The White Company, Diageo, and the Premier League. Agency-side and in-house, above-the-line and below-the-line — that breadth means I understand how great work gets made at every stage, and what it takes to build the teams and processes that make it happen consistently.
Today I work independently through Mr McQuitty, running a studio from home and co-founding Konsort.agency alongside other senior creative collaborators. I'm open to work as a designer, creative artworker or studio manager — hands-on with the craft, or leading the operation around it. I'm at my best when there's a studio to shape, a team to support, or a process to untangle, and I bring the experience across advertising, brand, and premium lifestyle to do it well. If you need someone who cares as much about how a studio runs as what it produces, let's talk