I’m an Art Director, Designer & Creative Director with a keen eye for photography, iambic pentameter and pastel colours. Otherwise, I’m tall and handsom(ish) with a size 11 shoe that taps to the rhythm of Kerouac, Coetzee and Lennon.
With fifteen years' experience in the advertising industry I’ve worked at local hot shops and international networks in both South Africa and Canada. Working at good agencies with great people has also allowed me to pick up an award or two.
Although obsessed with design and art direction I have lately turned to further obsessions with photography and writing, and I have written a feature-length screenplay, a short film as well as a TV series, all of which I am currently trying to get produced for a screen near you.
In the meantime, if you'd like to read some words I've written about some moving pictures I've watched with a critical eye, click here.
Stages of my career
Birth - The Jupiter Drawing Room (Johannesburg)
Child prodigy - TBWA\ Hunt Lascaris (Johannesburg)
Rebellious teen - Ireland Davenport
Coming of age - MullenLowe Cape Town
Adulting - Net#work BBDO Cape Town
Fully functioning, hard-working and highly-successful adult - Cossette Toronto
Existential crisis - Freelance / Creative Mercenary
Greying beard - BleuBlancRouge Toronto
(Potential) Retirement - Painting water-colours in a log cabin with a pack of corgis.
Child prodigy - TBWA\ Hunt Lascaris (Johannesburg)
Rebellious teen - Ireland Davenport
Coming of age - MullenLowe Cape Town
Adulting - Net#work BBDO Cape Town
Fully functioning, hard-working and highly-successful adult - Cossette Toronto
Existential crisis - Freelance / Creative Mercenary
Greying beard - BleuBlancRouge Toronto
(Potential) Retirement - Painting water-colours in a log cabin with a pack of corgis.
Some recognition for late nights and early mornings
4 One Show finalists, New York Festivals Gold, New York Festivals Silver, World Press Awards Silver, Andy Awards Bronze, 3 Bronze Loerie Awards, Loerie Awards Craft Certificate, 2 Loerie Awards Craft Golds, 2 Gold Pendorings, 1 Silver Pendoring, 2 Lürzer's Archive features, 4 Bookmark Awards Finalists, Africa Cristal Awards Grand Prix, 3 Africa Cristal awards Gold, 2 Africa Cristal Awards Silvers, Adweek ad of the day (April 29, 2015).
Member of the International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD).
Things I've learned
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Brand Communication (2005)
Vega School (Johannesburg)
4 One Show finalists, New York Festivals Gold, New York Festivals Silver, World Press Awards Silver, Andy Awards Bronze, 3 Bronze Loerie Awards, Loerie Awards Craft Certificate, 2 Loerie Awards Craft Golds, 2 Gold Pendorings, 1 Silver Pendoring, 2 Lürzer's Archive features, 4 Bookmark Awards Finalists, Africa Cristal Awards Grand Prix, 3 Africa Cristal awards Gold, 2 Africa Cristal Awards Silvers, Adweek ad of the day (April 29, 2015).
Member of the International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD).
Things I've learned
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Brand Communication (2005)
Vega School (Johannesburg)
Visa status
Permanent Resident of Canada.
Permanent Resident of Canada.