BIO

I joined Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo as Executive Creative Director after spending 10 years at the creative collective Tomato in London.

I started my career as an experience designer at Sony after graduating with an MA in Interaction Design from the Royal College of Art in England.

In addition to corporate branding, retail design and advertising work for many of Japan's leading brands, my work as an artist is frequently exhibited at galleries around the world.

EXPERIENCE 

2011 - 9/2019 

Wieden + Kennedy Tokyo / Executive Creative Director

• Led the office in conjunction with two partners, helping to grow the team from 36 to 80 over the course of eight years
• Led development of work for Nike, Audi, Shiseido, IKEA , Spotify, Booking.com, Airbnb, Facebook, Google, Sony, Citizen, JR EAST, AB InBev, Hulu, Supercell
• Launched TYPE, an eyeglasses brand inspired by classic typeface design
• Established agency gallery as part of ongoing efforts to build culture and inspire staff

2001 - 2011

Creative Collective Tomato (UK) / Creative Director / Art Director / Experience Designer

• Involved in product development, coding, web design, art, tutoring, event production, project management, apparel design, space design
• Clients included Sony, TV asahi, Nokia, MTV, Seiko, Birkenstock, NTT, Uniqlo, Panasonic, KDDI, Microsoft

1999 -2001

Sony Computer Science Lab / Associate Research Designer

• Design research to shape technology into products and services

1999

Kolding Design School, Denmark / Lecturer,  Communication Design Department

1997 - 1999：

Sony Design Centre (JP)  / Human Interface Designer

• Designed UI for products such as the Vaio PC and the Sony TV menu

EDUCATION

Royal College of Art, 1997 / MA, Design for Interaction

University of Westminster, 1995 / BA, Media Studies