I’m Oliver, experienced in design for digital application & creative leadership.

Working as Digital Design Director at ME+EM, leading design across product, brand coms and performance marketing at the UK’s fastest growing womenswear D2C fashion brand.

ME+EM

2022 – Present

Digital Design Director

Leading the design team for Product, Brand Comms & Performance Marketing.
Scaled the design team to meet rapid business growth, aligning skills with company goals.
Enhanced design maturity and capabilities in the organization.
Served as a design stakeholder for internal digital transformation initiatives.
Focused primarily on Product Design.
Developed and implemented design systems.
Transitioned work methods to agile product delivery approach

 

Freelance

2020 – 2022

Digital Design Director

Working with both independent emerging brands, as well as established market leaders across visual and product design.

SpaceNK, Design Lead (Part Time) – 2021 - 2022

 

Matchesfashion

2015 – 2020

Senior Art Director

Achieving promotion’s after continually delivering key business objectives, accomplishing high priority initiates and demonstrating the ability to lead project teams. Accountable for project delivery and development, ensuring a growing multidiscipline team of 18+ designers, artworks and videographers provide a full service for the business, whilst ensuring the highest standards are met across web and mobile apps. Pushing customer centric solutions that are both innovative and scalable, aligning with strategic business objectives in a rapidly growing company.

Art Director – 2017 - 2018

Assistant Art Director – 2015 - 2017

 

Spring Studios

2013 – 2015

Digital Designer

Responsible for digital design, pitching for new business & execution across existing clients.

Clients; Max Mara, Marina Rinaldi, Canali, Valextra, Kiko, Nexxus, Tom Ford, Target & Unilever.

 

Wednesday Agency

2011–2013

Designer

Working in a start-up like environment, pitching for & winning new business, as well as executing digital design for existing clients.

Clients; Aritzia, Balenciaga, Bikyni, Chanel US / Global, 3x1 Denim, Discoveredd, Jimmy Choo, Tory Burch & H&M.

My Skills

01

Shaping and prioritising project briefs

03

Improving an existing product

02

Designing a new product

04

Performing iterative design work cycles

Software Proficiency

Figma | FigJam | Slack | JIRA | Adobe Creative Cloud

 

Previous Clients

Education.

 

Central St Martins School Of Art

2006–2009

 

BA (Hons) Graphic Design

 

Winchester School Of Art

2005–2006

 

Foundation Diploma (Distinction)

With over a decade of design experience for digital platforms, I am accomplished in taking projects from pitch concept to production. Able to think through complex UX problems and provide simple customer centric design solutions, I strive to create work that is in sync with strategic business goals.

Motivated to establish a reputation at the forefront of creative business leadership, I am committed to developing my skills. I always aim to do what I say, take the lead, and share the credit.

Previous clients have ranged from world-renowned fashion brands, to tech start-ups: working on mobile & tablet apps, eCommerce platforms, branded content, strategy and everything in between.

For examples of recent work, please get in touch.