I am a multi-disciplinary designer with a broad range of experience across advertising, marketing and public affairs. My creative practice involves illustration, branding, motion, 3D design, web, digital and print design. I have produced online campaigns that bring travel stories to life, raise awareness of geopolitical issues, establish newly-formed brands, and also delve into the world of set and costume design. My work involves generating ideas for pitching and consulting on new business with clients ranging from start-ups to established brands. I deliver content across channels using the breadth of Adobe Creative Suite including Illustrator, Photoshop, XD, After Effects, Premiere, InDesign, Blender and Procreate. I have worked both in-house and freelance on a range of campaigns and projects including politics and public affairs, hospitality, travel, automotive, charities, small businesses, events, startups, B2B, healthcare communications, e-commerce and events marketing. Creative projects I work on include generating brand identities, producing illustrated content in a range of styles, communicating complex issues to a variety of stakeholders in the form of websites, reports and social media, and creating cross channel assets for domestic and geopolitical campaigns.

Gareth Bowden

I am a multi-disciplinary designer with a broad range of experience across advertising, marketing and public affairs. My creative practice involves illustration, branding, motion, 3D design, web, digital and print design. I have produced online campaigns that bring travel stories to life, raise awareness of geopolitical issues, establish newly-formed brands, and also delve into the world of set and costume design. My work involves generating ideas for pitching and consulting on new business with clients ranging from start-ups to established brands. I deliver content across channels using the breadth of Adobe Creative Suite including Illustrator, Photoshop, XD, After Effects, Premiere, InDesign, Blender and Procreate. I have worked both in-house and freelance on a range of campaigns and projects including politics and public affairs, hospitality, travel, automotive, charities, small businesses, events, startups, B2B, healthcare communications, e-commerce and events marketing. Creative projects I work on include generating brand identities, producing illustrated content in a range of styles, communicating complex issues to a variety of stakeholders in the form of websites, reports and social media, and creating cross channel assets for domestic and geopolitical campaigns.

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I am a multi-disciplinary designer with a broad range of experience across advertising, marketing and public affairs. My creative practice involves illustration, branding, motion, 3D design, web, digital and print design. I have produced online campaigns that bring travel stories to life, raise awareness of geopolitical issues, establish newly-formed brands, and also delve into the world of set and costume design.

My work involves generating ideas for pitching and consulting on new business with clients ranging from start-ups to established brands. I deliver content across channels using the breadth of Adobe Creative Suite including Illustrator, Photoshop, XD, After Effects, Premiere, InDesign, Blender and Procreate. I have worked both in-house and freelance on a range of campaigns and projects including politics and public affairs, hospitality, travel, automotive, charities, small businesses, events, startups, B2B, healthcare communications, e-commerce and events marketing.

Creative projects I work on include generating brand identities, producing illustrated content in a range of styles, communicating complex issues to a variety of stakeholders in the form of websites, reports and social media, and creating cross channel assets for domestic and geopolitical campaigns.

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Work Experience

Senior Creative Designer at College Green Group
January 1, 2022 - Present
Responsible for brand materials including social media content, pitch decks, and web design for clients in a political campaign consultancy. Projects included branding of parliamentary groups, social content, reports, event banners, websites, email newsletters, geopolitical campaign materials, plus video and photographic assets for public affairs and corporate clients.
Senior Designer at Builtvisible
December 31, 2021 - July 28, 2025
Led the creative offer across content, SEO, digital PR, and data services. Collaborated with sales teams to promote creative services across organic marketing channels and delivered digital content for clients.
Digital Graphic Designer at All Response Media
February 28, 2019 - July 28, 2025
Led creation of visual and interactive assets including web pages, email, HTML5, social media, and paid ad campaigns. Improved SEO performance and user journeys through optimised landing pages and CRO techniques. Developed new features using CMS, HTML, and CSS. Clients included Expedia, Folio Society, Ring.com, and Tesco International Calling.
Digital Designer at Hybrid Theory (formerly Affectv)
August 31, 2021 - July 28, 2025
Managed creative function for Product & Design Team, onboarding paid media clients and delivering creative campaigns. Increased delivery of new creative formats by 25% year on year. Supported US growth and onboarded clients in EMEA and APAC markets. Led design rollout of company rebrand and increased platform usage through interface redesigns. Clients included Virgin Holidays, Volkswagen (AU), Dell (EMEA), and others.
Graphic & Digital Designer at PLASA Events
September 30, 2017 - July 28, 2025
Designed marketing materials for trade show association in the entertainment industry, including responsive emails, print events materials, posters, social media, and animated content. Redesigned event websites managing exhibitor lists, seminars, and registrations.
Digital Designer at imc medhealth communication
September 30, 2016 - July 28, 2025
Designed websites with a focus on UX, built websites in Joomla, and created marketing materials including presentations, emails, logos, proposals, and brochures. Created concept visuals for client presentations.

Education

MA Cultural and Critical Studies at Birkbeck, University of London
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2018
BA (Hons) Design at Goldsmiths, University of London
January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2010

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Industry Experience

Government, Travel & Hospitality, Non-Profit Organization, Professional Services, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Retail
    uniE621 Telling stories with food illustration
    A series of Great British Bake-Off inspired illustrations for citrus & almond cake recipe ingredients produced for social media carousel. https://www.twine.net/signin
    uniE621 Generating worlds in illustration and storyboard
    Return from Soho’s underworld A storyboard series loosely inspired by the myth of Persephone. A tour of West Norwood Cemetery gave fascinating insight to the Greek influence on its graves. Heavy Soho / nightlife influence to this interpretation from ongoing research. Forlorn in Frith Street (2/3), Demeter prowls the streets of Soho in search of the absent Persephone. Lost in this moment to the underground club world. storyboard illustration characterart procreate drawing soho westnorwoodcemetery persephone demeter greekmythology
    uniE621 Piquing interest with editorial illustration
    Editorial illustrations produced for regular political commentary articles. https://www.twine.net/signin Feeling confused? Inundated? Making sense in the noise can be tough! politicalillustration politicalmessaging illustration procreate