I'm Shane Horn, a freelance designer, art director and creative, with 14yrs agency experience. I'm passionate about great ideas and great craft. I'm a multi-disciplined, curious and enthusiastic designer, with a great eye for crafting bold and beautiful visuals.…

Shane Horn

I'm Shane Horn, a freelance designer, art director and creative, with 14yrs agency experience. I'm passionate about great ideas and great craft. I'm a multi-disciplined, curious and enthusiastic designer, with a great eye for crafting bold and beautiful visuals.…

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I’m Shane Horn, a freelance designer, art director and creative, with 14yrs agency experience. I’m passionate about great ideas and great craft. I’m a multi-disciplined, curious and enthusiastic designer, with a great eye for crafting bold and beautiful visuals.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Freelance Designer, Art Director and Creative at Saatchi & Saatchi | Dentsu Creative | Livity | Accenture Song | Wasserman | Pablo | me&dave | Borne | Ark | Krow | Sticker Studios | St.Franks
May 1, 2023 - Present
Leading pitches and hands-on design and art direction across web, print, social, and OOH for a range of clients, with ongoing engagements for high-profile brands including Adobe, John Lewis, Santander, Virgin Wines, Starbucks, and more.
Head of Creative at Born Social
November 1, 2022 - May 1, 2023
Led a team of 20+ creatives; hands-on with client work; orchestrated ideation and creative production; developed processes and department strategy; drove department growth and revenue.
Social and Digital Design Director at Bandstand
January 1, 2021 - October 1, 2021
Creative leadership and mentoring; conceptual thinking, art direction and hands-on design for branded content and digital; line management for design and digital teams; offline and online work.
Head of Creative at Bandstand
November 1, 2016 - September 1, 2019
Line managed a multi-disciplinary team of designers and writers; oversaw branding, digital, content and TV; established briefs, project scopes and creative processes; client-facing and part of the senior management team.
Art Director at Saatchi & Saatchi
November 1, 2014 - June 1, 2016
Delivered global ATL campaigns and digital/social work; led brand-wide briefs for clients including HomeAway, Olay and HSBC; designed and contributed to the Candy-land website; global briefs for major brands.
Mid-weight Digital Designer at Billington Cartmell
October 1, 2012 - July 1, 2013
Concepting and designing for social campaigns and games; large brand websites for Aquafresh, Capri-Sun and Veolia; CRM emails; involved in graduate scheme development.
Junior Digital Designer at Billington Cartmell
January 1, 2011 - October 1, 2011
Gained experience designing and concepting social campaigns, emailers and banner ads; foundational role in digital design and problem solving.

Education

BA Hons Communication Design (2:1) at University of Portsmouth
January 11, 2030 - March 5, 2026
National Diploma in Graphic Design at Chichester College
January 11, 2030 - March 5, 2026

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Retail, Software & Internet, Education

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