Senior integrated creative lead with 14+ years’ experience delivering brand, campaign and digital creative across in-house, agency and commercial environments. Confident producing brand-aligned assets across digital, social, paid media, web, CRM, presentations, print, events and multi-market campaigns—while managing concurrent workstreams and stakeholder feedback under tight deadlines. Combines strong design fundamentals (typography, layout, hierarchy and composition) with practical creative operations experience, including templates, scalable design systems and improved file/workflow discipline. Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud, with experience using Figma, After Effects and AI-assisted creative tools for ideation and production support.

Simon Walcott

Senior integrated creative lead with 14+ years’ experience delivering brand, campaign and digital creative across in-house, agency and commercial environments. Confident producing brand-aligned assets across digital, social, paid media, web, CRM, presentations, print, events and multi-market campaigns—while managing concurrent workstreams and stakeholder feedback under tight deadlines. Combines strong design fundamentals (typography, layout, hierarchy and composition) with practical creative operations experience, including templates, scalable design systems and improved file/workflow discipline. Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud, with experience using Figma, After Effects and AI-assisted creative tools for ideation and production support.

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Senior integrated creative lead with 14+ years’ experience delivering brand, campaign and digital creative across in-house, agency and commercial environments. Confident producing brand-aligned assets across digital, social, paid media, web, CRM, presentations, print, events and multi-market campaigns—while managing concurrent workstreams and stakeholder feedback under tight deadlines.

Combines strong design fundamentals (typography, layout, hierarchy and composition) with practical creative operations experience, including templates, scalable design systems and improved file/workflow discipline. Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud, with experience using Figma, After Effects and AI-assisted creative tools for ideation and production support.

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Work Experience

Creative Head at Study Group
January 1, 2011 - Present
Led creative delivery across brand, campaign and performance marketing for a global education business. Partnered with marketing, paid media, regional teams, senior leadership and external partners to translate briefs into effective creative across digital and print channels while maintaining brand consistency, quality and speed across multiple brands and markets. Delivered integrated creative across paid media, web, CRM, social, presentations, print, environmental graphics, events and student recruitment campaigns, balancing brand-building work with high-volume day-to-day asset production. Developed and adapted creative within established brand systems, ensuring consistency across 30+ brands and markets and building scalable templates/modular design systems to improve speed, localisation and quality. Managed multiple concurrent briefs from concept through final artwork, including rapid turnaround amends and production-ready delivery, and presented work with clear rationale to senior
Senior Designer at Lime
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2011
Responsible for design and artwork of OOH advertising for main exhibition clients. Led branding and campaign projects for education, exhibition and commercial clients from concept development through to final delivery. Created brand identities, campaign concepts, print collateral, digital assets, presentations and exhibition materials. Managed projects end to end—briefing, concept development, client presentation, revisions, artwork and supplier handover—delivering accurate, production-ready files under tight deadlines while managing client feedback, approvals, timelines and expectations.
Senior/Midweight/Junior Designer at London agencies (Radley Yeldar, Hudson Fuggle, NMI)
January 1, 1997 - January 1, 2008
Built design foundations in brand, editorial, campaign and production design across multiple agency environments. Delivered branding, editorial, campaign and corporate communications work for clients across sectors. Produced high-quality design and artwork within established brand guidelines, strengthening technical production skills including layout, typesetting, print preparation and file management while meeting demanding deadlines.

Education

BA (Hons) Graphic Design at Nottingham Trent University
January 11, 2030 - July 14, 2026

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Industry Experience

Education, Media & Entertainment