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I’m an award-winning design director with over 20 years of experience working with clients and agencies across London and Sydney. I’m passionate about insight-led strategic brand identity design and communication across traditional and digital media. I thrive on collaboration and mentoring, turning complex challenges into clear, compelling creative. I enjoy building strong relationships with clients, senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality work on time and within budget. My approach blends strategy, design leadership and hands-on execution. I’ve led large in-house design teams, fostered growth in junior designers, and consistently translated research and briefs into concepts that engage audiences and drive results.…I’m an award-winning design director with over 20 years of experience working with clients and agencies across London and Sydney. I’m passionate about insight-led strategic brand identity design and communication across traditional and digital media. I thrive on collaboration and mentoring, turning complex challenges into clear, compelling creative. I enjoy building strong relationships with clients, senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality work on time and within budget. My approach blends strategy, design leadership and hands-on execution. I’ve led large in-house design teams, fostered growth in junior designers, and consistently translated research and briefs into concepts that engage audiences and drive results.

John Kwiecinski

Creative Director, Graphic Designer, Designer, +2

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I’m an award-winning design director with over 20 years of experience working with clients and agencies across London and Sydney. I’m passionate about insight-led strategic brand identity design and communication across traditional and digital media. I thrive on collaboration and mentoring, turning complex challenges into clear, compelling creative. I enjoy building strong relationships with clients, senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality work on time and within budget. My approach blends strategy, design leadership and hands-on execution. I’ve led large in-house design teams, fostered growth in junior designers, and consistently translated research and briefs into concepts that engage audiences and drive results.…I’m an award-winning design director with over 20 years of experience working with clients and agencies across London and Sydney. I’m passionate about insight-led strategic brand identity design and communication across traditional and digital media. I thrive on collaboration and mentoring, turning complex challenges into clear, compelling creative. I enjoy building strong relationships with clients, senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality work on time and within budget. My approach blends strategy, design leadership and hands-on execution. I’ve led large in-house design teams, fostered growth in junior designers, and consistently translated research and briefs into concepts that engage audiences and drive results.

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I’m an award-winning design director with over 20 years of experience working with clients and agencies across London and Sydney. I’m passionate about insight-led strategic brand identity design and communication across traditional and digital media. I thrive on collaboration and mentoring, turning complex challenges into clear, compelling creative. I enjoy building strong relationships with clients, senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality work on time and within budget.

My approach blends strategy, design leadership and hands-on execution. I’ve led large in-house design teams, fostered growth in junior designers, and consistently translated research and briefs into concepts that engage audiences and drive results.

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Work Experience

Senior Designer at MinterEllison

November 1, 2024 - March 1, 2025

Contract Senior Designer in a small in-house team, delivering on-brand design assets for a wide variety of applications; collaborating with internal stakeholders, teams and external suppliers to ensure design aligns with brand and project requirements.

Senior Designer and Design Lead at Deloitte (The Agency)

July 1, 2019 - March 1, 2024

Lead creative with Deloitte’s in-house team of 23 designers and marketing department of over 200 specialists, designing and delivering high-level projects, events and campaigns. Scoped briefs, developed strategy and design on-brief, built relationships with senior stakeholders, ensured on-track delivery, led multiple projects to improve engagement and conversions, mentored team members and suggested workflow improvements.

Owner and Creative Director at Design in Concert Pty Ltd

February 1, 2017 - Present

Developing strategy and creative concepts aligned to research and brief; responsible for all aspects of the design business including pitching, estimating, budgeting, finances, invoicing, research, strategy and creative – across digital and print; attracting and nurturing professional relationships with business owners, creative specialists and suppliers; proven organisational skills, ability to multi-task, prioritise workloads and produce high quality work while meeting deadlines and budgets.

Freelance / Contract Senior Designer and Design Director at Various agencies

February 1, 2010 - January 1, 2025

Collaborating with design and advertising agency teams in Sydney on various projects; developing concepts aligned to research, strategy and briefs; exposure to a wide variety of clients, sectors and projects; mentoring in-house teams and presenting to internal teams and clients at the highest level.

Design Director at Brand & Co

June 1, 2006 - January 1, 2010

Managing the creative output of the studio; helped diversify the agency portfolio and improved client retention and new business; improved workflows and mentored a small team.

Design Director at Principals

September 1, 2004 - May 1, 2006

Managed a team of two designers, overseeing the design, production and delivery of client projects; led client discovery workshops; delivered projects on time; mentored designers and led the nab rebrand across multiple concepts, design development, logo crafting, client presentations and rollout of printed collateral, signage and website.