About me
Design from concept to output including: creative idea generation and creative direction.
Styling front end solutions alongside client strategy, customer awareness and engagement. Proficient in multiple design disciplines: art direction, digital, UI & UX, web, print, video and branding. Experienced in both B2B and B2C.
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Experience and Creative passion
From forming creative teams, recruiting and mentoring junior designers, to empowering a team and raising the creative bar. With well over 10 years worth of design experince and a wide range of projects and client experience I seek to set the standard and push the creative envelope as much as possible.
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Digital
Strong knowledge and experience of HTML5/CSS3, jQuery, and Scaleform, Adobe After Effects, Video Production, Motion Idents and bespoke in-house tools. Im always learning new technologies and looking to push whats possible for the benefit of the project, while always maintaining the key business goal and user need.
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Print
Experience in creating corporate and brand identity projects, and editorial material for a wide range of industries and clients alongside helping Inspire and define the look and feel of products and services.
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Testimonies
Emma Timms - Director - Xbox Programming at Microsoft
Gareth helped me set up the UK-based Xbox Programming Design Team. Hired as the Design Team Lead, Gareth was an integral team member and during the following 3 years he lead a small crew of highly talented, creative individuals. It’s testament to Gareth’s team leader skills the impact the team made, and evident in the work Gareth originated and drove for the Xbox Dashboards that his energy, passion and talent translated into superb, cutting-edge interactive experiences. Gareth has a creative arsenal of ideas, is highly skilled, hugely talented and manages to navigate tight creative timelines with poise and calm. I enjoyed having Gareth as part of the team and highly recommend him as a key contributor for any creative or interactive design team
Paul Mclaughlin - Director Of Art at 22Cans
Gareth was a pleasure to work with at Lionhead. He is visually creative, technically skilled, dilligent and unusually proactive. His work was always top notch and even if the product took on a different direction he could and would, readily adapt his approach with the same enthusiasm and professionalism he showed first time around. He could always be relied upon to find solutions to problems, often to problems we didn't realise we had yet, giving confidence to Art Directors, Game Designers and Producers alike. Gareth is a very capable Creative but also someone who can be relied upon to deliver solutions and make the creative process easier for all concerned. I have no hesitation in recommending him.
Chris Hill - Head of Content at Unilever
employed Gareth as an in-house designer, working with clients such as Bacardi, BT, Goldman Sachs and Salesforce.com. During this time, Gareth never failed to impress our clients with his creativity and quality of execution, whether it was in digital, print or video media. As his Manager, I really valued Gareth’s inquisitive mind and creative approach to problem-solving, especially in business pitches, where I can say he often gave us the competitive edge.Beyond the quality of his work, Gareth was a pleasure to work with
Daniel Lodge - Director at In Mind Games
Gareth has a breadth of skills which have really contributed to the UI and marketing work on Strike Suit Zero, not to mention the other projects we worked on together at Doublesix Games. As the key man in graphic design at the studio I often relied on him to get results fast and he always came through. He is a consummate professional with exemplary work ethic and commitment..