Hi, I'm Rich, a freelance Design Director. I've spent over twenty years working at some of London's top design agencies (Lewis Moberly, Pentagram and Superunion to name a few), on projects ranging from branding, packaging, and annual reports, through to publishing and environmental graphics. I enjoy thinking strategically as well as copywriting, but what I love most is creating simple, beautifully executed work, with a really great idea behind it.
Outside work I divert my creative energies into designing stationery and prints, some of which are sold in galleries and lifestyle stores around the world, including MoMA (New York), The Design Museum (London) and Collette (Paris).
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Experience
Aug 2019 - present
Pearlfisher
Design Director at independent brand design agency. Clients included: LVMH, Microsoft, Nivea.
Feb 2017 – Aug 2019
Superunion
Freelance Design Director at global brand and design consultancy. Clients included: Allianz, Coca-Cola, Equinor, Vodafone.
Pearlfisher
Design Director at independent brand design agency. Clients included: LVMH, Microsoft, Nivea.
Feb 2017 – Aug 2019
Superunion
Freelance Design Director at global brand and design consultancy. Clients included: Allianz, Coca-Cola, Equinor, Vodafone.
Jan 2011 – Dec 2016
Salterbaxter MSL Group
Design Director for strategy and design consultancy with a sustainability focus. Clients included: Citi Group, De Beers, M&S, The Body Shop.
Salterbaxter MSL Group
Design Director for strategy and design consultancy with a sustainability focus. Clients included: Citi Group, De Beers, M&S, The Body Shop.
July 2008 – Dec 2010
300million
Design Director for award winning brand consultancy. Clients included: Energy Retail Association, Land Securities, Lend Lease, Yota.
300million
Design Director for award winning brand consultancy. Clients included: Energy Retail Association, Land Securities, Lend Lease, Yota.
Nov 2006 – June 2008
Pentagram
Senior Designer at the seminal, multi-disciplinary design consultancy. Clients included: Royal Mail, The Co-operative, The Science Museum.
Pentagram
Senior Designer at the seminal, multi-disciplinary design consultancy. Clients included: Royal Mail, The Co-operative, The Science Museum.
Jan 2000 – Oct 2006,
Lippa Pearce
Designer/Senior Designer at the influential design studio. Clients included: Boots, Halfords, The Halifax, HMRC, Naked, Planet Organic, Rotovision, Witness. DBA award winner, various work accepted for D&AD awards.
Lippa Pearce
Designer/Senior Designer at the influential design studio. Clients included: Boots, Halfords, The Halifax, HMRC, Naked, Planet Organic, Rotovision, Witness. DBA award winner, various work accepted for D&AD awards.
Jan 1998 – Dec 2000,
Lewis Moberly
Junior Designer/Designer at the revered branding and packing consultants. Clients included: The Barbican, Barclaycard, Bollinger, The Geffrye Museum, GNC, Lego, Novartis. Various work accepted for D&AD and DBA awards.
Lewis Moberly
Junior Designer/Designer at the revered branding and packing consultants. Clients included: The Barbican, Barclaycard, Bollinger, The Geffrye Museum, GNC, Lego, Novartis. Various work accepted for D&AD and DBA awards.
Education
1996 – 1998
Blackpool & the Fylde College
BA (Hons) in Graphic Design 2:1
Blackpool & the Fylde College
BA (Hons) in Graphic Design 2:1
1994 – 1996
Newcastle Upon Tyne College
HND Graphic Design
Newcastle Upon Tyne College
HND Graphic Design
1992 – 1994
Mid Cheshire College
BTEC ND Graphic Design
Mid Cheshire College
BTEC ND Graphic Design
1988 – 1992
Weaverham High School
9 GCSEs (A–C)
Weaverham High School
9 GCSEs (A–C)