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\lang2057\expndtw-2\f1\fs16 Tim is currently the Creative Head of Online at \cf1\ul cdp-travissully
2000-2004 - n1media
\parTim formed the online marketing agency, n1media with partners at the start of the millennium. They focused on the entertainments arena to begin with, and soon they accumulated many high profile clients, such as 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, Colombia Tristar, BBC, Eidos, Warner Music, Warner Bros and Pathe to name but a few. Later they acquired clients outside entertainments such as Lloyds TSB, Apax Partners, Biss Lancaster, Saatchi & Saatchi, Conran and Crookes Healthcare.
\parTim’s primary role within the company is to devise, design and manage the execution of award winning online marketing and advertising campaigns in the form of websites, microsites, email marketing, viral marketing, banners, dhtmls and just about any other tool, gimmick, tit-bit or new technology he can utilise to increase his clients ROI, and his companies turnover
\par1999-2000 - Freelance
\parSoon after moving down to London , Tim used the freelance circuit to explore the city's design industry. He was designing for many companies such as BHWG (Proximity), M&C Saatchi, Pulse and so many others he just can't remember them all. He designed for Motorola, Lastminute.com, Volkswagen, British Telecom, Ford, Nescafe, Guinness and Cadbury's amongst others.
\par1999-1999 - Revolver
\parFor just under 3 months Tim worked with Revolver, developing their marketing portfolio for JVC, Virgin, Hagen Daaz and Disney Store on mostly POS, direct marketing and promotions. He worked on a pitch to Heinz, which was won by his creative, and as soon as the account was secured, his position was terminated! He was grateful he had the position now, because it moved him down to London , he wasn't grateful at the time of the termination.
\par1995-1999 - mda media
\parBased in Manchester , mda were a full service agency with a creative department, an artwork department, a reprographic department, a photography department, a plate department and print floor. Although Tim was eventually made the Senior Designer in the creative department, he had 2 years roaming around and working where he liked, and during this period, he learned absolutely everything there is to know about design and repro for lithographic and flexographic print, and packaging design. Tim still regularly designs and manages print projects in a freelance capacity.
\par1995-1996 - Rice & Ogden
\parA small advertising agency based in the centre of Manchester that was blown up by a 3000lb IRA bomb in 1996. That was an explosive end to Tim’s first appointment, which he started straight from college, not knowing a Bezier curve from a crop mark. He learned them all quickly on accounts including British Airways, BNFL, TravelBag, Universal Stores, and various local estate agents designing and building brochures.
\parEducation
\parTim went to The Kings Grammar School in Grantham to do his GCSE's and A Levels, and then he moved to DeMontford University Lincoln to study Graphic Design. Finally he ended up in Manchester to do a degree in Design and Advertising.
\parSkills
\parTim is very competent in all core design and production packages including Illustrator, Photoshop, Freehand, Imageready, Flash, Fireworks, Homesite, Quark Xpress and Premiere. He is practiced in HTML and Action Script. He uses both PC and Mac platforms (and he doesn't squabble about which one is the best).
\parHe holds a solid technical appreciation of the Internet, and which technology is necessary to execute his ideas and their parameters, although he will insist that those parameters are to be broken. He is a confident communicator that excels with clients, and has an in depth understanding of their business needs and is able to determine the creative and strategic excellence of a project in order to answer those needs. Tim is, above all, a creative lead. Online or offline, concept, direction, development, production and delivery.
\parApproach
\parTim is experienced at driving creative solutions across all mediums. He has practised in both B2B and B2C disciplines. He has been proficient at leading and inspiring the best from a team, whilst still being able to produce himself, preferring to lead by good example. He is overtly positive, abundantly imaginative, highly motivated, adaptable and quick to learn.
\parTim is a doer, he has the energy and inclination to get up and push things forward, he doesn't expect to be carried along by those around him, and he won't expect to carry others, he insists that they apply themselves as much as he does.
\parAccolades
\parAlthough awards have not been Tim’s focus, client satisfaction and results have been, Tim has led teams to win two recent acknowledgements of excellence from the Webby Awards, a nomination for 'Best use of Digital Advertising' in the New Media Age Awards, ‘Best use of design’ from Microsoft. He has won campaigns of the week and sites of the week in NMA, and campaigns of the week in Revolution, Tim has designed creative advertising that has returned up to 20% CTR.
\parOther
\parTim has a healthy appetite for exercise, so his ticker won't give way for a while. He also has a healthy appetite for socialising, so the exercise really only serves to offset his lifestyle. Tim likes to spend as much time as he can with his family, as it keeps him sane. He plays football, although he is never allowed out of goal, and he goes up to Old Trafford to support Manchester United as much as he can, but please don't let that put you off.
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