About Mike

Hi, and thanks for visiting! So you want to know a bit more about me? OK, here you go….

I started my career at Duckworth Finn Grubb Waters, becoming a Creative Director in 1997. During my time there I created numerous award winning campaigns, for the likes of Pizza Hut, Toshiba, Daewoo and the National Drugs Helpline, to name but a few.

After 10 years at DFGW I joined Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe, which immediately became RKCR/Y&R, working across all their world class accounts, like, Land Rover, Virgin Atlantic, M&S and Lego.

After 10 years at RKCR/Y&R I freelanced at various agencies including, AKQA, Havas, Ogilvy, Saatchi & Saatchi and St Lukes until landing at AMV for 3 years, where I created ATL, Content and Digital campaigns, for BT, BT Sport, Ceaser, Guinness and The National Lottery.

After that I spent two years at Ogilvy, working on BA, Boots, British Gas, EY and Vodafone as well as winning awards for BA, and winning the Post Office pitch.

Since then I’ve been freelancing all over London and the country, at agencies like, McCann Central, Ogilvy again, Publicis, Saatchi and Saatchi again, The&Partnership, and VCCP.

And when I’ve not been doing all of that, I’ve been writing and directing short films.

If you want to know even more about me, my CV is here.

Awards

As I might have mentioned… I’ve been lucky enough to win a fair few along the way;

D&AD, New York One Show, Campaign BIG, Campaign Press, Campaign Poster, Creative Circle, British Arrows, Aerials, China Digital Awards, DMA Awards, and the IPA Effectiveness Grand Prix.

I’ve judged at D&AD, Creative Circle (on who’s Council I sat for 2 years), and the Aerials

My films and scriptwriting have also been recognised at:

London Independent Film Festival (Winner), Byron Bay International Film Festival (Winner), Slamdance Screenwriting Competition (Finalist), Hollyshorts (Semi-Finalist), NYC International Screenplay Awards (Semi-Finalist), ScreenCraft Short Film Screenplay Competition (Semi-Finalist).

But there’s still room on the shelf, and a passion, for more…