EA Sports
Pizza Hut
Samsung
The Sun
adidas
Green Party
Haagen Dazs
Shell
Unicef
Nike
Concepting
Banners
1996 B.A.(hons) Graphic Information Design - First Class Honours
1992 Completed Art & Design Foundation Course
1990 A Level Art, Grade C
1989 B.T.E.C. 1st Award, Art & Design
1988 G.C.S.E. Maths Grade C, English Grade C, Art Grade B, Graphic Design Grade B.
Career history
September 2008 - Present day
Digital Art Director
JWT, London
Working for Shell Brand and recruitment campaigns.
1 month freelance August 2008
Art Director
Candi International, London
I was initially brought in to work on the look and feel of Morrisons Christmas campaign. I added value to the customer experience through the design of widgets which enabled the user to create gift lists inside the supermarket's binder functionality. As the contract extended I worked on the redesign of a Douwe Egberts competition microsite.
1 week freelance July 2008
Art Director
LBi, London
Freelance Art Director working on Volkswagen website.
1 month freelance June 2008 – July 2008
Head of Design
Crayon, London
Freelance Senior Designer working on BT and DMA websites.
15 months full-time Feb 2007 – May 2008
Senior Art Director
BlueBarracuda, London
For over a year I creatively managed half the agency’s accounts on such brands as Pizza Hut, Paradise Poker, Love Film, EASports, FIFA08, Hamleys, BAA, Nectar, Fat Face, Laithwaites, Ministry of Sound (Earwig), Zoopla.com, Angels, Goldsmiths, T-Mobile, and UKTV. Since April 2007, on top of managing day-to-day responsibilities I repositioned, rebranded and redesigned the BlueBarracuda agency internally and externally facing.
9 months freelance May 2006 – Jan 2007
Freelance Integrated Art Director
Profero, London 01.2007< 02.2007 JWT, Knightsbridge, London 11.2006< 12.2006 Claydon Heeley, London 10.2006< 11.2006 Fullsix, London 08.2006< 10.2006 Saatchi & Saatchi, London 05.2006< 08.2006 AILondon, Marylebone, London 04.2006< 05.2006
I spent nine months freelancing as an Integrated Art Director working on such projects as pitch work for Mini, the Publicis Groupe Creds website, Cillit Bang, Vanish, Egg, First Direct, Butlins and Mini Cherished online display advertising respectively.
4 1/2 years full-time Mar 2002 – Apr 2006
Digital Art Director
TBWA/GGT, Soho, London (merged to TEQUILA\London 01/05)
Over four years I helped build an integrated digital department within a DM agency from the summer of 2002. I was pretty much the first one in and the last one out after ECD Nick Moore left for Wundermann in New York. I accrued four major awards: the TBWA/GGTalent 2002 'Best Digital' award for Vauxhall’s “New Vectra, New Rules.” microsite, the 2003 New Media Age Effectiveness Award Winner - Online Banking & Personal Finance for The Plan from the Pru website and finally, the TBWA/GGTalent 2003 ‘Best Idea That Never Ran’ and ‘People’s Choice’ runner up for a Unicef “David Blaine” poster stunt. The Vauxhall Meriva microsite was nominated for a D&AD in 2004. I’ve also found that experiencing a merger is a valuable professional experience.
15 months full-time Jun 2000 – Sep 2001
Senior Designer
Modem Media, Euston, London
I moved to Modemmedia with the intention of working within a multinational agency to see more of the world and further my education of an industry which was in the ascendency. I held a key position within both the rollout and maintenance of Philips.com and I also lead the design and user experience teams on Prudential.co.uk.
2 years Aug 1998 – Apr 2000
Senior Creative
AKQA New Media Ltd, Piccadilly, London
I was accepted by Creative Director James Hilton onto the original AKQA creative team of 12. My first project was the website for the Durex global sex survey 1998. Soon after I was made brand guardian of Cable & Wireless and after winning the Nike account as lead creative, I was made Creative Manager of the ‘Lifestyle’ client focused team looking after; Carlsberg Tetley, SEGA, Sainsburys and Nike. The NikeLondon website picked up an award.
Education
1992 < 1996 University of Westminster, Harrow
1991 < 1992 Cumbria College of Art & Design, Carlisle
1988 < 1989 Kendal College of Further Education
1985 < 1988 Buttershaw Upper School, Bradford
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe ImageReady, Adobe Illustrator, QuarkXPress, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Fireworks, Macromedia FreeHand, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Sound Studio, Final Cut Express, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office.
Interests
Playing and watching Football, Reading (Books and Sunday Papers), Writing, Painting (Acrylic), Star Wars (IV,V,VI only), Playing Guitar (Badly) and learning Spanish.
April 2004 Ran the London Marathon for the charity MIND
Finished 26.2 miles in 4 hours 53 minutes and raised £2,785.97.
Email: stuwilson@mac.com
www.stuwilson.co.uk
twitter.com/stuwilson
Born in Bradford West Yorkshire, a qualified Information Designer with first class honours.
I've art directed in London advertising agencies for twelve years. During that time delivering award winning online and offline solutions for brands such as Abbey, Adidas, BMW, Cable & Wireless, Carlsberg, Durex, EASports, HSBC, LoveFilm, Microsoft, Ministry of Sound, Nike, Orange, Philips, Pizza Hut, The Prince's Trust, Prudential, Sainsburys, Sega, Samsung, Shell, Three, Unicef and Vauxhall.
Industry Achievements
June 2003 - Interactive Art Director
Cannes Lion Direct GOLD.
Financial Products and Services
Plan from the Pru website. Prudential.
June 2003 - Project Leader
New Media Age Effectiveness Award.
Online Banking and Personal Finance 2003.
Plan from the Pru website.
November 2001 - Creator, Writer & Art Director
Contributed 10 Pages of visual synopsis about interface design theory.
ATTIK Design book NOISE>FOUR
March 2000 - Lead Creative
Gold ICVA Design award 2000.
Nike London website.
February 1999 - Senior Designer
Campaign of the Month (New Media Age).
For Sainsburys online advertising.
July 1996 - Student Winner
The Apple Macintosh Student Design Project 1996.
Commendation for best Graphic Design.
Featured in the Business Section of The Observer January 1997.
March 1995 - Student Finalist
R.S.A. National Student Awards 1995.
Interface Design for Video on Demand - Blob TV.
