With over 17 years experience in interactive design and online marketing, Paul brings proven experience of creative conception; strategy; communication; and management, with an emphasis on online community and usability. His experience spans a broad range of commercial environments.

BBC; Emap; Vodafone; Orange; RAC; EMAP; M&S; Asthma UK; BrandAlley; HIPPS organic food; 3 Mobile; NSPCC; IACA; STL group; Surrey University to name a few.

– Creative Director (‘08- present) Permanent

Paul joined Freemax Media during its start-up phase. The company operates at the leading edge of online marketing, both in terms of audience engagement channels and approaches, and commercial propositions. On joining the start-up, Paul was charged with building a production team to handle the rapidly changing, and ever increasing design and technical demands.

The company expanded from 3 to 30 and the production team was built from 1 to 10 within 18 months. Paul is responsible for managing design, copy, SEO and development. He liaises with clients to build strong lasting partnerships, working with them on their brands and customer engagement. He is responsible for increasing conversions. He also manages all aspects of social engagement and builds communities around a range of Freemax Media and client sites.

Associate Director of Design (‘05- ‘08) Permanent

After joining IPT in 2005, Paul was quickly promoted to Design Director to lead a team of 10 designers and work closely with a development team of 25. Paul managed an international design team with designers in the UK, Manila and France and was involved in new business development, budgeting and marketing strategy reporting directly to the CEO.

His role was to stream-line production and reduce task turn-around time for both internal design requests and client requirements. He audited existing brand exposure and re-launched IPT's market presence to a high, consistent standard across a multitude of platforms and across Europe.

Senior Designer (‘04- ‘05) Permanent

PDV Ltd is an online Direct Marketing company specialising in permission marketing. Paul’s responsibilities as designer included generation of new online game concepts, brand design, game flow and user experience as well as online marketing. From the initial brainstorm, wireframe creation to final UI design, Paul was the driving the force for the new ‘Credit Banking’ system, which has been responsible for a marked increase in user interactivity and site loyalty positive customer feedback.

Freelance - Senior Designer (‘01-‘03) Contract

Freelance designer taking led on initial conception to delivery of both interactive and offline projects for a variety of clients including: BBC Radio 1; Surrey University; Chaos Design; Trace Magazine; Purpleworks and Mirror Image.

Work published in: Design Weekly –Asthma UK redesign.