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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Creative Director operating in the Consulting space. If you think a Creative Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Marion Duncan
Creative Director (Liquid Studio London) of Accenture
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About Accenture: Accenture is a professional services company, providing services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
David Harris
Creative Director of Deloitte
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About Deloitte: Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax, and other related services.
Richard Bassett
Creative Director of Fluxx
Tricky has been designing interactions since the 90’s. After freelancing with design agencies in London and New York, he founded his first design studio, Tricky Business, and enjoyed life as a pioneer, designing user-experiences for clients such as Microsoft, Capita, easyJet, BBC and SKY. At Fluxx, Tricky and his colleagues work with client teams, using Design Thinking and Agile principles to develop products and services at such pace that they transform the way organisations work. Fluxx design with evidence, create propositions people want and ensure their clients can drive a model for repeatable innovation moving forward. As Creative Director, Tricky leads the creative capability and is responsible for delivering compelling customer propositions. Clients that he is most proud to have worked with in the last few years include: Mars, PepsiCo, Microsoft, Heathrow, GAME, giffgaff, News UK, The National Grid, HSBC, British Gas, Atkins and The Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
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About Fluxx: Fluxx is an innovation company that unlocks potential in organisations, helping them to change and innovate at pace.
Grant Hunter
Executive Creative Director Europe of Iris
Grant is the Executive Creative Director of iris in Europe. He returned home to London in 2017 after 7 years in Singapore where he headed up iris’ creative output across the APAC region. During his time at iris, he has led the award-winning design team for the 2012 Olympic Mascots, developed Johnnie Walker’s F1 branded content series ‘Step Inside The Circuit’ and the ‘Force Of Black’ platform for adidas’ partnership with the All Blacks. He is the co-author of Newsjacking published by Thames and Hudson and is a regular speaker and judge at creative industry events including D&AD Shift.
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About Iris: Iris is an advertising agency that creates an innovation network of over 1000 people across 17 markets.
Malcolm Green
Writer, Creative Director, Film and Commercials Director and co- Agency Founder of Green Cave People
Malcolm Green has built a career as Writer, Creative Director, Film Commercials Director and co- Agency Founder (twice). Over the past 25 years, he has created many of the UK’s most famous, effective and award-winning ad campaigns for some of the biggest clients in the world including Walkers Crisps, Volkswagen, Dulux, British Airways, Unilever and Coca Cola. In 2000, Malcolm was part of a team of six partners who founded DLKW agency. DLKW was the fastest growing Independent Agency in Europe, becoming a Top 10 Agency within five years. In 2011 Malcolm founded an agency, Green Cave People, to inspire social impact through entertaining and effective communications. Outside of GCP, Malcolm has a non-exec role in a digitally focused business, Inkly – an app development studio.
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About Green Cave People: Green Cave People is a communications consultancy run by Malcolm Green, Marc Cave and Holly Ripper.
Ranzie Anthony
Partner – Executive Creative Director of Athlon
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About Athlon: Athlon helps global brands create products and services that build meaningful human connections and drive business success.
Alexander Ashworth
CEO & Creative Director of Manifest
Alex leads the Manifest team having spent over twenty years with global branding and design agencies including Wolff Olins. He has advised leading businesses on brand and strategy issues, including American Express, Citigroup and Visa, and designed brand identities for Churchill’s, IAC and Iveagh. An international speaker and writer on brand, design and marketing issues, his articles and work have been published in the Journal of Financial Services Marketing, B2B Business, Marketing Magazine and Boardroom and his work is featured in several published books. Alex is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and a Chartered Marketer.
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About Manifest: Manifest is a brand, design and marketing consultancy that transforms the way brands are perceived to help make them more successful.
