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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Creative Director operating in the Software 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.
Martyn Gooding
Creative Director of Microsoft
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About Microsoft: Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
Pascal Wheeler
Creative Director of Digime
Highly innovative, creative, and passionate about design, usability and the user journey, Pascal is responsible for all of digi.me’s application and user interface design, as well as the design of supporting websites and marketing material.
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About Digime, iBundle: Digi.me allows consumers to gather their personal data and share it with businesses in a mutually beneficial value exchange.
Mark Champkins
Creative Director of The LEGO Group
Mark Champkins is a designer and inventor at London. He was a Design Director at Kano Computing since February, 2016 and also a Director at Mark Champkins Ltd since April 2011 to present. Mark also lectures about Communication in Design Module at Dyson School of Design Engineering. He founded Concentrate Design Ltd. Mark won as the British Inventor of the Year, for designing Self-Heating Crockery, a range of plates, cups and bowls that heat up to sixty degrees at the touch of a button. Mark studied Manufacturing Engineering at Churchill College, University of Cambridge and Industrial Design Engineering at Royal College of Art.
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About The LEGO Group: The LEGO Group is a family-owned company that specializes in the development of children’s creativity through playing and learning.
Cathal Berragan
Creative Director and Founding Team of Thirdweb
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About Social Chain, Thirdweb: Thirdweb is a software that develops web3 apps.
Doug Kessler
Creative Director & Co-Founder of Velocity Partners
Doug is a displaced Yank who started his career at Ogilvy & Mather, New York. Soap and fabric softener bored him rigid so he jumped ship to specialise in B2B. Doug is a content marketing junkie. He’s a copywriter at heart but with a secret jones for analytics. And Lagavulin.
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About Velocity Partners: Velocity Partners is an innovative global nearshore software development company.
Elizabeth Sampat
Studio Creative Director of Future Games of London
Elizabeth Sampat is an award-winning game designer and activist. At work, she designs blockbuster titles that are played by millions of fans every day; when she comes home, she crafts personal games that are intimate, revealing, and push the boundaries of the relationship between game and player. In her spare time, Elizabeth also works to make the industry she loves a better place for women and marginalized people. She was on the IGDA Women In Games steering committee for two years; Marie Claire called her “The Game Changer” when they named her one of “20 Women Changing The Ratio” in male-dominated industries. Elizabeth’s personal work has been in the LA Times and on Rock Paper Shotgun, and her advocacy and talks have been covered on Polygon, Kotaku, The Escapist, and more. She’s also an accomplished writer outside of the game industry, and was a regular contributor at The Yearbook Office. Her book “Empathy Engines: Design Games That Are Personal, Political, And Profound” was released in early 2017. She is kind of a feminist, and definitely trouble.
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About Future Games of London, Future Games of London, SYBO Games: We make iPhone, iPad and Android games for all you lovely people 🙂
Ugur Akdemir
Founder & Creative Director of Lemonat
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About Lemonat: Lemonat is a digital product design agency that focuses on user-friendly web and mobile application design.
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.
Jordan Daniels
Co-founder & Creative Director of Original People
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About Original People: Digital design and innovation studio, based in Soho, London
Jordan Daniels
Co-founder & Creative Director of Original People
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About Original People: Digital design and innovation studio, based in Soho, London
Chris Ison
Creative Director of Codemakers
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About Codemakers: We make products for mobile and web. We are a UK digital consultancy that builds, delivers and markets bespoke products for mobile and web.
Andy Cooper
Creative Director of Draw and Code
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About Draw and Code, SwapBots: Draw and Code is a software company that is engaged in a variety of technology based projects.
Mark Miles
Founder and Managing Creative Director of Rendermedia
Mark Miles began his career using 3D Studio for the DOS platform 1994, where the idea of a 3D environment in which to play and explore was fascinating. His career has spanned educational computer software and television, with contributions on projects in the educational arena earning BAFTA nominations and a BAFTA Award. The idea of taking higher-end CGI (more traditionally used in Film, TV and Games) was a genesis for launching a studio that focused on B2B in bringing businesses to life. Today, with 18 years heritage in CGI, Mark and his business partner Nadine head up Rendermedia, a Virtual & Augmented Reality Studio serving UK FT100 and FT250 with global operations bringing their business to life across AR, VR and Real-time applications. Made up of CG Artists, filmmakers, sound designers, animators and developers, Rendermedia supports global businesses in developing tools that are used across the entire operational structure of the client’s business. Mark’s team works in both commercial applications and R&D, keeping them ahead of the curve and allowing them to provide cutting-edge solutions that utilise emerging technology.
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About Rendermedia: Rendermedia is a leading, creative virtual reality agency.
Michael Macneil
Creative Director, Co-Founder of Internet Dreams Studio
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About Internet Dreams Studio: Internet Dreams Studio creative web and mobile app development agency based in London.
Tom Hamilton
Creative Director of Hamilton+Kidd
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About Hamilton+Kidd: Genre-defining virtual reality experiences that you will remember for a lifetime.
Will Francis
Founder & Creative Director of Vandal London
Founder & Creative Director at Vandal London, a digital innovation agency. Will speaks, trains and writes about technology, digital and social media.
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About Vandal London: Digital innovation agency creating unforgettable campaigns through creativity, technology and design.
