At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Creative Director operating in the Digital Marketing 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.
Matt Garbutt
Creative Director of Greenlight Digital
Matt has been a digital creative his entire career, starting out in full service agencies in the late nineties through to in-house roles in the 2000s. In 2010, he co-founded a digital agency, followed by a creative production agency in 2013. Matt has extensive experience in a great many areas of digital creative and build, as well as video and film, motion graphics and above-the-line creative. In 2017, Matt’s digital agency and Greenlight joined forces, with Matt being appointed as the agency’s Creative Director.
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About Greenlight Digital: Full service digital marketing agency
Dave Ward
Founder & Creative Director of CreateFuture
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About CreateFuture: CreateFuture is a design and innovation firm that puts creativity to good use.
Andy Park
Creative Director of Open Path
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About Creode, Open Path: Open Path is a Leeds-based digital agency.
Charlie Haywood
Creative Director of Hotfoot Design
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About Hotfoot Design: Hotfoot Design is a creative agency based in Lancaster with clients dotted around the UK. Our focus is on branding, digital, and marketing.
Elizabeth Pendleton
Creative Director of Lingo Design
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About Lingo Design: Website and Graphic Design in Norfolk, providing web design, SEO services, branding, digital marketing, livery designs and print designs.
