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Katrina HowellKH

Katrina Howell

Digital Creative Director

€550/day
London, GB
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Katrina

A proven creative and design leader with 20+ years London agency experience with pioneering spirit and tenacity in leading the conception, design and production of exceptional, persuasive, original and memorable branded user experiences. My work sits at cross-point of creativity, strategic insight and innovation as a visual storyteller, senior creative and skilled design practitioner. In the rigour of global advertising and digital agencies, fast moving creative broadcast industry and boutique design agencies. Crafting award-winning, culturally defining brand identities and multi-platform and digital first innovations that delighted and captivated audiences across the BBC & UKTV portfolio, FOX Global, Dreamworks, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, HSBC, Shell Global, HM Gov, Icon Fitness, Textron Aviation & LVMH. Winning over twenty industry awards for creativity and innovation including Cannes Lions, Clio’s, BIMA’s, Webby’s, Promax BDA and The Drum.

Pioneering spirit and tenacity in championing projects which define on brand strategies and translating into insight driven brand identity and customer focused branded user experiences which raise the bar higher. Visual storyteller and skilled design practitioner and in recent years collaborating with global teams and creating complex design systems for high profile clients in Figma. That can reach, surprise and delight audiences based on empathy and equally high levels of creativity which change perceptions. Been lucky to been part of a world-class brand identity teams and helped create some of the most famous and effective brand identities in the world across multiple platforms.

Beyond creativity, I am hugely passionate about team management. Growing, nurturing and inspiring cross-discipline teams in fast paced environments, which colleagues tell me is inspirational.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
London (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Brunswick Creative, part of Brunswick Group. (Formerly Merchant Cantos)
    Digital Creative Director
    DIGITAL AND IT
    February 2021 - February 2023 (2 years and 1 month)
    London, United Kingdom
    Injected the power of original creative thinking to create transformational award-winning corporate communications. Created compelling multi-channel campaigns, corporate and consumer led thinking for global clients. Led a team of brand & UI designers, UX, motion designers, film directors and creative technologists and elevated and instilled creativity into the team to drive highest creative output to date.

    Achievements:

    • iFIT new consumer site, new brand design system and bespoke filmed content - Upsold award winning creative/design vision, which led to the largest digital client (£900K) and scale of project for team.
    • Textron Aviation - Led organic social project to reinvigorate and re-target their key audiences with compelling content and video, which delivered the most engaged social content to date.
    • Elevating brand experience, new brand expression and creating a narrative- focused for House of HR integrated annual reports. Winning Gold in Digital Benchmark Awards Corp & Financial awards 2021/22.
    • Crafted VARO Energy´s new vision with refreshed brand identity across film, new website design and digital advertising. Investors, employees and customers viewed over 10m times on digital channels.
    • Pitch winning integrated brand toolkit and digital experience for Shell Global, future energy scenarios.
    • Raised profile with benchmark industry awards and selected as a DMA Awards 2022 Juror.
    Adobe Creative Suite Figma Brand identity UI Designer UX Designer
  • GGH Mullenlowe Profero
    Digital Design Director
    DIGITAL AND IT
    August 2020 - January 2021 (6 months)
    London, United Kingdom
    Lead a digital team to create new campaign brand identity and deliver the largest public awareness campaign for Brexit UK Transition Campaign for HM Gov. Responsive, highly pressured turnaround across digital, social, TV and DOOH. Delivered over one thousand digital creative assets in 7 months with engaging and action orientated campaign.

    Adobe Creative Suits Adobe XD
  • Clarity
    Creative Director
    DIGITAL AND IT
    September 2019 - August 2020 (11 months)
    London, United Kingdom
    Led a creative studio of 10 multi-discipline creatives, UI/UX, motion designers and 3rd party developers. Leadership Team role focusing on new company wide initiatives, collaborative agile ways of working, growing its digital capabilities and product design service offerings and evangelised internally.
    Achievements:

    • Unveiled the world´s first luxury Hyperscooter with an international PR and social campaign with immersive film with award winning director Matt Losasso, driving pre-order sales on the newly designed website which exceeded expectations.
    • Led high profile re-brand and positioning for Ergo 3 to Magnetic North energy and redesign of website, social content and digital advertising.
    • Created agency brand re-positioning and new website design. D&AD New Blood Jury President 2020.
    (Cut short due to Covid and retail focus)

    Adobe Creative Suite Adobe XD

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Education

  • Masters, Design for Interactive Media
    Middlesex University
    1997
    Design for Interactive Media
  • BA (HONS) Art & Related arts
    University of Southampton. (West Sussex Institute of Higher Education)
    1996
    Specialising in print design, graphic design and motion/video

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