Matty Hodgson

With more than 28 years of design experience (the last eleven of which were at a senior level), my work includes in-house, agency and freelance art direction, with a history of leading print, interactive, multi-disciplinary and digital design projects to acclaimed completion. I have worked on branding, marketing, advertising, product launch and campaigns for a multitude of diverse global brands and companies, including Vodafone, William Grant & Son, Fremantle Media, RayBan, GSK, BP, Rolls Royce, Costa, Deloitte and Google, as well as a host of start-up and mid-size businesses.

Highlights of my skills include:

• A proven history of high-end creative thinking and design skills;
• Resilience, adaptability and flexibility in changing, diverse and fast-paced environments;
• A keen ability to evolve conceptual pen and paper ideas into strong simple, scalable campaigns;
• A desire to challenge and inspire a customer’s response to branding, information systems and design;
• Exceptional communication, team management, mentoring and collaboration;
• An innovative thinker with a restless curiosity and dedication to design.

Maxwell Rogers September 2020 to March 2024 Senior Creative Starting post-lockdown, this role involved close collaboration with the design manager and creative director to drive forward momentum and craft innovative creative solutions supporting the world-class strategy and content teams.

Tasks included developing B2B solutions covering brand reinforcement, conference collateral, and materials supporting product launches and ABM and DBM sales campaigns. Clients ranged from major multinational corporations to private education and SMEs, including Vodafone, William Grant & Sons, Lloyd’s Register, Sky, Bupa, T. Rowe Price, Reed Smith, LRQA, G4S, and Eastbourne College.

Our multi-disciplined solutions helped them connect with global internal and external audiences, refine their positioning, and deliver compelling business narratives.

BB&A April 2014 to April 2020 Creative Head Employee engagement, comms, behaviour change and elearning solutions for clients including GSK, Rolls-Royce, BP, BAT, Shire, Deloitte, Google, Specsavers and JELF as well as public sector entities such as DfE and DWP. The work spans multi-channel, multi-phase (and occasionally multi-language) projects from materials supporting face-to-face workshops, conference collateral, elearning solutions, animations, guidebooks and microsites through to small one off pieces.

Magnet Harlequin May 2011 to April 2014 Creative Director Broad range of work with Tesco F&F, BHS, Heinz, Luxottica, and Costa and new business wins with LG, Brompton, Esquires Coffee, Sam Phillips, Eddingtons.

T.M. Lewin & Sons Limited July 2009 to May 2013 Head of Design Developing seasonal campaigns and managing their application through all media channels

McMenemy Hill Group Limited July 2008 to July 2009 Senior Designer/ Design Director Work with BT, Goldman Sachs, Bacardi, Google, salesforce.com

Dekko Advertising and Design March 2008 to July 2008 Senior Designer 

Freelance March 2007 - March 2008

Purity December 2004 to March 2007 Senior Designer 

Freelance June 2003 - March 2004 & November 2004 - December 2004

Mercier Gray March 2004 - November 2004 Senior Designer 

Sentry Box Communications 2001 - June 2003 Senior Designer 

Pentland Visual Communications 1999 - 2001 Designer 

Dorling Kindersley 1996 -1999 Design Assistant/Designer 

BA (Hons) Graphic Design at Coventry University passed with a 2:1