Nick Bawn

Award-winning Senior Creative with 20+ years' experience delivering campaigns, content, brand experiences and integrated communications for leading agencies and global brands. Combines strategic thinking, conceptual creativity and hands-on production expertise to create work that connects with audiences and delivers results. Unique combination of senior agency creative, hands-on fabrication expertise and active professional artistic practice.

Senior Creative / Senior Art Director - Freelance

(2009-11)

Partnering with agencies, brands and production teams to develop creative solutions across digital, experiential, content, film and integrated.

• Leading concept creation from brief through to delivery
• Creating pitch-winning ideas and presentations
• Developing campaigns across physical and digital channels
• Collaborating with producers, designers, technologists and fabricators
• Presenting creative solutions to clients and senior stakeholders
• Maintaining creative quality throughout production and delivery

Digital Creative Lead - Imagination

(2014-01 - 2014-12)

• Led creative vision on major experiential projects
• Built and directed multidisciplinary project teams
• Successfully contributed to securing the 3M account

Senior Art Director - MRM//McCann

(2006-01 - 2009-12)

• Led motion, film and interactive creative teams
• Delivered award-winning healthcare and technology campaigns
• Built Intel's online community platform
• Established internal production capability, reducing costs by 24%

Art Director - Freelance

(2005-01 - 2006-12)

• Delivered creative concepts and design solutions across digital, interactive and film projects
• Worked with agencies and production companies across multiple sectors

Film Editor & Motion Creative - AVTV

(2003-01 - 2005-12)

• Produced award-winning online promotional content
• Directed freelance creative teams through concept and delivery

Interactive Designer - TalkTalk

(2000-01 - 2002-12)

• Created interactive design, animation and branded content
• Contributed to a BAFTA winning creative team
• Produced motion graphics, editing and channel content

Senior On-Air Designer - Comedy Central

(1999-01 - 2000-12)

• Led channel branding and design projects
• Contributed to a channel rebrand resulting in increased viewer engagement
• Produced promotional content for flagship programming

Graphics & Animation Teacher - West & Mid Cheshire Art Colleges

(1997-01 - 1999-12)

• Taught design, illustration and animation to HND students

M.A. - 3D Animation - Bournemouth University (1996-01 - 1997-12)

HND - Design & Illustration - Bournemouth Art College (1993-01 - 1995-12)