As a child, Steve was teased by his brother for looking a bit like the Milky Bar Kid. Since then, he’s made it his mission to create advertising campaigns with no characters that bear any personal resemblance.
So, in the early nineties he made great use of his Graphic Design degree and became a copywriter, in London. There, he worked at some of the bigger (and even some of the better) ad agencies in town.
Since then he’s also worked in Auckland, Sydney, Beijing, Dubai, and Lagos – as a creative director as well as a copywriter. On his travels, he’s picked up his fair share of effectiveness and creative awards – including a couple of Gold Lions at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity.
As you might imagine, Steve has been involved with a wide range of brands over the years, in a variety of client sectors. Including banks, cars, insurance, power, telcos, tourism, beers, spirits, FMCG, retail and not-for-profit organisations. And probably a whole lot more.
He finally put down some roots in 2015 and settled in Dunedin. The cat and dog are doing their best to keep him in his box, but he’s still up for short-term adventures. If you’re ever passing through, the Milky Bars are on Steve.
AWARDS
Cannes Lions Gold x2; Cannes Lions Silver, Cannes Lions Finalist x2; One Show Merit x2; Axis Gold x3; Axis Silver; Axis Bronze x2; Axis Finalist x4; Creative Circle Gold; Creative Circle Bronze; Caxtons Winner x6; Eurobest Finalist; Eurobest Finalist; John Caples International Finalist x2; AWARD Bronze; AWARD Finalist x2; Campaign Poster Award; The Work In Book; Newspaper Ad Bureau Ad of Year Winner; NAB Ad of Year Finalist x3; EFFIES Gold x 3; EFFIES Bronze x2; EFFIES Finalist x4; CAANZ Media Awards Gold; CAANZ Media Awards Silver x2; Royal Society of the Arts Student Award Winner.
EDUCATION
BA (Hons) in Graphic Design from the University of Central Lancashire, UK.
