CV narrative
Advertising and Design
I started out as a production controller, then became a copywriter, ending up as a Creative Director, devising and writing press, poster, television, cinema and radio advertising, corporate and sales literature, direct mail, merchandising and promotions. Also responsible for receiving, refining and managing client briefs and for presentation of solutions.
1997 onward: Freelance Writer and Communications Consultant
Work for Antenna Audio has included:
2005: audio tour script for RHS gardens, Wisley
2005: audio tour (PDA) script for the Royal Institution
2005: updating audio tour script for Warwick Castle
Work for the Science Museum (NMSI) has included:
2005: film script for Caspian Energy Centre, Azerbaijan (Science Museum Solutions and BP)
2005: text for graphic panels re-interpreting the steam engines
2005: text for graphic panels, Spitfire Exhibition, Battle of Britain 65th anniversary
2004: text for the new Energy Gallery
2004: concept and text for the Dana Centre, winning a D&AD nomination (writing in design)
Work for Antenna Audio has included:
2005: audio tour script for RHS gardens, Wisley
2005: audio tour (PDA) script for the Royal Institution
2005: updating audio tour script for Warwick Castle
Work for the Science Museum (NMSI) has included:
2005: film script for Caspian Energy Centre, Azerbaijan (Science Museum Solutions and BP)
2005: text for graphic panels re-interpreting the steam engines
2005: text for graphic panels, Spitfire Exhibition, Battle of Britain 65th anniversary
2004: text for the new Energy Gallery
2004: concept and text for the Dana Centre, winning a D&AD nomination (writing in design)
1993 - 1997: Creative Director, Ware Anthony Rust, Cambridge
Burnham Mustard, Ciba-Geigy Araldite, Harper Collins, Titleist, Typhoon
1990 - 1993: Creative Director, Razor Creative Independent, Suffolk
Aldeburgh Foundation, Credit Insurance Association, Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, Eastern Arts Board
1988 - 1990: Creative Director, Billington Jackson, London
1990 - 1993: Creative Director, Razor Creative Independent, Suffolk
Aldeburgh Foundation, Credit Insurance Association, Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, Eastern Arts Board
1988 - 1990: Creative Director, Billington Jackson, London
3Com, Fila, Lever Industrial, Majestic Wine Warehouses, Riley, Spalding Sports, Thorn EMI Business Communications
1985 - 1988: Creative Director, Howell Jones Schneider Weaver, London
Aer Lingus, Astor Cruises, Britannia Airways, Eastbourne Tourism & Leisure, Europcar, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, MFI
1982 - 1985: Joint Creative Director, Ware Anthony Rust, Cambridge
Britvic, Green Giant Foods, Tobler Suchard, Watney Mann National Sales
1978 - 1981: Copywriter, Bartlett Ray and Jarvis, Norwich
Barratt Homes, Heatrae Sadia, Jawa-CZ motorcycles, Marconi, Ransomes & Rapier
1976- 1978: Copywriter, Dorland, London
British Leyland, Phoenix Assurance, Triplex Windscreens
1974 - 1976: Copywriter, Geers Gross, London
Bristol-Myers, Cadbury Schweppes, Spillers Homepride, Unicliffe, WD & HO Wills
1972 - 1974: Controller, Junior Copywriter, J. Walter Thompson, London
Access, Berger Paints, Holiday Inns, Spillers
1985 - 1988: Creative Director, Howell Jones Schneider Weaver, London
Aer Lingus, Astor Cruises, Britannia Airways, Eastbourne Tourism & Leisure, Europcar, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, MFI
1982 - 1985: Joint Creative Director, Ware Anthony Rust, Cambridge
Britvic, Green Giant Foods, Tobler Suchard, Watney Mann National Sales
1978 - 1981: Copywriter, Bartlett Ray and Jarvis, Norwich
Barratt Homes, Heatrae Sadia, Jawa-CZ motorcycles, Marconi, Ransomes & Rapier
1976- 1978: Copywriter, Dorland, London
British Leyland, Phoenix Assurance, Triplex Windscreens
1974 - 1976: Copywriter, Geers Gross, London
Bristol-Myers, Cadbury Schweppes, Spillers Homepride, Unicliffe, WD & HO Wills
1972 - 1974: Controller, Junior Copywriter, J. Walter Thompson, London
Access, Berger Paints, Holiday Inns, Spillers
Screenwriting career summary
2007: Developing further projects with Giles Foden
2005: Commissioned to write screen adaptation of “Zanzibar” by Giles Foden
2002: 3rd draft of “Oracle” in development with Red Eye Pictures (aka Gauvain Productions) and Open Road Films, with financial assistance from Scottish Screen
2002: Chosen as member of Script Factory Writer’s Group
2001: First Take Films (Anglia TV) “Storylab” project – one of 8 writers devising and writing an 8 episode Precinct Drama series
2001: Screenplay “Rolling In It” in development with Joanna Wilsher Productions
2001: Rehearsed reading of “Oracle” at Script Factory event, Edinburgh International Film Festival
2001: 2nd draft of “The Oracle of Essex Road” in development with Gauvain Productions, with financial assistance from Scottish Screen
2000: Commissioned to write original play, "The Parfitts’ Progress", for Laxfield Children’s Drama Club: three public performances in November
2000 “The Oracle of Essex Road” in development with Gauvain Productions, with financial assistance from Scottish Screen
1999: Screenplay “The Oracle of Essex Road” Shortlisted for Orange Prize for Screenwriting
1997: Adaptation of The Jungle Book for Laxfield Children’s Drama Club: three public performances in November
Screenwriting training:
2003: Arista Adaptation course, through Screen East
2003: Arista Business of Development course
2002: Euroscript Workshop, France (part-funded by Film Council bursary)
2001: Arista Story Editor Workshop, Denmark (part-funded by Film Council bursary)
2000: Script Reader’s course at The Script Factory
1999: John Truby Advanced Story Structure Course
1999: Writers’ Lab, Raindance
1994: National Film and Television School Short Course Unit: Scriptwriting for Film and Television (Tutor: Colin Tucker)
1990: Robert McKee Story Analysis Course
1989: Robert McKee Story Structure Course
Qualifications:
2007: MA in ‘Writing the Visual’ from Norwich School of Art and Design, course leader George Szirtes.
