PROFILE
Cartoonist, animator and games designer with over 20 years' experience spanning editorial illustration, 2D/Flash animation, game design and advertising. Lead Designer on Warner Bros' Scooby Doo educational game and designer of online casino games for Ladbrokes, William Hill and Paddy Power. Advertising clients include Honda, Sony, Vodafone, KPMG, Johnson & Johnson, Visa International and Chanel. Co-founder of Pilot X, building 2D mobile games for Android and iPhone. Available for remote work and short contracts worldwide.
SKILLS & ABILITIES
GDD & UX Design · Adobe Animate (Adv., Certified) · Unity · ActionScript AS2/AS3 · Photoshop · After Effects · Illustrator · Premiere · Figma · Spine · Blender · 3D Studio Max · Character Design · Storyboarding · Cartoonist / Caricaturist
KEY EXPERIENCE
2024–present
Senior Games Designer, Aris TX
Designing slot games.
2016–present
Partner, Pilot X
Co-founded a studio creating 2D side-scrolling mobile games for Android and iPhone using Unity; third title currently in development.
2022
Senior Games Designer, Games Global
Designing slot games.
2012–2015
Senior Games Designer / Illustrator, TopJack Games, mkodo, Epigeum
Senior design and UX work on commercial casino slot games; illustrated award-winning e-learning comic strips for Epigeum (Imperial College London / Oxford University Press).
2010–2012
Senior Motion Graphics Designer, The Libertine
Digital advertising content for major clients including giant-format screens at Victoria and Liverpool Street stations, and campaigns for Comet, Butlins, New Look and Wickes.
2007–2008
Lead Illustrator, Scooby Doo, Warner Bros.
Lead designer on a multi-platform educational game; responsible for all background elements and interface, staying true to the original series' style.
2003–2010
Flash & Games Designer, BBC, Sky TV, Vodafone, Nokia, Sony, Universal Records and others
Designed and built viral games, banners and animated promotions for major broadcast and consumer brands.
1998–1999
Props Designer, Dennis the Menace, Collingwood O’Hare
Conceptual prop design for the BBC television series, in the style of the original comic.
EARLIER CAREER
1997–2003
Editorial Cartoonist, The Telegraph
Editorial illustrations and games.
1991–2003
Games Designer & Illustrator, Daily Mirror, Take a Break, Take a Puzzle
Children's games and puzzle concepts for national publications.
1991–1997
Comic Book Artist, Zit Comic
Strips including Billy No Mates, Madass Hussein and Postman Prat.
1991–present
Freelance Cartoonist & Caricaturist
Editorial and advertising illustration, package design and live caricature work for clients including Disney, Chanel, HSBC, ITV, Honda and Visa International.