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Jason Symson

Conceptual Designer | Art Director | Digital, Motion design & Video creative
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About

I am a conceptual Designer and Art Director—with a hybrid, multi–disciplinary skillset and experience. I live in London, England :{ Key experience in conceptualisation, relationship building and driving cross-functional initiatives; crafting compelling brand communications – engaging consumer audiences – connecting them with products and services. Ongoing professional development in design thinking, design strategy, lean/agile workflows and innovation leadership.

Previous Brands
Hogarth
The Partnership
NBCUniversal
Territory Studio
Lateral Motion
Sky Creative Agency
VCCP
Google
Wieden+Kennedy
Symson Studio Limited
Work Experience
Lead Video Editor | Designer
Nov ‘23 - Sep ‘24
Hogarth

• Working with agencies; Ogilvy and VML. Conceiving and cutting edits for client brand films and pitches, on accounts including Nestlé and Mondelez.

Design Lead
May ‘23 - Jun ‘23
The Partnership

Led the brand motion team, scaling the creative and design offering of the department.

Lead Graphic Designer
Mar ‘22 - Jan ‘23
NBCUniversal

Campaigns, promotions and ad sales across all media platforms for various NBCUniversal brands, delivering on their marketing strategy: UNIVERSAL+, Peacock, SYFY, E! News and Advertisers.

Art Director
Jan ‘22 - Mar ‘22
Territory Studio

• Led a team; conceptualising, directing and executing creative marketing for an NVIDIA Brand film. • Part of team who won a pitch for ADIDAS.

Founder | Art Director | Design Director
Mar ‘21 - Oct ‘24
Lateral Motion

Founded own business offering specialised design activities as an independent design and creative professional on a contract, campaign and project basis; collaborating with a range of clients across multiple industry sectors to deliver conceptual, innovative and engaging art, design, brand, communication, and marketing solutions; undertaking a number of roles depending on client requirements including Creative Director, Art Director, Design Director, Lead Graphic Designer, and Design Lead. • Leading all aspects of the business including strategies, finance, business development, client engagement, operations, and marketing. • Forging strong relationships with clients and key stakeholders, managing the client journey to optimise continued business. • Working on a consultative basis with clients, gathering insight into creative briefs, budgets and expectations. • Leveraging consumer insights to concept, develop and produce design work, creative communications and brand assets. • Ideating, designing and presenting proposals to meet client exacting standards and budget parameters. • Leading the delivery of design projects and campaigns, managing budgets, schedules and stakeholder relationships. • Establishing, leading and motivating client-based teams across multiple disciplines to achieve demanding targets. • Exhibiting exceptional organisation, workflow prioritisation and risk management to ensure all key milestones achieved.

Creative Producer
May ‘19 - Mar ‘21
Sky Creative Agency

Headhunted by Europe’s leading entertainment brand and largest in-house agency; writing and producing advertising and promotions, tasked with delivering the marketing strategy across Sky Sports, Sky Cinema, NOW, Sky Mobile, Broadband, Trade and Corporate. • Recruited, established and led the Brand Reels Team of Video Producers, Motion Graphic Designers and Video Editors. • Ideated and delivered creative strategies for the multi-channel platform, and portfolio of premium content services which increased subscriptions. • Identified creative development opportunities, pitched ideas to senior stakeholders, and delivered captivating strategies. • Optimised celebrity talent utilisation to enhance promotional video audience engagement. • Established strong collaborations with internal/external design stakeholders which improved morale and quality of workflow.

Design Lead
Dec ‘16 - May ‘19
Sky Creative Agency

Senior Motion Designer | Art Director
Nov ‘14 - Feb ‘16
VCCP

Senior Motion Designer | Art Director
Oct ‘13 - Jul ‘16
Google

• "Zeitgeist" Global Digital Campaign, most viewed ad online, adam&eveDDB • "Google Stories" Global Digital Campaign, Google Creative Lab • "Zeitgeist" Global Digital Campaign, R/GA Delivered marketing communications with Across The Pond, a Google creative partner.

Senior Motion Designer | Art Director
Jul ‘13 - Jul ‘13
Wieden+Kennedy

Founder | Lead Designer | Art Director
Aug ‘11 - May ‘19
Symson Studio Limited

BRAND EXPERIENCE Sky / NOWTV / Disney / Google / NBCUniversal / CBS / HTC / M&S Bank / TalkTalk / Virgin Media / YouTube AGENCY EXPERIENCE Google Creative Lab / Grey London / Ignition Creative / JWT / McCann London / Sky Creative Agency / VCCP / Y&R London / WCRS / Weiden+Kennedy

Languages
English - Native
Education & Training
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication
BA (Hons)
Visual Communication Design
Kingston University
BA
Architecture
London, UK