History


	Kitcatt Nohr, Craik Jones, Euro RSCG Life Senior Art Director July '05 – present Clients: Samaritans, NSPCC, LA Fitness, Bookstart, Citroen, National Blood Service, VSO, 3 Mobile, Sky, DiabetesUK, Orange, Royal Bank of Scotland, The National Trust, Click Sargent, PDSA, The Camera Partnership, ABN AMRO, Hoburne Holidays. ........................................................................................................................................ Creative Director East Africa Access Leo Burnett, Kenya Nov '03 - June '05 TV, radio, outdoor, press, DM, B2B Clients: Telkom Kenya, Diamond Trust Bank, Population Services International, Johnnie Walker, P&G Always, P&G Vicks, AAR Health Services, Alliance Hotels, Nairobi Stock Exchange, Simba Colt Mitsubishi, Brookside Dairy ........................................................................................................................................ Ogilvy One London Freelance Senior Creative Team April '03 - Oct '03 DM, B2B for BT Business ........................................................................................................................................ HHM (Hubbard Hiwaizi McCann) London Senior Art Director April '02 - April '03 Press, DM, B2B, Interactive, CRM and DRTV Clients: BT, Norwich Union, Vodaphone, Axa, Ladbrokes, Panasonic, Martell, Toshiba ........................................................................................................................................ Soup (formerly CKBT/Cowing Balmforth Trendall) London Senior Art Director July '98 - April '02 ABL and BTL press, outdoor, DM, B2B, CRM, radio, Interactive. DMA award winner for PPP healthcare (CRM category, 2000) Clients: Rizla, PPP healthcare, Procter & Gamble Professional - all brands (Ariel, Ace, Bold, Daz, Fairy, Febreze and Flash), Organix children's frozen foods, Emap, BOC Gases, Tunisian Tourist Board, Motorola, Osram, JMC ........................................................................................................................................ References "During his time here he produced outstanding work. He is a talented and imaginative art director, who comes up with big ideas as well as having a great eye for detail. He is also good in front of clients, and works well with the wider agency team. If I were recruiting at this level, I'd employ him now. As it is, I'm going to have to miss out, but you really shouldn't." Paul Kitcatt Creative Partner, Kitcatt Nohr. ........................................................................................................................................ "Neil Simpson has played an outstanding role in heading the Access Leo Burnett creative team towards developing what we consider to be compelling and effective communications campaigns for our Supanet and Power Tab brands as well as our Malaria generic communications campaign. Worth noting is his passion for our account, humility and great team spirit which has seen us turn around two relatively huge creative campaigns in an impressive four months." David Walker Country Representative. PSI Kenya ........................................................................................................................................ "Neil played a pivotal role in developing our product branding strategy which contributed to the timely and successful completion of the project. I would like to particularly appreciate his valuable contribution in developing our branding which Neil achieved by acquiring a deep understanding of our bank, our heritage and the market conditions. Neil demonstrated from the onset in his involvement that he understood what business is all about and built the branding which reflected in equal measure the creative as well as business aspects." Nasim Devji Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director. Diamond Trust Bank Kenya. ........................................................................................................................................ "Neil Simpson was acting Creative Director for Access Leo Burnett East Africa when the agency acquired our business following a pitch in Jan 2004. Since then we have worked closely with him and his team on several advertising campaigns that have demonstrated high standards of creativity and accurate relevance to the market here in Kenya. His discerning ear gives him the ability to turn what he has heard into effective advertising that has impact on our market. He consistently delivered strong recommendations alongside a variety of options to our briefs and always did so in good time." Bernhard N. Rubia Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Telkom Kenya ........................................................................................................................................ "...Neil created good creative ideas that were consistent to our marketing objectives and he created a good information system between our marketing department and the Agency..." Muhoho Kenyatta Chairman, Brookside Dairy (Son of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president) Original letter ........................................................................................................................................ "Neil Simpson has been a dutiful and expert craftsman in the time he was employed at HHM as an Art Director. He has produced a broad range of inspired creative work and has regularly pushed the boundaries of the brief. I would recommend him to work in any creative communications environment." Omaid Hiwaizi Joint Managing Director HHM ........................................................................................................................................ "Neil possesses excellent Design and Art Direction skills necessary to create and deliver a project. The work he produces is on time, on brief and accurate. This has made Neil a valuable part of the Creative team. During his employment with us, HHM acquired several new clients and I believe Neil's creative skills and pleasant personality played a part in our growth. Neil worked on the full spectrum of our clients and several pitches - producing some outstanding work. This is due primarily to his ability to quickly master a complex brief. He has a positive attitude, and can accept responsibility to complete a project with little oversight or direction. His excellent Design, Art Direction and presentation skills make him a valuable asset. I would highly recommend him to any company seeking these qualities in an individual." Greg MacKenzie Creative Director HHM ........................................................................................................................................