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Dad of Fred & Ella
Executive Creative Director
Loyal Gooner
AV Geek
A Cannes Lions and D&AD Yellow pencil winning ECD who runs creative departments for global brands, currently at PepsiCo as ECD of their in-house creative agency Sips&Bites.
I’ve been all over really, everything from above-the-line, below-the-line, digital, social, boutique, network, direct, independent and even media - all in search of learning and growing my experience and knowledge to take on tomorrow’s challenges.
Fascinated with (and a little addicted to) innovation and technology with a real love of humans and solving human problems - if tech can enable that, then perfect.
I lead creatives and departments to awards like Cannes lions and D&AD pencils by exposing their potential and empowering them through their ideas. I don’t manage people, I nurture people. I don’t tell them, I empower them. Working with the likes of D&AD New Blood and Pitch Futures I spend a lot of my time working with young, upcoming talent from as young as 11 years old helping them find their path.
Some gongs:
2 Silver Cannes Lions
1 Bronze Cannes Lions
1 D&AD Yellow Pencil
2 D&AD Graphite Pencils
1 D&AD Wood pencil
2 Effies
2 Webby’s
1 Silver DMA
Email
mattwatson41@gmail.com
Phone
+44 07920425909