Hello
My name is Tom, I’m Creative Director for Europe at Canva, helping to empower the world to design.
I'm a lucky guy. I've found something I love, something that excites and surprises me on a daily basis. On paper, I design brands but for me it’s the moments I've made people smile, laugh, cry and think twice that really drives me.
Previously I was Creative Director at Meta Reality Labs in San Francisco - working to bring Facebooks mission to life through its hardware products in the AR/VR space. And most recently Creative Director at Wolff Olins, helping to build brands for some of the biggest and most ambitious organisations in the world.
I've worked with some incredible people and wonderful clients including — The BBC, Lloyds, LG, GSK, The Economist, The Science Museum, Channel 4, the Imperial War Museum, Universal Music, The Design Council, Coca-Cola, Telstra and the Sydney Opera House amongst many others.
If you'd like to chat please feel free to get in touch.
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Employment
Canva
Creative Director for Europe
2024 – Current
Wolff Olins
Senior Creative Director
2021 – 2024
Meta Reality Labs
Creative Director
2020 – 2021
Landor Australia
Creative Director
2017 – 2019
Freelance
Design Director
2016 – 2017
Interbrand Sydney
Associate Design Director
2015 – 2015
Interbrand Melbourne
Senior Designer
2012 – 2015
A+B Studio London
Designer
2009 – 2012
Education
Kingston University London
First Class
2006 – 2009
Awards
D&AD Wood Pencil
Illustration: Petbarn
2019
D&AD Shortlist
Brand refresh: Petbarn
2019
AGDA Merit
Self Promotion: Seven Ages of Fan
2018
Cannes Lions Gold
Typography: Sydney Opera House
2016
Cannes Lions Gold
Motion: Sydney Opera House
2016
Cannes Lions Bronze
Branding: Sydney Opera House
2016
D&AD Graphite Pencil
Branding: IR
2015
Cannes Lions Shortlist
Branding: IR
2015
D&AD Student Yellow Pencil
Interactive Installations
2009
D&AD
Adobe Future Creative
2009
Talks & Press
Australian Design Radio
Podcast
2018
AGDA
Positive Impact
2018
Enmore Design Centre
The Art of Compromise
2015
UTS
Internships, Interbrand and Incest
2015
Tractor University
S – M – L – XL
2015
The Design Council
Bottom Up
2012
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