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Duncan
James Todd

Senior Creative Artworker  ·  London

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Bronze
IPM Award

Charity Partnership Marketing

Software proficiency

InDesign
Illustrator
Photoshop
PowerPoint
Excel
Word
Google Workspace
Sketch

Freelance Senior Creative Artworker

2024 – Present
  • Contributed artwork to the worldwide rebrand of Perk, formerly TravelPerk, via Analogfolk. A global identity rollout spanning multiple touchpoints and formats.
  • Commissioned by Studio XAG, a leading experiential and retail design agency, for artworking and illustration — demonstrating creative range well beyond standard production.
  • Active client roster spanning branding, design, marketing and experiential: Analogfolk, Buzzacott, DCTR, Earth Strategies, Identity, Savvy, Sectorlight, Siren, Wordsearch and Studio XAG.

J2  |  Studio Manager / Head of Artwork

2022 – 2024
  • Promoted to Studio Manager after five years, taking on full team leadership: resource allocation, deadline management and quality control across all studio output.
  • Sole quality gatekeeper for every piece of work leaving the studio. Uncompromising standards maintained under consistent commercial pressure.
  • Bridged senior creative expertise with operational management, keeping output quality high as studio workload scaled.

J2  |  Senior Creative Artworker

2017 – 2022
  • Five years of comprehensive artworking for UK and European property brands, from urgent amends to full creative redesigns, always on deadline.
  • Built deep specialism in property brand standards, print production across multiple formats and high-volume asset management.
  • Trusted with complex, wide-ranging campaigns for major developers and estate agents across the UK and Europe.

Freelance Senior Creative Artworker

2015 – 2017
  • Repeat commissions from Marks & Spencer, Jupiter Asset Management, Willis Towers Watson, Portland Design, Sectorlight and Wordsearch, spanning financial, retail and branding sectors.
  • Integrated into multiple studios at pace, adapting quickly to different workflows and house styles with immediate contribution.

Result Customer Communications  |  Senior Artworker

2013 – 2015
  • Won a Bronze IPM Award (Charity Partnership Marketing) for Halloween activity for MRG in association with Cardiac Risk in the Young.
  • Led artworking on Morrisons, McColls and Mecca Bingo, delivering campaign materials, large-format POS and retail assets across multiple channels to demanding weekly deadlines.
  • Became studio specialist in large-scale POS production, developing workflow expertise that underpinned the agency's biggest accounts.

Freelance  |  AML / Willis Towers Watson

2012 – 2013
  • Artworking support for financial services clients: accurate, efficient and trusted to work independently from day one.

Ravensworth  |  Senior Creative Artworker

2011 – 2012
  • High-volume print production for Halifax, Bairstow Eves, the Labour Party and The Plumb Centre. Fast-turnaround national campaigns delivered consistently and accurately.
  • Built solid digital print expertise and direct, efficient client relationships across multiple sectors from the ground up.

Profile

Thirty years getting complex creative work out the door.

Accurately, on time, and without drama. Print, digital, large format, branding. A genuine all-rounder, equally at home on urgent amends, global rebrands and illustrated environmental graphics.

IPM award winner. Trusted by agencies and studios working for some of the world's biggest brands. I care about what leaves my desk. Not just whether it meets the brief, but whether it's actually right.

Software

InDesign Illustrator Photoshop PowerPoint Word Excel Google Workspace Sketch

Sectors

Retail & Packaging Experiential Property Financial Pharma

Awards

Bronze IPM Award

Charity Partnership Marketing

Notable brands

Amgen · AstraZeneca · Aviva · AXA · Bank of America · Barclays · Barratt Homes · Bayer · BBC · Biogen · Boehringer Ingelheim · BMS Pfizer · Budweiser · Cadbury · CBRE · Coca-Cola · Creed · Ferrero · GSK · HSBC · Heineken · JLL · Kellogg's · Legal & General · Marks & Spencer · Mars · Marc Jacobs · McLaren · Microsoft · Nestlé · Next · Novo Nordisk · O2 Arena · Oxfam · Perk · PepsiCo · P&G · Roche · Sony · Walkers · Warburtons · WaterAid

Contact me for my CV  ·  the-artworker@outlook.com