ABOUT US
Richard is a northerner with a large round head. James is a southerner with a small narrow head. By putting these oddly shaped heads together we’ve created award-winning campaigns for brands of all shapes and sizes, across every channel imaginable, from TV, social, digital and radio to print, stunts and 3 second Tiktoks.
If you need any help (or just want to see our heads on Zoom) we’d love to hear from you.
richardbarrett@me.com | 07810 233166
james_manning@mac.com | 07737 676345
EXPERIENCE
FMCG: Pepsi, Walkers, Activia, Babybel, Screwfix, Actimel, Alpro, Organix
Government: The Home Office, Dept of Science & Tech, Dept of Business & Trade, The NHS, Dept of Veteran Affairs
Financial: Lloyds Bank, Barclays Private Bank, Bank of Scotland, AMEX
Travel & Tourism: British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Visit Britain
Automotive: Ford, Land Rover, Alpha Romeo
Telcos: Vodafone, VOXI, Virgin mobile
Gaming and gambling: William Hill, Ladbrokes
Drinks: Bacardi, Redbreast Whiskey
Freelance | Senior Creative team - Since Sept 2020
Freelancing for clients including AMV BBDO, Ogilvy, Digitas, VML Y&R, TMW Unlimited, Pepsi (in-house), William Hill (in-house), Ladbrokes (in-house), Rundeep, The Ninety Niners.
Ogilvy | Senior Creative team - 2016 to 2020
Creating campaigns for some of the world’s biggest brands including Vodafone, Barclays Bank, British Airways, AMEX and Screwfix.
RKCR Y&R | Senior Creative team - 2012 to 2016
At RKCR/Y&R we honed our writing and art direction skills for TV, print and radio creating campaigns for Lloyds Bank, Visit Britain, Virgin Atlantic, Vodafone, Danone, Baybel, LG, Bank of Scotland, Activia. We also won several major awards for our Home Office work.
Saint Digital | Senior Creative team - 2007 to 2012
When Saint launched we were their first creative team. In our time here we created award-winning digital and social campaigns for the BBC, the Home Office, Lloyds Bank, Volvic, Alfa Romeo, Bacardi, The NHS and LG. We also helped build a team of talented designers and coders that would win digital agency of the year two years running.
Wunderman | Creative team - 2003 to 2007
We first met at Wunderman working as digital designers. We teamed up and picked up our first awards creating digital campaigns for Land Rover and Ford.
