Biography

Chris began his career as a Civil Engineer, before seeing the error of his ways, throwing away the analytical engineering career for one in creativity.

He studied graphic design & animation along with web design before finding the world of advertising through AWARD School, where he placed.

Since then Chris has worked in the industry for just shy of 10 years as an Art Director. He's worked at agencies that operate in Perth and Sydney, as well as remotely for an agency in London and directly for clients in San Francisco.

Throughout his career he has worked on some big brands including Netflix, Woolworths, Commonwealth Bank, Optus, Hyundai, Kellogg's, Greenpeace, Everyday Rewards, Amnesty International, EA Games, Ben & Jerry's, HBF, WA Tourism and St John Ambulance.

Chris has won awards at Cannes, The One Show, Clio, AWARD, PADC's, Ad Stars and many more throughout his career so far.

From 2018 to 2022 Chris led the digital creative team at Clemenger in Perth. After moving to Sydney he joined M+C Saatchi where he works on major accounts like Commonwealth Bank, Woolworths, Australian Retirement Trust and previously Optus and Everyday Rewards.

In 2016 Chris' team won the Perth leg of the NASA Space Apps Challenge — in which 20,000 contestants from all over the world compete over one weekend to solve problems that have stumped NASA in the last 12 months. Chris' team went on to finish 5th in the world out of 20,000 entries.