|
John Comber and Dylan Hewitt - creative team
We've done some TV, lots of press and outdoor, and a good lot of online. Fully integrated, we can create standout work in all media for clients that have big things to say, tricky things to say, or even not a lot to say.
Experience
2011 onwards - Freelance at Ogilvy, Oliver, Beta and many more...
Social films for American Express including a tactical execution for April Fool's. Numerous press campaigns, a worldwide campaign for their most prestigious card - Centurion (their black card), and a range of ad formats for Facebook and Instagram.
British Airways social films, British Airways Late Deals online tactical work and creation of a Late Deals brand. Philips Sound community/social campaign and several social/Facebook campaigns for Nescafe bands including a 'personalise your mug' facebook app. We also did loads of stuff for BT: press, DM etc. Plus a pitch win for Inmarsat (Wifi on planes).
Multiple campaigns for Royal Mail stamps including the award-winning Olympics campaign (Cannes Silver Lion), Doctor Who, Football Heroes, Royal Portraits, Dinosaurs and many more. Several campaigns for the English National Opera including Julius Caesar, Don Giovanni, The Perfect American to name but a few. Loads of tactical stuff for CityJet. Some online, social and radio for Gumtree. And more pitch wins for Winner.com and Virgin Games.
Press, poster and a custom suspended poster for Cutty Sark's relaunch. Digital posters and rich media for the National Maritime Museum. A full rebrand and new positioning for Aviva Commercial insurance. A new positioning and design for RBS Business. Experiential and bespoke media executions for a Yorkie/Top Gear partnership. Ambient/experiential campaign for Liberty.
A new global campaign for Grant's Scotch Whisky - included press and social media. A social media campaign with iphone app for Aussie hair products.
TV scripts for Sony's ThinkPad Edge.
2008-2011 - MullenLowe London
Press and lenticular for Teenage Pregnancy. TV for Weedol. TV, viral and online for Chessington World of Adventures. Creation of a national IT competition for Charles Worthington: Make Me Front Row with Grazia - included a website, Facebook, Twitter, events, POS and online. Mirror Newspaper press and viral. Press, radio, online and multiple virals for Give Blood. Animation and press for Burger King. Rebrand for Halifax's professional mortgage division. Rebrand for Clerical Medical.
We also worked on various Unilever brands: Cif, Knorr and Snuggle (TV, press, online for each), E.ON (press, radio and rich media), RAF (brand and rich media), Tena (DM, website and online), Stroke (online), Alton Towers (TV and radio), The Trainline (rich media), Vauxhall (press, online, viral), WHSmith (press and online) and Halifax (loads of press and online).
Pitches we won: Halfords, E.ON, House of Fraser, Mirror Newspaper, Invesco Perpetual.
2007-2008 - Freelance at Hitachi
Press, brochures, outdoor and a website for Hitachi plasma TVs, camcorders and hard disk recorders.
2004-2007 - Banner Y&R
TV advert and idents for LG. Press campaigns for LG vacuum cleaners and mobile phones. A fully integrated campaign for BlackBerry. A global campaign for Ernst & Young that included press, outdoor and DM. Press, DM and online ads for Hewlett Packard. Press, online ads, DM and a website for QuarkXpress. DM and an event for Adobe. Also a DM pack for BT and a book, written and illustrated by us, for Nokia.
2003-2004 - Agency Republic
DM and promotional work for O2.
2002-2003 - HHCL
DM, press and a door drop for AutoRestore (part of AutoGlass). Direct mail for MVC. DM and press for Ocado. Trade press and DM for M&G. An event and DM for Birds Eye. Press for the Sci-Fi Channel.
Interactive online ads for Virgin Atlantic. Interactive online ads and email for Virgin Trains. Online ads for E4. Channel 4 Blair Witch online game. Also, online ads for BT, T-mobile and the Electoral Commission.
Awards and mentions
2012 - Work on the award-winning Olympic stamps campaign (Cannes Silver Lion).
2012 - Evening Standard, Los Angeles Post, Huffington Post and many blogs featured and discussed our controversial condom opera ad.
2010 - AOP nomination and in-book, featured in Luerzer's Archive, Ads Of The World and in the Saatchi Gallery London for Teenage Pregnancy campaign.
2009 - Best creative at the IFA online awards for Clerical Medical.
2008 - Event Awards - Best Exhibition Feature Area for Hitachi event concept and mailer.
2008 - NewWebPick.com (international design site), The Hits Paper (Japanese design magazine) and 68design.net (Japanese design site) − all showcased our Hitachi unexpected site.
2007 - Quality in Print Media Awards - Cross-media Initiative of the Year for Quark 7 launch.
2002 - Finalist three times at the London International Advertising Awards for Virgin Money.
Press
Campaign of the week, New Media Age for Virgin Trains.
Campaign of the week, New Media Age for Virgin Money.
Campaign of the week, New Media Age for First Direct Bank.
Campaign of the week, New Media Age for Ford.
Campaign of the week, New Media Age for Thomas Cook.
Campaign of the week, Revolution for Bar Wars (E4).
Campaign of the week, New Media Age for Thomas Cook.
Education
John
95/98 - Central Saint Martins College of Art
(BA) Hons 2:1 Degree classification
Dylan
97/00 - Central Saint Martins College of Art
(BA) Hons 2:1 Degree classification
Recommendations
Ronald Wohlman, Worldwide Executive Creative Director, MullenLowe and Partners Worldwide:
"I miss these guys everyday. They're incredibly easy to work with. They "get it". Their work is always creatively surprising, fresh and edgy. They're ambitious, driven and they really do care. They are the team to watch. Better still, the team to hire."
Greg Delaney, Chairman, Lowe London:
"Dylan and John are a very modern, fully integrated team who are more than capable of thinking and extending an idea across all channels. They have been very successful here working across the full range of our clients creating everything from sophisticated banner ads to fully integrated big social ideas. This also includes creating some very good TV, press and posters. (The Weedol Rootkill Plus TV ad is a good, non- digital example of their clever writing and polished art direction.) WhatÂ’s more they are a joy to work with, being hard working, intelligent, articulate and collaborative as well as being a couple of very nice lads. Dylan and John are a smart, digitally savvy, integrated team who I have no hesitation in recommending."
Graham Pugh, Executive Creative Director, Digital Outlook:
"I got John & Dylan in when I was tearing my hair out on a pitch with only two days to go. Very calmly, they came up with a hatful of great ideas and created a whole new route: a great idea, fully integrated, completely thought through and bang on brief. Not only were they great for my stress levels, they were a joy to work with, with a great attitude and an open-mindedness that is exemplary. After the pitch they took on several day-to-day briefs and delivered far and above what we'd asked for, giving us unexpected opportunities to pitch additional ideas to our clients. I have no hesitation in recommending John & Dylan to any agency that needs a talented, reliable, personable team. And I'd hire them again - either full-time or freelance - like a shot."
Paul Hancock, Creative Group Head, Ogilvy One:
"I had the great pleasure of working with John and Dylan for the best part of 4 years at DLKW and DLKW Lowe. They never failed to deliver across a range of clients and media channels. They approached every project with professionalism and enthusiasm, regardless of whether it was an obvious creative 'opportunity'. And I'm especially proud of the work they did for us for the COI 'Anti-Teenage Pregnancy' and 'Blood Donation' campaigns. Oh, and they're top blokes. I would have no hesitation in recommending John and Dylan to any potential employer, and personally I'd very much like to work with them again in the future."
Igor Pancaldi, Deputy Creative Director, Iris Worldwide:
"John and Dylan have been one of my key hires at a stage when the agency was turning the corner to rank up on digital reputation. They are highly passionate, extremely committed and very talented to concept and bring to life fully integrated campaign executions - a rarity these days. Are also a really jolly team to work with on a personal level!"
|
