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 ad campaigns for brands of all shapes and sizes, across every channel you can think of.
And apparently we’re fun to work with.
If you’d like a chat, we’d love to hear from you.
richardbarrett@me.com | 07810 233166
james_manning@mac.com | 07737 676345
Clients include Pepsi, Vodafone, Ford, Lloyds Bank, British Airways, LG, William Hill, Screwfix, Land Rover, Visit Britain, Bank of Scotland, Virgin Atlantic, Amex, Barclays Bank, Activia, Actimel, The Home Office, The UK Government, The NHS, Alpro, Babybel, Organix and the BBC.
Freelance | Senior Creative team - Since Sept 2020
Freelancing for clients including AMV BBDO, Ogilvy, Digitas, VML Y&R, Pepsi (in-house), William Hill (in-house), TMW Unlimited The Ninety Niners etc.
Ogilvy | Senior Creative team - Oct 2016 to Sept 2020
Creating campaigns for some of the world’s biggest brands for clients including Vodafone, Barclays Bank, British Airways, AMEX and Screwfix.
RKCR Y&R | Senior Creative team - Oct 2012 to Oct 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 - May 2007 to Feb 2012
When Saint Digital launched we were their first creative team. In our time here we created award winning campaigns for LG, The Home Office, Volvic, Alfa Romeo, Lloyds Bank, Bacardi, The NHS and the BBC. We also helped build a team that would win digital agency of the year two years running.
Wunderman | Creative team - Jan 2003 to May 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.