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, from TV, radio and press to stunts and 3 second social posts.
If you need any help, we’d love to hear from you.
richardbarrett@me.com | 07810 233166
james_manning@mac.com | 07737 676345
FMCG: Pepsi, Walkers, Activia, Babybel, Screwfix, Actimel, Alpro, Organix
Automotive: Ford, Land Rover, Alpha Romeo
Financial: Lloyds Bank, Barclays Private Bank, Bank of Scotland, AMEX
Telcos: Vodafone, VOXI, Virgin mobile
Government: The Home Office, Dept of Science & Tech, Dept of Business & Trade, The NHS, Dept of Veteran Affairs
Travel & Tourism: British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Visit Britain
Gambling: William Hill
Drinks: Bacardi, Redbreast Whiskey
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, 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 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 - 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.