Dave Montrose

About

An award-winning Creative Director with 20+ years experience, I’ve helped elevate brands including Google, Adobe, Zendesk, BT, & Vodafone. I’m a multidisciplinary designer, with hands-on experience across branding & branded content, advertising, web & product UX, and 3D animation. In a previous life, I built websites using front-end technologies including CSS, HTML5, jQuery, and PHP. And long before that, my career began in music magazine editorial roles. My extensive experience allows me to solve problems with a broad lens and cross-disciplinary thinking, blending brand and product strategy, technical literacy and craft, to help businesses and brands thrive. Previously Creative Director & Senior leadership at Publicis Pro, UK.

Experience

• Independent Executive Creative Director · OtherFolk06-01-2024

  OtherFolk is a UK-based independent creative studio specialising in brand identity, branded content, and digital experiences We partner with agencies and brands to craft what's-next. www.OtherFolk.studio

• Creative Director · Battalion06-01-2023 – 05-01-2024

  Independent design studio specialising in branding, web, events, apps and 3D animation for B2C and B2B businesses across the UK, Europe and US. Clients: E.ON, Plunge, Sungrow, IDlayr.

• Creative Director & Senior Management · Publicis Pro12-01-2019 – 01-01-2023

  Senior management of this 70-strong integrated marketing agency, responsible for defining and evolving the ideas and craft of all creative output, from digital experiences, branding, advertising, events, and editorial, to video and motion (2D & 3D). Re-established approaches, timelines and costs for all creative work to allow for improved stages of development and collaboration between a mixed-discipline creative team of designers, copywriters, UXers and motion, account teams and clients. While under my creative leadership, Octopus Group was acquired by Publicis Groupe UK in Q1 2021, recognised as Marketing Agency Of The Year, UK Agency Awards 2022, and won awards and recognition from The Drum B2B Awards, UK Digital Excellence Awards, PR Moments, and Campaign Best Places to Work. Member of Publicis Groupe UK's Creative Council, a leadership group comprising Executive Creative Directors and Chief Creative Officers from each of the Groupes creative agencies, including Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett, Digitas, Publicis Poke, Langland, MSL, Taylor Herring, PG One. FKA Octopus Group, acquired by Publicis Groupe UK Q1 2021. Award wins, including: • The UK Agency Awards - Marketing Agency Of The Year • Digital Excellence Awards - B2B Website Of The Year • The Drum B2B Awards - Best Use Of Data/Insights • PRMoment Awards - Campaign Of The Year - Best Measurement Campaign & Evaluation • The Drum B2B Awards - Shortlist: Best Use Of Digital Events • Campaign - Best Places To Work 2022 Key clients: Adobe, Siemens, Kantar, Logitech, ACI Worldwide, SSE, Smartsheet, Visa, BT, Premier Inn.

• Jury Member · The Drum09-01-2020 – 12-01-2022

  For The Drum B2B Awards 2020 and 2022. Looking for great strategy, creative ideas, execution and well-measured ROI. Celebrating the B2B marketers bringing creativity to their campaigns.

• Experience Design Director · thoughtbot07-01-2019 – 12-01-2019

  Independent US-headquartered digital product agency of 100+ designers and developers specialising in Google Design Sprints, helping businesses launch and grow their digital products. Leadership for the London studio of 10 designers and developers alongside the CEO and Development Director. Invited back to Octopus Group (Publicis Pro) as Creative Director.

• Senior Art Director · Valtech01-01-2018 – 07-01-2019

  Creative lead, working with FTSE100 clients within multi-disciplinary agile teams on digital platforms and solutions. Clients: FTSE100 incl Sage, Toyota, easyJet, Taylor Wimpey

• Head of Design · Octopus Group03-01-2016 – 12-01-2017

  Senior management team of this independent 60-person full-service agency, responsible for developing and maintaining the quality of the agency's design execution from web, brand, motion and editorial, to paid media and Out Of Home. Clients: Vodafone, Adecco Group, Bluejeans, British Heart Foundation, Worldpay, Zendesk

Education

• Marketing Week Mini MBA with Mark RitsonMini MBA, Marketing

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