Designer & Art Director
Steve is a multidisciplinary designer and art director with a passion for thoughtful, crafted design. He has worked across a wide range of sectors and clients, creating standout campaigns and brand experiences for names such as Triumph, Mappin & Webb, Harley-Davidson, Cadbury, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz Trucks, Mitchells & Butlers, and Greene King. His approach combines strategic thinking with a deep love for typography and visual storytelling. Steve’s work balances concept and craft, whether he’s building a brand identity, shaping a campaign, or experimenting with the combination of analogue and digital techniques.
In recent years, Steve has split his focus between modern digital and traditional letterpress techniques—co-founding a Midlands-based letterpress studio with his partner, Amy. Together, they produce bespoke typographic and illustrative pieces using vintage type and presses, combined with modern digital equipment, bringing a tangible, handmade quality to modern brand work whilst pushing the boundaries of the capabilities of vintage equipment and practices.
Steve’s creative thinking and attention to detail have been recognised with awards from D&AD, Creative Circle, and other leading industry bodies. He continues to work with brands that value originality, craft, and strong visual ideas.
Digital Designer & Illustrator
Amy has over 20 years’ experience in providing creative story telling, starting her career as an illustrator Amy created illustrations for children’s books, children’s eduction and hospitality. She has continued to use her illustration skills and love of calligraphy in commercial work for brands like Harley-Davidson, Atlas Gin and SouthGate Bath.
Amy’s illustration career runs parrallel with her commercial design work. She has a proven track record in creating successful digital design solutions for major brands across a broad range of sectors, those include retail, FMCG, education and hospitality. Amy worked in digital agencies for the past 14 years before leaving to join Pinched Post, which has more recently become Thinc and Hand-inc.
Creative Copywriter
With over 20 years' experience as a Copywriter in the advertising industry, Ant has worked in some of the world's top agencies, in various different markets around the world. Some of these include DDB Chicago, Saatchi & Saatchi NZ, Y&R Melbourne and BMF in Sydney. Some of the major accounts he has created work on include: Pepsi, Toyota, MTV, Cadbury, ALDI, McDonalds and Volkswagen. He has also helped build and redefine several purpose led brands and charities such as: Children's Cancer Institute, QUIT (anti-smoking), and RSPCA.
Ant is one of the most highly awarded creatives in the country. His work has won over 40 Cannes Lions and D&AD pencils, and he has created Super Bowl commercials in the US.
In March 2023, Ant founded a new social enterprise named Givewrap® - the gift wrap that gives to charity. When you wrap a gift in Givewrap, you give to your loved ones and to charity at the same time. The brand has already secured major retail distribution in over 1000 stores across Australia, and will launch in the US and Canada in August of this year. Givewrap is on a mission to give $10 million to charity, in its first 5 years.
Strategy
Carl has close to 30 years of experience working in research, design. media, advertising, and strategic consultancy.
His career has spanned across the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand and has ranged from the head of marketing and insight at Channel Five to the head of planning at MCBD (now Lucky Generals); from CEO of Naked Communications, Australia to founding his own brand consultancy at This Is The Day, based in Sydney.
In various guises across the years, Carl has helped to position, design, disseminate and measure iconic brands such as Sony PlayStation, Absolut Vodka, Waitrose & Partners, Channel Five and Virgin Trains & Holidays.
More recently, he has worked closely with famous Australian brands like Kmart, SBS and Maurice Blackburn Lawyers as well as successful imports like McDonald’s, Nike and Italian foodie brand, Mutti Parma.
Today, Carl continues to believe that his best work remains in front of him, in spite of 25 years' experience, and continues to help any business, large or small, to realise its brand's full potential.
Development
Award-Winning Web and Application Developer
Callam is a seasoned developer with 15 years of experience in creating and developing websites and applications. A recipient of a CSS Design Award, his work has been featured in Web Designer Magazine. His portfolio includes projects for high-profile clients such as the Royal Opera House and UNICEF.
In recent years, he has moved up to work as an engineering manager at a leading cybersecurity firm, overseeing a large team of engineers.