About me
I'm jilly, a design & branding consultant based in SE London. Further to achieving a degree in Graphic Design at Leicester Polytechnic, for more than 20 years I was an art director in top London advertising agencies, creating campaigns for big brands including; British Airways, Sainsbury’s, Pizza Hut and Timberland.
I set up my own design & branding consultancy in 2001. My passion is to use the creative and strategic expertise gained from my time in advertising to help today’s entrepreneurs and small businesses stand out from the crowd with intelligent design solutions for print and digital. I create everything from naming a business, their logo, business cards, website, flyers, posters, brochures and other marketing materials.
I regularly deliver branding talks and workshops to business hubs, charities and networking groups throughout London.
Teaching
I joined Westminster Business School in February 2020 as a workshop leader for Entrepreneurial Practice, followed by Commercialising Your Enterprise in 2021 bringing valuable insight from my 20 years in Advertising and as an entrepreneur of 20 years.
Before then I started my lecturing career in 2002 at West Herts College in Watford, teaching creative skills to Post Graduate and Foundation Degree students and more recently delivering modules to develop the business professional for both business and art & design students. I also lectured young entrepreneurs at the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy (of Dragon’s Den fame) at Westminster Kingsway College. I'm also a member of their Undergraduate HE team lecturing in Marketing, E-Commerce, Event Design and Visual Merchandising & Psychology.
Research
My research interests currently cover creativity, business branding and entrepreneurship especially for start-ups