Ian Wharton
- Founder, CEO
- United Kingdom
- Member since 2013
20 years of design and innovation, the creation of IP and the development of international brands. Honoured by the Royal Television Society, Apple Design Award, D&AD, BIMA, Webby's and the Art Director's Club in New York. Served as part of the creative leadership for agencies in WPP and Publicis Groupe. Founder of Aide Health and author of Spark for the Fire: How Youthful Thinking Unlocks Creativity. Member of the Board of Governors at Arts University Bournemouth and advisory board member of D&AD Shift.
Represented clients including Formula 1, Volvo Cars, H&M, Virgin Atlantic and the Clinton/Branson-founded production company HiddenLight. Previously one of the founding partners of tech startup Zolmo, a studio best known for its award-winning work with Jamie Oliver and some of the top-grossing, top-rated apps of its generation with over 20 million downloads. In its first year, Zolmo was ranked in Design Week's Top 50 Design Consultancies.
Graduated best-of-show from university with short animated film 'Solar', later joining visual effects company The Mill as an art director, designing commercials for Audi, Nokia, Electronic Arts and Sony Games.
Spoken at 30+ conferences around the world, including Semi Permanent and Thinking Digital, and contributed to BBC World News, Fast Company, Sifted, The Guardian and Creative Review. Since named an Art Directors Club' Young Gun', one of Creativepool's Top 100 Influencers, the BIMA100 and Campaign Magazine's 'Most Powerful People in Advertising'.
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