David Pratley-McGill
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About
I am the Practise Head of Contract Recruitment for Creative & Marketing at www.welovesalt.com - a consultancy that truly understands the needs of the digital world and offers an informed professional service to all of its clients and candidates.
Throughout my experience I have helped many creative and technical candidates secure roles with some of the best and most interesting opportunities in the industry. I network regularly and am always focused on discovering the next big thing… My aim is to always deliver the best service to my clients and candidates by listening to their needs and providing professional advice based on the experience and understanding I have gained in both the recruitment and creative industries.
My personal specialist areas of recruitment is Design/Creative predominately focused on the below roles:
• Web/Digital/Graphic/Device (Mobile and Tablet) Designers
• UI/User Interface Designers
• Art Directors
• Design Managers
• Creative Directors
• Head of Digital
If you are looking for a new creative contract opportunity with tech start-ups, leading agencies or global brands then please feel free to contact me for further information. -
Education
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Media design and communicationamersham college1996 - 1999
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Experience
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Practice Head - Creative & Marketing (Contract)SaltDec 2013 - Present (12 years 6 months)Salt is a specialist recruitment consultancy that represents everything that is innovative and emerging in the digital and software world – be it ecommerce and customer insight, digital marketing or web technologies; we truly understand the challenges and opportunities of digital transformation.
We help clients build winning teams from individual contributor to senior exec covering roles across technical, sales, marketing and creative. Our clients include Brands focused on attracting, converting, retaining and measuring customers, as well as Agencies, Vendors, System Integrators and Consultancies that sell or implement digital solutions.
Based in London with international networks we have 45 consultants that have successfully completed thousands of searches for hundreds of clients across 30 countries and 50 cities. Our consultants are industry experts that know their markets intimately; are passionate about delivery; and always over exceed on client expectations.
Visit our website www.welovesalt.com or talk to us on +44 (0) 207 928 2525 -
Managing Consultantabrs - Future Media, Technology, Marketing and Creative RecruitmentDec 2012 - Dec 2013 (1 year)I was a Managing Creative Recruitment Consultant for abrs. I lead a team of five of specialist consultants who focused on the following disciplines:
Creative - Design and User Experience, (contract and permanent)
Development - Front and Back End, Mobile (iOS, android, windows), Testers, Big data Engineers (contract and permanent)
Marketing and Business Development - Executives, Mangers through to Director level (contract and permanent)
My teams core business areas were broadcasting/iptv, mobile (connected devices), finance, retail and travel. Working with some of the most exciting companies in London including Amazon, Sky, BBC, Orange and many more. -
Senior Creative Recruitment Consultant, Contract/Permanentabrs - Future Media, Technology, Marketing and Creative RecruitmentFeb 2010 - Dec 2012 (2 years 10 months)My focus was recruiting specialist digital Creatives for leading companies, SME's and Start-ups in and around Central London on both a contract and permanent basis.
Recruiting all creative professionals including:
> Head of User Experience/Head of Digital Experience
> Creative Directors/Head of Digital
> Art Director/Design Managers
> User Experience Designers/Interaction Designer/Information Architects
> Web/Digital/Graphic/Device (Mobile and Tablet) Designers
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Graphic ArtisthibuJan 2000 - Jan 2006 (6 years)Key responsibilities
• To design a growing range of visual identities and brand designs for small to national/global organisations
• Finalise all design procedures/guidelines in conjunction with the development teams to meet all schedule demands
• Critique existing adverts to identify areas for further development as each company grows and changes
• Review and discuss ideas with sales consultants to provide the best product for the client -
Graphic ArtistNewsquestJan 1999 - Dec 1999 (11 months)I worked as a Graphic Artist for one of the largest media groups in the world. I designed adverts for all of their print publications including
> Bucks Free Press
> Weekly Star
> Midweek Press
> Harrow Times
I was also responsible for maintaining and uploading new information to www.fish4it.co.uk
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