We’re a creative duo, a word nerd and a design nut, who take pride in the details and joy from the journey. We’re Executive Creative Directors now, too. And we’ve worked on nearly all the stuff imaginable: from small stuff, expansive global stuff, “we need that tomorrow” stuff, award-winning stuff, and that stuff that seems to last forever that requires bags of energy, but is always worth it in the end.
Simply put, we enjoy making stuff in lots of different ways: by building big team energy or assembling small team nous. As behaviour-changing TV spots, hand-crafted cards, social-firsts or disruptive mediums yet unforeseen. We guide teams to think proactively, strategically and fearlessly, to alter how brands think purposefully in the world and show up in culture. We love making stuff collaboratively in countless ways, but our one goal for stuff is to always make it gutsy, to always make it great.
Contact us
Matt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mlsearle/
Olly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/woodolly/
Agencies
Dentsu Creative
McCann London
CHI & Partners (T&Pm) - Matt
JWT London - Matt
BMB - Olly
Awards
New York Festivals
(4 finalist)
2x Design Week
(1 best in show gold, 1 gold)
1x Crystal Festival
(1 gold)
1x The Roses
(1 gold)
1x Kinsale
(1 bronze, 3 shortlist)
Awwwards
(1 shortlist)
2x D&AD New Blood
(1 black pencil, 1 white pencil, 1 in book)
Bima
(best student work)
FWA
(1 shortlist)
1x Cresta
(1 bronze, 2 finalist, 2 shortlist)
Immortal
(1 shortlist)
Music & Sound
(1 shortlist)
1x WPPD Cream
(1 winner, 1 highly commended)
12 x Creative Circle
(6 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze, 2 shortlist)
4x Cannes Lions
(4 bronze, 13 shortlist)
5x Eurobest
(3 silver, 2 bronze, 1 finalist, 5 shortlist)
7x D&AD
(7 wood, 2 shortlist)
3x Clio
(1 silver, 2 bronze, 2 shortlist)
4x LIA
(1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze, 1 finalist)
2x Drum
(2 gold, 1 nomination)
3 Campaign Big
(3 big award, 3 shortlist)
5x Caples
(5 silver)
2x Webby
(2 winner, 1 official honouree)
1x Gerety
(1 silver)
1x Epica
(1 bronze)
One Show
(3 merit, 5 shortlist)
Some of the brands we've worked with:
Chivas Regal / Adidas / Subway / Microsoft / Wimbledon / Mastercard / Mr Kipling / Kayak / Shreddies / Bisto / Doctors of The World / Argos / Anchor / The Prince's Trust / British Gas / TalkTalk / Argos / Burger King / Lexus / Maxi-Nutrition / HSBC / Nokia / House of Fraser / Grolsch / East Coast / Kraft / Rimmel London / The Times / eBay / Just Eat / Sky Broadband / Durex
Selected press
General: CNN Worldwide, BBC, Metro, Sun, Mirror, Mail Online, Ouest France.
Speaker at Design Week (Matt), 2014
Abduzeedo (Olly), Feature
Graphic Design Junction (Olly). Feature
Campaign Magazine: Faces to Watch (Matt), 2013
TimeOut Feature Tomorrow's Store