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One half of the creative team Ben & Andy[1], Andrew is known for his enthusiasm and passion for coming up with big Ideas.[2][3]

Employment

Andrew currently works for Philips Design. He was selected at the graduate fair D&AD New Blood over hundreds of other graduates for a role as a Junior Designer, which meant relocating to Amsterdam. Previous to this, Andrew worked for Rees Bradley Hepburn [4] for a period of six months in a junior art director role, where he did work for clients including Land Rover, Aston Martin, TNT N.V. and Staffordshire University. He also worked for a period of one month at Connect-group[5] where he did work for Bentley and Manganese Bronze Holdings

Work

His most famous work is an animation created in his bedroom entitled My first day at school [6] which was globally featured on Youtube and received over 600,000 views within a month. The animation also received recognition in the form of an ISTD merit [7] and a place in the semi finals of the International Adobe Awards. He also won a place in the prestigious D&AD student annual with his idea for a Virgin Atlantic bar and restaurant[8].

Education

Andrew studied Graphic Design at Coventry University, obtaining a First Class degree with Honors. He secured a nomination for the Cecil Angel Cup [9] award, for raising the universities profile through his work.