A true passionate creative thinker across all mediums, with a simple philosophy - regardless of medium, every project starts with a pencil, and never lose sight of what you are aiming to communicate."
Away from work, Darren loves all commercial art and design, getting his hands dirty restoring a '65 E-type, playing bass guitar, sculpting and painting private commissions, a season ticket holder at Thames Iron Works (West Ham United - more of an endurance than hobby) and once met a member of the Who by posing as a limo driver.
Jon is the 'Go To Man' at Media Alive, as his skillset is vast and varied. His industry experience spans over 20 years working within creative studios at London agencies and media owners alike, including Archant Newspapers.
With a 'can-do' attitude to everything that he is involved in, he provides a safe pair of hands to our clients from design for print and digital media, through to artworking requirements across all media formats.
Our clients, old and new, are always delighted with the levels of service that Jon and the studio team provide, as no task is ever met with "no, this can't be done". Jon will strive to find a solution to all tasks presented, and normally has the answers too.
Armed with lots of experience Terry decided to try his hand at freelance creative services and fell straight into the senior in-house designer role at Tesco Head Office in Cheshunt. In 12 months he had helped oversee the running and expansion of the design team to five.
Business Development Manager
Francesca has a passion for all things creative and business.
She is committed to offering clients a blue chip service –understanding their business, helping them solve problems and achieve their goals. In her spare time Francesca is happiest reading a copy of the Financial Times, playing tennis, and enjoying the multiple creative and cultural delights on offer in London and elsewhere.
Media Alive are very knowledgeable within the media business, and I always enjoy working with them. I find them honest, creative, professional and really appreciate their ideas and creative thinking on projects. They always work hard for us and deliver what they say they will. It's always great to work with a company with such a positive, can do attitude.
Kieron Summerhayes - Business Development Director (TELEGRAPH MEDIA GROUP)
I would recommend Media Alive to any company who needs a professional, friendly, creative and dedicated team to look after their branding and media buying for an event or exhibition. The Campaign for Real Ale was delighted with what Media Alive produced for this year's Great British Beer Festival, which saw a record crowd attend at London Olympia, which is quite amazing in a tough economic climate. The branding of the festival was probably the best it has ever been, and we received excellent value for money when it came to the advertising campaign they recommended for us. Media Alive make sure they understand your company, your event and try and make the most of every pound you have in your budget.
Lambeth College have worked with Media Alive for a number of years and have found the services they offer are of a high standard and good value for money. Business needs and future ambitions are the focus of their innovative designs and concepts, bringing to life our advertising campaigns, publicity and communications materials. I thoroughly recommend them to you.
I am delighted with the approach Media Alive have taken to the design of our student guides and assets. Critically they engaged, listened, proposed and rapidly turned initial concepts into final proofs. Their creativity and interpretation of our brief was aligned to our own vision and the end products are beyond my expectation whilst also offering value for money
Muffin Break continue to expand within the UK, and we are really looking forward to working with the team at Media Alive on a media and creative front, to help us continue with the roll-out of our new brand, and for more people than ever to fall in love with our offering.
Media Alive always deliver on time, with excellent buying power. The team have been great at pulling together whatever we need, in the timeframe required, both for media buying and creative. Dan and the team are a pleasure to work with and have helped us successfully plan and deliver a number of press and outdoor campaigns for our venues.