A commercially focused creative director
Brand Building | Creative Strategist | Empathetic Leader | 20+ Years Experience
A commercially focused creative director
Brand Building | Creative Strategist | Empathetic Leader | 20+ Years Experience
A commercially focused creative director
Brand Building | Creative Strategist | Empathetic Leader | 20+ Years Experience
A commercially focused creative director
Brand Building | Creative Strategist | Empathetic Leader | 20+ Years Experience
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A commercially focused creative director
Brand Building | Creative Strategist | Empathetic Leader | 20+ Years Experience
A commercially focused creative director
Brand Building | Creative Strategist | Empathetic Leader | 20+ Years Experience
A commercially focused creative director
Brand Building | Creative Strategist | Empathetic Leader | 20+ Years Experience
A commercially focused creative director
Brand Building | Creative Strategist | Empathetic Leader | 20+ Years Experience
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Commercially focused creative helping to elevate your brand.
- Global experience across multiple industries
- Results-driven with a proven track record
- Helping you grow, expand and succeed
- Extensive experience with a personal approach
- Passionate, transparent and honest
- Trustworthy partner, an extension of your team
Grow your business, build brand awareness and stand proud.
who
what
where
when
why
I’m an experienced Creative Director, team builder, daddy to Emilia and Sonny and husband to Emma. We live in West Sussex with our two French Bulldogs.
Hi there, I’m Stuart Lowe – A seasoned Creative Director and founder of Brand Nest. After spending more than twenty years as a creative leader and designer at global brands in fintech, cybersecurity and the automotive industry, I’ve done a bit of everything – from launching award-winning products through to managing complete re-brand and website redesigns.
Based in West Sussex, I’m passionate about blending the creative and the commercial to build engaging brands that attract new customers and increase revenue growth. I love building teams and reinventing the wheel to create compelling designs with a commercial focus. I thrive to succeed in all that is put in front of me.
My success comes from getting under the skin of the business and their customers and building data led creative that achieves sustainable growth.
I will help grow your brand awareness, customer loyalty and trust
I believe businesses must create a big impact with honest actions
Leadership
- 25+ years experience
- Building and directing global teams
- Collaborating with stakeholders and peers
- Owning agency relationships
- Working with C-Suite and senior leadership teams
Strategy and Planning
- Market and customer research
- Persona creation
- Setting targets and developing strategies
- Creative budget management
- Team motivator
Brand Building
- Customer research and insight
- Rebranding, positioning and delivery
- Identity and Strategy
- Design guidelines
- Awareness Campaigns
Demand Generation
- Define brand narrative
- Brand-customer connection
- Create strategically focused content
- Maximise assets
- Define target audience
CAMPAIGN PLANNING AND EXECUTION
- Brand building
- Creative vision
- Quality control
- Brand consistency
- Creative direction
FOCUS
- Help your business grow
- Reflect and supporting the business strategy
- Future proofing
- Personable and humanised approach
- Honest, transparent and helpful
My Work
Building brands, connecting people, growing businesses
What people say
Don’t just take my word for it, read my recommendations from a selection of colleagues and peers.
I have worked with Stu on the same team at Next and then tapped into his skills as a creative agency when with Legatics. He is a brilliant creative director. Loads of ideas, great people skills, lots of fun to work with and most of all delivers fantastic creative that works. Our brand videos for Legatics really elevated the position of the brand, explained complex products clearly and drove Demo requests to the website from social media channels. Stu is one of the best! I would highly recommend him for your next project or to lead your creative direction.
Stephen Brown
We worked with Stuart for a campaign to promote a project he was overseeing. From the beginning we found Stuart to be very open minded to new ideas. We loved the way he explained what his goals and plans were so we could both see the vision and the strategy he was taking to achieve it! Would happily work with Stuart again and would recommend him.
Suds Singh
We have worked with Stu during my time at Dext, when he was the Creative Director. He has been a great team player, always positive and ready to help for our design projects. He is not only an experienced and skilled creative designer and team director but also someone very pleasant and nice to work with, therefore I highly recommend him.
Eylem Yangin Tougait
I worked with Stuart at ReceiptBank when they began their pivot away from being exclusively for accountants and bookkeepers, to general b2b marketing. I found him a knowledgable SaaS creative and an absolute joy of a CD to work under. As a senior copywriter faced with a new fintech product and few existing assets to build a marketing repository from - it was a daunting task. With Stu and the rest of the team on my side, it became the contract role I most enjoyed during my time in London. If my situation had allowed, I would have loved to stay working with Stu and developing the brand, but in lieu of that, I'm glad I had the time I did with him to learn and grow my skills under his leadership. Cheers Stu!
Brodie Evans
Stu is a wonderful cross-functional partner & a very empowering leader to his team.
He is not only a wonderful creative director, but is also a very caring manager & a great person.
Doing business with Stu is easy because he brings his entire self to work, he assumes best intent & he (and his team) works his butt off.
Any organisation would be lucky to have Stu among its employees.
I would love to work again with Stu.
Luis Felipe Sanchez
Stu is a consummate team player. He is incredibly committed to the wellbeing and development of his people, and goes above and beyond in terms of thinking about how to support them. He cares deeply about his work, and that of his team. Stu works very hard to add value, both as a team player and manager.
Naomi Trickey
Whilst working at Dext Stu took the time to act as my mentor. Stu was always open and honest, eager to share his experience as a manager whilst allowing me to find my own managerial style. The importance Stu put towards developing his team was obvious to see in the experience he shared. The respect his team had for him as a leader was the reason he was suggested to me as a mentor.
An asset to any team he works in, it would be a privilege to work with Stu again.
Suzannah W
I have had the pleasure to work with Stu for over 2 years and his positive, can-do attitude is contagious! He is a great leader and has a wealth of knowledge in the creative industry. He was always willing to go above and beyond for a project and his timely communication was greatly appreciated when we were up against deadlines. I look forward to working with Stu in the future on projects that push creative boundaries!
Jennifer Potter
Stuart was a delight to work with. I would highly recommend him as a Creative Director.
I helped Stuart create video content for Dext's marketing campaign in one of previous roles and he was a real pleasure to work with; detailed, quick to respond and gave enough context to ensure our production ran smoothly.
Stuart has also taken out time personally to help me understand the intricacies of creative businesses and I'm confident he will be of immense value as a leader people can look up to.
Usman Omar
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