Hi. I’m Stuart Lowe - a Creative Director based in the UK and founder of
Brand Nest Ltd.

Creative Director | Brand Custodian | People Manager
Digital Specialist | Creative Strategist | Professional

Specialisms: Creative innovation and evolution, brand and style guide custodianship, executing effective B2B, B2C campaigns,
internal communication programmes, creating cohesion between
brand and UX, cross-divisional consultancy and leadership, line management and people development.

about ME

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.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR - DEXT (formerly Receipt Bank)

From February 2020 to July 2021 I headed up and directed an extremly talented pool of creatives. This consisted of digital designers, content writers, video prodcuers and front end developers. Together we built brave creative to help further promote Dext as the one choice solution for Accounting and Bookkeeping firms across the globe.

During my time at Dext I lead a global creative team through a wide range of exciitng and challenging projects including a full rebrand and redesing of the website, numerous lead generation campaigns, multiple social media campaigns and grew user adoption (Accountign firms) from 4000 to 12000.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR - RECEIPT BANK

From November 2017 to February 2020 I built and headed up a global full service in house creative team, an internal agency who managed and created all marketing material for the business with a sales and marketing first approach.

My time at Receipt Bank delivered a new visual identity for the buisness. I lead a global creative team through a wide range of exciitng and challenging projects; including two redesingns of the website, the creation of extened products, lead generation campaigns and a host of marketing materials to better promote the product.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR - MIMECAST

From November 2012 to November 2017 I headed up and built a full service creative team across the UK, US and AUS. Together we created all the businesses marketing material from the website through to in person events and everythign inbetween.

Whilst at Mimecast I introduced a new creative direction which posistioned the company for IPO and a long term future for growth. This included a phased out approach to a huge overhaul of our digital presence, and introduced and tested many focused experiences all in support of the email security services and products offered.

CREATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR - MIMECAST

From January 2001 to November 2012 I headed up an in-house design team with a focus on supporting the website, all marketing materials and all internal communication designs.

Together we built, as an early adopter, one of the UK’s first websites within the motoring industry. I forged creative ways to further engage the user, build trust through well thought out marketing campaigns and help the nation to buy and sell cars through a trusted and secure platform.

Hi. I’m Stuart Lowe - a Creative Director based in the UK and founder of Brand Nest Ltd.