Simon Kitching

About Simon Kitching Simon is a Creative Director with a wide range of experience across many disciplines including Advertising, Marketing, New Business Development, Branding, Art Direction, Copy Writing, Graphic Design, TV and Corporate Video Production. Simon has been creating advertising brand strategies and award winning campaigns for over thirty five years. In this time Simon has won many creative awards, print awards and effectiveness awards. Some of the multinational and local agencies Simon has worked with include Amirati Puris Lintas, George Patterson Bates, DDB Needham, Clemenger, Young and Rubican, Samuelson Talbot, Sanford Partnership, Leo Burnett and The Ball Partnership. Some of the many brands Simon has been responsible for include: Since 2002, Simon has been running his own business - 2’s Company. 2’s Company delivers exceptional service, creativity and results for its clients, offering a wealth of marketing, advertising and design experience. In addition, as evidence of his entrepreneurial nature, Simon is also the creator of Savoury Tooth, an exciting new FMCG food brand featuring a range of ‘diabetic friendly’ savoury bars and latte blends aimed at filling a major gap in the market and currently being launched Australia-wide. Simon paints portraits whenever he stands still long enough to pick up a brush, has 3 adult children and is aged 59 years young. Simon’s work can be viewed at https://www.simonkitching.com Qualifications 1981 - Diploma of Art (Graphic Design) Swinburne Institute of Technology TEQSA Provider Course Accreditation - AQF Level 8 (RMIT 2018) Industry Experience Savoury Tooth (FMCG business) - Principal Owner Location: 15 Liquidamber Place East Malvern 3145 www.savourytooth.com 2s Company - Creative Director - Principal Owner 2002 - 2021 Location: 15 Liquidamber Place East Malvern 3145 www.2scompany.biz George Patterson Partners - Creative Group Head Myer 2001 - 2002 Location Melbourne, Australia Ammirati Puris Lintas - Deputy Creative Director 1995 - 2001 Location Melbourne, Australia Austin Begg and Partners - Creative Director 1993 - 1995 Location Melbourne, Australia DDB - Senior Art Director 1988 - 1993 Location Melbourne, Australia RGS Communications - Senior Art Director 1986 - 1988 Location Melbourne, Australia Ball Partnership - Art Director 1984 - 1986 Location Melbourne, Australia House of Graphics - Graphic Designer 1983 -1984 Location Melbourne, Australia Beavis Design - Graphic Designer 1981 - 1982 Location Melbourne, Australia Since owning his own business Simon has worked for many agencies on a contract basis as a Creative Director, Senior Art Director and Senior Designer. Some of the companies Simon has worked for in this capacity include; Clemenger, Leo Burnett, Y & R, The Bridge Consulting Group, Orange Hammer, Samuelson Talbot, Sanford Partnership and Admark. Simon also likes to give back to the industry he loves and teaches all aspects of advertising across four Melbourne universities and internationally at SIM in Singapore. Teaching Experience RMIT Bachelor of Arts (Creative Advertising) Art Direction (2002 – 2004) RMIT Bachelor of Communication (Advertising) COMM2664 Advanced Creative Advertising (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) GRAP2315 Art Direction (2018) GRAP2311 Creative Advertising (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) COMM2662 Advertising Industry Practice (2018, 2019) RMIT Master of Advertising COMM2678 Creative Advertising Campaigns (2017, 2018) Monash University Bachelor of Communication Design Advertising 1 (2016 - 2021) Advertising 2 (2018 - 2020) Deakin University Bachelor of Communication (Advertising) Creative Brand Communication ( 2018, 2019, 2020) Copy Writing (2019) Macleay College, Bachelor of Advertising and Media Brand Experience (2018) Digital Visualisation (2019, 2020, 2021) Design Thinking (2020) SIM ( Singapore Institute of Management) Artdirection Intensive (2018, 2019, 2020) Contact Details Simon Kitching Phone- Email-www.simonkitching.com