Will Pickering is a Senior Designer (Design + Motion) with over 17 years industry experience working with some of the world’s leading creative agencies. Currently freelancing remotely from Auckland after stints in London and Sydney. He has developed a valuable skillset spanning design, branding, motion graphics, and video editing.
“Design solutions lay within our quest to deconstruct forms and ideas toward simplicity”
Get in touch: If you have a project you would like to discuss, lets talk: willpickeringstudio@gmail.com
Past Roles:
Auckland
Freelance | Senior Designer + Motion Design
Agencies
Atomic, Band, Crave, FCB, LikeMinds, NonFiction, Ocular, OMD, Reach, Principals, SharedSpace, SmithMade, Studio Unlimited, The Tuesday Club.
Sydney
Freelance | Senior Designer + Motion
Agencies
Biggie Smalls, Brand Chemistry, Eight Productions, Facebook, Genero, Houston Group, Monale, PinkTank, Pinterest, Popula, Orchestra Studio, Slam Solutions, Superthing, True, Usual Suspects, Rare, Yonder Creative.
London
Head of Design | TBWA/London
Freelance | Lead Brand Designer
Freelance | Senior Designer
Freelance | Senior Motion Designer
Past Agencies (Freelance):
Mother, Droga5, Lucky Generals, TBWA/London, Motel Agency, B-Reel, Brand Chemistry, 101 London, Trouble Maker, Creature, Dark Horses, Purpose, Glock, Endemol Shine TV, FCB Auckland, The Corner, ITV, McGarry Bowen, Brothers & Sisters, VCCP, JWT, Brooklyn Brothers, Wild Things, Anomaly, Byte London.
Selected Clients:
Adobe, Adidas, Amazon, Anchorage Hotel, Art Fund, Aware (Ai Technologies), Betfair, Blu, BMW, Canon, Contiki, Co-op Supermarket, Harvey Nicols, Kahlúa, Lego, Lidl, Maybelline, Newcastle Knights, Nissan, Nickelodeon, Nokia, O2, Paramount, PennyBooks, Peroni, PrimeTV, Red Cross, Reload Pictures, TRÉSemme, TrueTone Speakers, United Nations, SodaPress, Sky, Spotify, Western Digital, Westfield, World Health Organisation, Yorkshire Tea, Vodafone, Volcano Coffee.
Mentions:
Best Ads, Campaign, Creative Review,
The Drum, Design Week,
Save The Rainforest – Independant
Mentions:
TAB Rugby World Cup ‘23
Awards:
Verified – World Health Organisation
Indigo Design Awards 2021
Gold Award for Integrated Graphic Design for Social Change
A.W.A.R.D
Best Direct Response Campaign
Bronze Pencil
D&AD Awards
Wood Pencil – Branded Film & Entertainment | Kahlúa
Cíclope International Ad Craft Festival
Gold - Branded Content | Kahlúa
Effie Awards
Not for Profit
Bronze
*Selected work is unavailable due to non-disclosure agreements.