Making radio look nice
I'm the Chief Creative Officer at Aiir, working on innovative online
tools for broadcasters, where I'm responsible for the look and feel of the in-house CMS and the design
system that powers it.
As part of that, I've designed and built custom website templates for some of
the biggest radio groups in the world, such as Bauer, News UK and Virgin Radio.
I was in charge of the initial concept, design and brand for the product Showhost, a tool to
help presenters plan their shows.
Vaguely amusing things
I've written for BBC Radio 4's The Skewer,
the multi-award winning satirical 'river of sound'. I provided additional material for Series 2, and was a commissioned writer for Series 3 and 4.
This includes editing Daleks in to the Houses of Parliament,
mashing up Boris Johnson with episodes of Catchphrase,
remixing twisted versions of the Shipping Forecast, Hotel California and
government ads, which are all perfectly
normal things to do in context.
And I've provided jokes for Union JACK Radio and Oxfordshire's Jack FM, for silly and topical
quips in between songs from their station voiceovers.
Viral, but in a good way
The Break Your Own News meme generator website was made as a laugh and has got a bit out of hand.
It's had more than 2 million unique visitors and has become a format of meme around the world. It's annoyed the
French government, been used in schools as an educational tool, and even inexplicably in the Bruce Willis movie Reprisal.
Mad.
Other dumb things I've made have included the BBC Three Show Generator,
a website that told you "Is Justin Bieber on Capital",
a party game called Hot Take, and a version of Twitter
that looks like Ceefax, called, you guessed it, Twefax.
Other things which sort of sound impressive
Or sound like I've made them up. But I don't think I have. They're mainly here so I don't forget about them.
- Included in the Radio Academy 30 Under 30 in 2015. I am no longer eligible for this award and I wish to answer no further questions on this subject.
- "Voice actor" in the 2017 videogame Behold the Kickmen. (I shout "kick the ball in the goal" from the crowd).
- Worked as a Learning Advisor after graduation at the University of Lincoln
on the BA (Hons) Journalism course.
- Part of the station management team at community station Siren FM, when it won
East Midlands Station of the Year in 2013.
- Nominated twice for the BBC North Developing Talent Awards in the innovation category.
- Been an "expert" pundit about videogames for Sky News, BBC World Service and The Observer.
- I'm listed on IMDB as an actor
playing "Jonathan Cresswell" for my appearence on G4 TV's The Loop.
- Special Thanks in the credits of Guitar Hero 2.
