a.shiels

Based in Los Angeles

  • GoPro
  • Nike
  • Dyson
  • Absolut
  • J.P. Morgan
  • Tommy Hilfiger
  • Hyundai
  • Guardian
  • CeraVe
  • Booking.com
  • Chivas Regal
  • Maybelline
  • GoPro
  • Nike
  • Dyson
  • Absolut
  • J.P. Morgan
  • Tommy Hilfiger
  • Hyundai
  • Guardian
  • CeraVe
  • Booking.com
  • Chivas Regal
  • Maybelline
  • GoPro
  • Nike
  • Dyson
  • Absolut
  • J.P. Morgan
  • Tommy Hilfiger
  • Hyundai
  • Guardian
  • CeraVe
  • Booking.com
  • Chivas Regal
  • Maybelline

About

Currently at Samba, where I lead creative and design across the company: brand, product, marketing and everything in between. Before that, four years running creative at GoPro and eight at Analogfolk, making work for Nike, Tommy Hilfiger, Absolut, Dyson and Hyundai.


Iโ€™m AI-native, end to end. Itโ€™s built into how I concept, design and produce, from the first idea to the final frame. Probably overly attached to Claude.


Off the clock: nurturing my citrus trees, supporting the mighty Arsenal and putting toys away, constantly.

Experience

CompanyRoleYear
SambaCreative Director2025-Present
FreelanceCreative Director2024-2025
GoProCreative Director2021-2024
GoProAssociate Creative Director2020-2021
AnalogfolkSenior Art Director2018-2020
AnalogfolkSenior Designer2012-2018
FreelanceDesigner2011-2012
Reckitt BenckiserDesigner2010-2011

Capabilities

Sixteen years across brand, campaign and digital, with AI now built into how the work gets made.

Samba rebrandSamba website

Creative Direction

Leading teams and ideas from first brief to finished work, keeping brand, campaign and digital pulling in the same direction.

Team leadership

Integrated marketing

Concepting

Campaign development

Art direction

Pitch and presentation

Creative Direction

Leading teams and ideas from first brief to finished work, keeping brand, campaign and digital pulling in the same direction.

Team leadership

Integrated marketing

Concepting

Campaign development

Art direction

Pitch and presentation

Brand & Identity

Rebrands and identity systems that hold up everywhere a customer meets them, from a homepage to an event floor.

Brand strategy

Design systems

Editorial

Identity systems

Guidelines

Product marketing

Brand & Identity

Rebrands and identity systems that hold up everywhere a customer meets them, from a homepage to an event floor.

Brand strategy

Design systems

Editorial

Identity systems

Guidelines

Product marketing

Digital & AI

Websites and digital experiences, plus AI-assisted workflows that get more ideas made, tested and shipped.

Website design

Framer / Webflow

Prototyping

Digital experiences

AI-assisted creative

Motion

Digital & AI

Websites and digital experiences, plus AI-assisted workflows that get more ideas made, tested and shipped.

Website design

Framer / Webflow

Prototyping

Digital experiences

AI-assisted creative

Motion

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