Our multi-award-winning team has been around the block, seen a few things and worked with some pretty impressive people. From global behemoths to tiny start-ups, we’ve seen it all. So, we bring a great deal of experience to every project. And because we’re little, you’ll get to work with our big guns all the time; not just during the initial stages.
Preston
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
He’s our multi-award-winning creative director. In his twenty plus years in the industry, he’s worked for some of London’s biggest agencies – from McCann’s to HHCL to EHS to TMW, before he moved out to Cirencester’s Havas in 2016.
His impressive client list ranges from Automotive (Honda and Nissan) to Booze (Guinness and Tullamore Dew) to Charity (English Heritage and Sight Savers) and beyond. He’s also won over two dozen of the industry’s biggest awards, including a coveted Cannes Lions.
Outside of agency life, Preston is an award-winning children’s author and app creator whose books have been featured on CBeebies’ Bedtime Hour and CITV’s Bookaboo.
Ian
BUSINESS DIRECTOR
This is Ian, he’s our Business Director and networker extraordinaire. And when we say extraordinaire, we mean it. He’s been supplying digital and creative talent to organisations for over twenty years. And now he helps us find and deliver our projects on time and to brief. With the very best people, if we need to bring in talent. He uses his Psychology degree to dig deep, never taking things at face value and has learnt to expect the unexpected.
His unique skillset comes in handy from an agency perspective when…
1. Ian is talking to new clients. Because he’s a really good listener, he can work out what you really want and need.
2. The Little Big Agency needs some specialist expert help, Ian always knows just the person.
So, if you need to talk about your business challenges, just give Ian a bell. He’d love to get to know you over coffee, beer or a round of golf. Or, if you really twist his arm, all three.
Chris
DESIGN DIRECTOR
This is Chris, he's our award-winning Design Director. He's gained a lot of swag over the years from various shiny design awards through to his odd and slightly worrying collection of gadgets!
He’s worked at some pretty impressive agencies with some equally impressive creative folk over the past decade. And he’s designed for a wide variety of clients including the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Judes Ice cream and ERS Insurance. Plus local success stories The Wilson Gallery and Cirencester’s very own Barn Theatre.
When he's not sat in the studio in front of his trusty Mac, you'll find him out and about with his cameras shooting all kinds of stuff from cars to weddings!
Not bad 'ey!
Andy
BRAND STRATEGIST & CONSULTANT
Andy is a senior Brand Strategist with more than 25 years experience advising entrepreneurs, SMEs and corporate mavericks on brand strategy, marketing and change management. He provides practical advice and one to one support for the owners and management teams of some of the most dynamic, ambitious and fastest growing businesses in the UK, many of which are private equity backed and focused on maximising the financial value of their brand. He also specialises in ESG communication strategies that encourage sustainable and ethical behaviour through this consultancy HMKD.
He learnt his trade at Interbrand and The Brand Union (now called Superunion) where he was Managing Director of the Bangkok office, before going on to be a Director at several award-winning agencies and then working for himself and advising primarily CEOs and business owners. He has advised brands, businesses, politicians and governments all over the world.
He is half English, half Singaporean and has lived and worked in the UK, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. It’s given him an international and multi-cultural approach to life, which comes with a healthy disregard for rules and the status quo..
Paul
LEAD DIGITAL DESIGNER
“Small Paul” is a multi-award-winning Lead Designer with more than twenty years’ experience in print and digital design. He’s worked at big agencies, like Saatchi, and small ones like LBA. Indeed, we’ve worked with Paul on many projects. His love of fonts and beautiful typography continues to inspire him, as he endeavours to create unique designs and user experiences.
In the last five years he’s designed and directed projects for a broad range of big blue-chip clients – from Adidas to Nike, McDonald’s to Subway and Rolls Royce to Volvo. While, as part of the LBA team, he’s helped us to create brand identities for Cirencester’s Barn Theatre and Hush Kitchens.
His work has been acknowledged with several UK industry awards, as well as internationally with a Silver Echo.
Sam
LEAD STRATEGIC UX DESIGNER
Meet Sam, our associate UX Designer with over 20 years of experience of leading digital design teams, inspiring the best creative work and delivering measurable results in User Experience design. Sam spent many years on the agency side, where she led large design teams in London (Marketing agency, TMW Unlimited) and Bristol (UX Design agency, Nomensa), before venturing into freelance UX Design.
Often described as ’T-shaped,’ Sam has a broad skillset meaning she can handle anything from planning, research and user testing to concepts and detailed high-fidelity designs ready for development. She loves nothing more than rolling up her sleeves (once she’s got a handle on your business objectives and user needs, that is!).
She has worked for SSE Energy Solutions, Alzheimer’s Society, The National Trust and UK Government, among others. Outside of work Sam is the Chair of her local Climate Action Network and enjoys volunteering on climate-positive projects.
Ben
SENIOR DIGITAL DEVELOPER
Ben is our chief digital developer. What he doesn’t know about coding isn’t worth knowing and he’s probably forgotten more than you know, well us at least! He has an extensive background in all the most important web platforms as well as being able to run you through most back end CMS systems.
We love Ben, not only is he able to help us bring our work to life on the web, he’s great with clients!
He can handle anything!
Mark
LEAD SEO & DIGITAL MARKETING CONSULTANT
Mark started one of the UK’s first digital marketing agencies in 1998, six months before Google launched - much to his annoyance this makes him a digital marketing veteran.
In the early days Mark was tasked with setting up Hill and Knowlton’s (part of WPP) digital operation and provided advice to Havas (formerly Brann) about their digital marketing offering.
He has provided solutions for brands like Tesco, Boots, Nike, American Express and the NHS along with B2B clients and a raft of SMEs.
Mark helps LBA clients with: SEO Strategy, Google and Meta PPC and retargeting, and Google Analytics.
When Mark is not glued to his MacBook, he performs with his band, is a Cirencester town and Cotswold district councillor and explores the Cotswolds and Europe on his motorbike. He has a dog and a sense of humour, but gets annoyed with agencies who list their dog as a member of staff.
If you’re having problems connecting with your audience, we can help you in a little or big way!
