Creative Agency London - About Higher Ground Creative

Creative Agency London - Our Team

Incase you want to know what the voices on the phone look like, we've got a few mugshots of the client facing team members below!

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Greg Newman

Greg is a member of the Institute of Directors and has been involved in the fields of marketing, design and sales for over 12 years now. He has been running Higher Ground Productions for over 8 years.

Having worked in industry, in both marketing and sales as well as multimedia, design and music, Greg has a sound understanding of business as a whole. His Masters in Interactive Multimedia gives him a strong technical understanding of digital development and business solutions.

When not in the office in London, Greg takes a keen interest in music and outdoor exercise. And Higher Ground...

Maggie Majstrova

Maggie Majstrova

Maggie is degree educated at Goldsmith's College (University of London) and has gone on to undertake a Masters in Digital Media at London Metropolitan University. She has been working as an executive for a number of Private Companies and Public bodies, and brings with her a wealth of experience of running internal teams within an agency and dealing with a range of clients - as well as having worked in marketing (events in particular) and sales.

When not at work Maggie enjoys nothing more than going out, visiting art exhibitions, reading and swotting up on Flash and Dreamweaver!

Edd Grant

Edd Grant

Having completed a Degree in Multimedia at Bournemouth University, Edd has several years industry experience and has worked for a wide range of clients from high profile bars and nightclubs to City Traders.

Considered as a good all-rounder, Edd is competent at producing slick Flash websites, banners and applications, as well as building W3C compliant websites and HTML emails.

Out of work Edd likes to DJ and tinker with cars.

Rob Iacurci

Rob Iacurci

Rob is degree educated at the University of London and has gone on to undertake a Masters in Digital Media at London Metropolitan University. He has great experience in working with teams of all sizes within stressful environments and brings with him a wealth of knowledge in software ranging from Photoshop to Dreamweaver. This means Rob is always able to lend a helping hand, no matter what the project!

When not at work, Rob enjoys working on his next big movie, meeting friends and traveling to all sorts of exotic places such as Hawaii or Monaco for the Grand Prix.

James Ward

James Ward

James has been a design industry professional for 13 years, and has a strong background in design project management from both a client and a service based perspective.

James is also a specialist in Film Marketing, has worked on numerous high end theatrical and Home Entertainment projects, across all clients including Universal Pictures, Disney, Fox, Paramount and Warner Bros. His experience ranges from national media campaigns to full International styleguides and packaging for titles such as Mamma Mia! and Indiana Jones boxsets, as well as Genre based fan websites for clients such as Lionsgate.

When James isn't writing copy or working through the next press campaign, he is jogging through the streets of South London.

Jay Shipley

Jay Shipley

Jay has over 6 years commercial design / print experience, working with a wide range of big blue chips from the likes of 'Kärcher' and 'Formula Renualt' through to smaller creatives. After moving to south west London last year, he joined Higher Ground to bring his wealth of experience and creativity to this growing agency.

When he isn't producing design, music production provides another creative outlet!

Mark Donington

Mark Donington

Mark has over 3 years of experience in the graphic design industry. Having studied visual communication, Mark has developed a passion for applying design across all medias. Competent in both print and web design, Mark has worked on a variety of different projects, ranging from multi-national websites, to music graphics through to corporate brochures.

When not at work, Mark enjoys all types of music, film and tea!