"We have worked with Dan Dimmock over the past year. He’s brought a great deal of competence to our strategic offer and he gets design! Dan combines strong strategic thinking and commercial awareness with an instinct for good design. A precious combination."
– Aubrey Ghose
CEO, AIS BrandLab (Dubai, UAE)
"Dan is an experienced and enthusiastic brand strategist with blue chip experience across a wide array of industry sectors and geographies — professional, tech-savvy, a real relationship builder and a joy to work with."
– Victoria Leavitt
Managing Director, Fitch (Columbus, Ohio)
"Dan is obsessive about great brands — how they should behave, where and when they can add value and how they are created. More than anyone I know he has personally engaged with all the new media communication platforms and manages to maintain an insatiable appetite for new business opportunities and networking."
– Peter Stimpson
Senior Creative Consultant (London)
"Dan and his team designed the Action for Children logo and brand guidelines. Dan’s firm Pollen was hired to assist another agency develop the charity’s new brand. The brand programme was behind schedule and Dan and his team quickly delivered design options and the guidelines to enable our in-house creative team to begin work. Dan is an expert in branding and has a wealth of experience that would be valuable to any organisation considering a brand change."
– Laura Toner
Project Manager at Action for Children (London)
"Dan was particularly adept at leveraging digital technology to its best advantage. He was a popular and high profile member of the Fishburn Hedges Group, excellent at building inter-personal relationships."
– Adrian Day
Managing Director, FHD (London)
"Dan was dedicated and insightful, managing multiple sales and marketing initiatives. He is passionate about his work and communicates well with co-workers, partners and prospective clients."
– Jay Rabinowitz
Former Managing Director, Harkess-Ord (New York)
"Dan’s process has given AREF deeper understanding about how to stand out from the competition and present a clear, compelling message to fund managers and investors in unlisted UK real estate funds."
– Rachel McIsaac
Former CEO, Association of Real Estate Funds (London)
"Dan worked in a collaborative way with the inhouse team providing solutions that were both creative and cost-effective."
– Coral Stanion-Nazeri
Creative Services Manager, Action for Children (London)
"A marketing genius. Insightful, pleasant to deal with and totally innovative — I would not hesitate to recommend him to anyone."
– Jonathan Gabay
Brand Journalist and Commentator (London)
"A great person to work with. Always proactive, he is engaging and in touch with latest thinking, innovations, insights and technologies."
– Robert Soar
Creative Director, Forster (London)
- Aubrey Ghose
CEO, AIS BrandLab (Dubai, UAE)
- Victoria Leavitt
Managing Director, Fitch (Columbus, Ohio)
- Peter Stimpson
Senior Creative Consultant (London)
- Laura Toner
Project Manager at Action for Children (London)
- Adrian Day
Managing Director, FHD (London)
- Jay Rabinowitz
Former Managing Director, Harkess-Ord (New York)
- Rachel McIsaac
Former CEO, Association of Real Estate Funds (London)
- Coral Stanion-Nazeri
Creative Services Manager, Action for Children (London)
- Jonathan Gabay
Brand Journalist and Commentator (London)
- Robert Soar
Creative Director, Forster (London)

About:

Having worked with a number of the world’s most recognised branding agencies, my contributions have covered a full spectrum of brand development and rebranding, from strategic positioning through to implementation, for such clients as Action for Children, Citibank, EDS, FremantleMedia, Havas Digital, MPG, PepsiCo. International, Reuters, Smith & Nephew, Waitrose, Wachovia and Wyeth.

I am passionate about film, cinema, branding, design, typography, digital media, communications and the Big Wide World – fortunate to have worked extensively throughout Europe, Scandinavia, the Americas and now, the Middle East.

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