Nick Entwistle
I am the Creative Director and Founder of the Bank of Creativity, working with agencies and brands to create compelling content to engage their audiences and generate big interest in their product or service.
One of my recent campaigns helped to encourage donations for Neuroblastoma sufferer Isabella and it went viral with 30 million views across social media and reached national press and TV news.
I also directed the music video and social campaign that led to the NHS beating Justin Bieber to Xmas Number 1.
As well as this, I have 50,000+ followers on social media, including the community user-generated content platform One Minute Briefs which encourages instinctive creativity. I hosts annual events, hold educational workshops with D&AD & the V&A and delivers talks at agencies, universities and the likes of BBC, Glug and Pecha Kucha. I recently released my second OMB book and I also have books published for Agency Quotes, which is a popular social feed where the creative industry around the world share all the #ThingsYouHearInAgencies.
In previous roles, I have worked on campaigns for the likes of Sofology, Missguided, Very, Betfred, NHS, Formula-E, Manchester United, Hartley’s, Aldi, CrossCountry Trains, Russell Hobbs, Jacamo, American Airlines, Go Outdoors, N-Power, Vimto, Evans Halshaw & webuyanycar.com.
I have won a variety of awards for my work including Grand Prix at the Roses, Creative Circle, Campaign Big, Great British Entrepreneur Awards and my campaigns have been featured in publications such as Buzzfeed, New York Times, Adweek and The Drum. I also received a special invite to Downing Street, won Theo Paphitis’ business award and was named as one of the people of the year in The Drum’s New Years Honours List, as well as being announced as an ambassador of the High Sheriff of Manchester.
I am also on the board of the DMA North and MPA whilst being an ambassador for NABS.
You can find out more and see some of my work on the rest of the website or feel free to e-mail me at interest@bankofcreativity.co.uk
@OneMinuteBriefs
@AgencyQuotes
@BOC_ATM
Awards & Achievements
Cube Gallery Advertising Pitch Winner – 2009
BBC Advertising Challenge Winner – 2010
YCN Award Winner – Castrol – Advertising – 2010
YCN Award Winner – Berghaus – Advertising – 2011
Fresh Award – Vimto – Broadcast Innovation – 2012
MPA – Highly Commended – Next Big Thing – 2013
Roses Creative Awards – Nomination x3 – 2013
Roses Creative Awards – Silver – Poster & 6 Sheet – 2013
Cannes Young Lions – Shortlisted – 2013
Fresh Awards – Nomination – Fresh Breakthrough – One Minute Briefs – 2013
Fresh Awards – Gold – Innovation – One Minute Briefs – 2013
NABS Hub David Pilton Challenge Finalist – One Minute Briefs – 2013
Best Ad in The Drum’s Creative Round Up – 2013
Own Category at Chip Shop Awards – 2013
Featured in Circle Magazine – 2013
Roses Creative Awards – Poster – Nomination – 2014
Cannes Young Lions – Shortlisted – 2014
Cannes Lions Media Academy (BBC) – Highly Commended – 2014
Featured in New York Times – 2014
The Pitch – Top 100 Small Businesses – 2014
Great British Entrepreneur Award – Finalist – 2014
MPA Awards – Creative Innovation – Finalist – 2014
Special Invitation to Downing Street – 2014
SBS Winner – Theo Paphitis – 2014
Fresh Awards – CrossCountry – Poster – Bronze – 2014
Fresh Awards – The Haunt – Internal Communications – Gold – 2014
Fresh Awards – Nestle Cheerios – Social Media Campaign – Bronze – 2014
Fresh Awards – Social Media Campaign – Bronze – 2014
Fresh Awards – Breakthrough – Gold – 2014
Fresh Awards – Social Networking – Gold – 2014
Fresh Awards – Faces of Advertising – Specialist Award – 2014
NABS – Centurion Award Winner – 2015
UK Agency Awards – Best Content Marketing – Finalist – 2015
UK Agency Awards – Best Social Campaign – Winner – 2015
The Pitch – Top 100 Small Businesses – 2015
NECB Awards – Best Social Media – Winner – 2015
NECB Awards – Best Small Business – Winner – 2015
GBEA Awards – Social Enterprise Entrepreneur of the Year & Special Merit Award – 2015
GBEA Awards – Social Enterprise Special Merit Award – 2015
The Drum – Social Buzz Top 50 – 2015
Official Charts – Christmas Number 1 – 2015
Creative Circle – #LoveYourNHS – Silver – Best Social Networking Campaign – 2016
The Drum Marketing Awards -#LoveYourNHS – Winner – Best Social Media Campaign – 2016
Chip Shop Awards – Ladbrokes – Winner – 2016
Cannes Young Lions – Finalist – 2016
Roses Creative Awards -#LoveYourNHS – Gold – Best Online/Viral Film – 2016
Roses Creative Awards -#LoveYourNHS – Gold – Best Integrated Campaign – 2016
Roses Creative Awards -#LoveYourNHS – Grand Prix Award – 2016
MPA Awards – Rising Star – Shortlisted – 2016
MPA Awards – Collaboration – #LoveYourNHS – Winner – 2016
MPA Awards – Best Agency Campaign -#LoveYourNHS – Winner – 2016
Brand Republic Digital Awards – Best Social Campaign – #LoveYourNHS – Winner – 2016
Campaign Big – Best Social Media – Winner – #LoveYourNHS – 2016
Drum Dream Awards – Best Illustration – Highly Commended – New Forest – 2016
Drum Dream Awards – Public Sector Campaign – Finalist – New Forest – 2016
NECB Awards – Best Social Networking – Winner – 2016
MEN Business of the Year – Finalist – MAGNAFI – 2016
Roses Creative Awards – Best Charity Ad – 2017
Own Category at Chip Shop Awards – 2017
Small Business Saturday – #SmallBiz100 Winner – 2017
Talk of Manchester Awards – Best Male Entrepreneur – Finalist – 2017
Talk of Manchester Awards – Best Social Media Company – Finalist – 2017
The Majors – Major Social Media Campaign – Finalist – 2017
The Majors – Major Creative – Finalist – 2017
UK Social Media Communications Awards – Best Use of Twitter – Finalist – 2017
The Drum Creative Awards – Finalist – Best Social Media – 2017
The Drum Creative Awards – Finalist – Best Online Film – 2017
Northern Digital Awards – Best Social Media Campaign – Winner – 2018
Northern Digital Awards – Best Small Agency – Highly Commended – 2018
The Drum New Year’s Honours List – People of the Year – 2018
Aquent Talent Awards – Content & Copywriting – Winner – 2018
Roses Creative Awards – Low Budget Campaign – Shortlisted – 2018
CIPR Awards – Low Budget Campaign – Shortlisted – 2018
Creative Circle Awards – Best Charity Film – Bronze – 2018
Prolific North Awards – Best Content Team – Finalist – 2018
Prolific North Awards – Best Video – Finalist – 2018
Chip Shop Awards – Best Social – 2018
UK Content Awards – Best Social Media Content Campaign – Shortlisted – 2018
UK Content Awards – Video Content Campaign – Shortlisted – 2018
UK Content Awards – Low Budget Content Campaign – Shortlisted – 2018
Major Players – Major Creative – Finalist – 2018
Major Players – Major Social Media Campaign – Finalist – 2018
Talk of Manchester Awards – Best Video Production Company – Finalist – 2018
Talk of Manchester Awards – Best Social Media Company – Finalist – 2018
Talk of Manchester Awards – Best Male Entrepreneur – Finalist – 2018
Digital Entrepreneur Awards – Best Social Media Campaign – Finalist – 2018
Digital Entrepreneur Awards – Best Use of Video – Finalist – 2018
UK Social Media Awards – Best Use of Twitter – Shortlisted – 2018
Names as Ambassador to the High Sheriff of Manchester – 2018
Talk of Manchester Awards – Best Social Media Company – Finalist – 2019
Named as Ambassador for Greater Manchester – 2019
MPA Awards Finalist in 5 categories – 2019
Great British Entrepreneur Awards – Creative Industries Entrepreneur – Winner – 2019
Lloyds Bank Business Awards – Best Social Enterprise – Finalist – 2019
Featured:
The Drum
New York Times
PR WEEK
Campaign
CreativePool
Buzzfeed
Adland
HelloYouCreatives
TAXI
Brand Republic
Manchester Evening News
D&AD
NABS
Macclesfield Express
Daily Mirror/Record
Inspiration Room
BBC
ITV
Silk FM
Key 103
MPA
Sky News
Glug
Ad Week
Creative Conscience
Talks & Workshops/Events/Judging:
The Art of New Business (LBi) (on the same card as Wieden + Kennedy) – 2012
BBC Promax (on the same card as Sir John Hegarty & Tony Kaye) – 2013
D&AD New Blood – 2013
Freshtival – 2013
Twestival – 2013
Mcr Digital Talent Day – 2013
D&AD New Blood – 2014 IPA University Challenge – 2014
One Minute Briefs LIVE – 2014
Cedar Mount Academy Tal – 2014
Ideas Foundation Talk/Workshops – 2014
McCann Manchester – Advertise Yourself Campaign – 2014
D&AD New Blood 2014
BBC Worldwide Creative Summit – 2014
BBC Wood Lane Talk – 2014
Sheffield Hallam University Lecture – 2014
Norwich University Lecture – 2014
Salford City College Lecture – 2015
Leeds Business University – 2015
Fresh Awards Judging – 2015
School of Communication Arts – 2015
D&AD New Blood – 2015
One Minute Briefs LIVE2 – 2015
V&A Museum – Creative Quarter – 2015
Salford City College Lecture – 2016
Leeds Business University – 2016
Stockport College Lecture – 2016
Chip Shop Awards Judging – 2016
School of Thought Talk – 2016
D&AD New Blood – 2016
SASCon Conference – #LoveYourNHS – 2016
One Minute Briefs LIVE3 – 2016
Glug Manchester Talk – 2016
Manchester Met Uni Lecture – 2016
Pecha Kucha Manchester – 2016
V&A Museum – Creative Quarter – 2016
Leeds Business University – 2017
Edge Hill University – 2017
Chip Shop Awards Judging – 2017
Scottish Creative Awards – 2017
Manchester Creative Festival – 2017
One Minute Briefs LIVE4 – 2017
Two + Two Manchester – 2018
Havas Lynx Europe – 2018
Leeds Business University – 2018
Creative Circle Judging – 2018
UK Content Awards Judging – 2018
Creative Equals Leaders Event – Talk & Workshop – 2018
Lloyds Bank Business Event Keynote Talk – 2018
Business Cloud – Entrepreneurship & Mental Health Talk – 2018
Stockport College Alumni Event – Talk – 2018
School of Thought – Creative Awards Debate – Panellist – 2018
Great British Entrepreneur Awards Judging – 2018
PHD – Creative Decision Making – Judging – 2018
NHS Communications – Creative Strategy & Campaigns – Talk – 2018
DMA Awards Judging – 2018
Buffalo 7 – Creative Storytelling – Talk – 2018
People Plus – The Art of Pitching – Talk – 2018
SKY – Creativity, Disruption & Team-Building Talk & Workshop at SKY HQ – 2018
People Plus – The 60 second Elevator Pitch – Talk & Workshop – 2018
UK Social Media Awards – Judging – 2018
Shillington College – Talk and Workshop – 2018
Design Manchester – Event Workshop – 2018
MPA – Conscience Marketing Panel – 2018
One Minute Briefs LIVE FIVE – 2018
Birmingham Design Festival – Talk & Ideas Workshop – 2019
Lloyds Bank – Entrepreneurs Panel/Talk – 2019
Leeds University – Creative Talk/Workshop – 2019
Man Met Fashion – Creative Talk/Workshop – 2019
Man Met Advertising – Creative Talk/Workshop – 2019
Great British Entrepreneurs Awards – Judge – 2019
Bank of Creativity Meetups in London, Cape Town, Manchester, Birmingham & Glasgow – 2019
One Minute Briefs LIVE6 – 2019
MPA Awards Judging Panel – 2019
Social Media Comms Awards Judge – 2019
Roses Awards – Sponsor – 2019
US Social Media Award Judging – 2020
If you’re interested in collaborating with me or would like me to do a talk/workshop for you, please e-mail me at: interest@bankofcreativity.co.uk
Experience
Bank of Creativity & One Minute Briefs, Manchester (August 2010 – Current)
Owner: Lucozade – Gumtree – BHF – NHS – Macmillan – Grant Thornton – Cybersmile – The Drum – WWF – JCB – KFC – E-ON – Adobe
Freelance, UK (April 2018 – Current)
Creative Director: Various Agencies
Trunk, Manchester (August 2017 – April 2018)
Creative Director: Various
Magnafi, Manchester (Sept 2015 – July 2017)
Creative Director: Samsung – Everest – NHS – Bloom & Wild – Missguided – Sofology – Very – Betfred – Injury Lawyers 4 U
Big Brand Ideas, Manchester (Freelance June 2015 – August 2017)
Creative Director: Various Brands
McCann Birmingham, Birmingham (Freelance Dec 2014 – June 2015)
Creative: E-Lites – Evans Halshaw – Vauxhall – Miele – Bentley
AMD Connects, Manchester (Freelance September 2015)
Creative: Pharmaceutical
Leith Agency, Edinburgh (Freelance June 2015)
Creative: Irn-Bru – Sourz – Famous Grouse – DrinkAware
Propaganda, Leeds (Freelance Feb 2015)
Creative: Tangle Teezer
McCann Manchester, Prestbury (Oct 2012 – Nov 2014)
Creative: Hartley’s – Aldi – CrossCountry Trains – Russell Hobbs – Jacamo – American Airlines – Go Outdoors – N-Power
Portfolio, Bolton (Freelance Sept 2012 – Oct 2012)
Creative: Bolton Town Centre – DNS/Manchester City
Driven, Wilmslow (Mar 2010 – Aug 2012)
Creative: Vimto – Sunkist – Subway – Carcraft – Webuyanycar.com – Hallmark – Celebrity Slim – Alpecin – Dr. Beckmann – M.O.S.I. – Dare 2b – Westland – Levi Roots
BBC, Manchester (2010)
Creative: BBC Sport – BBC Children’s – BBC North
McCann Manchester, Prestbury (2009)
Creative: NHS – Peugeot – Sainsbury’s Finance – Aldi – Durex – Haliborange – Scholl
The Clinton Partnership, Buckinghamshire (2009)
Creative: Tabasco – The Happy Egg Company
Pravda Advertising, Manchester (2009)
Creative: Hardys – Great Rail Journeys – Greys – Scotts
Uber Agency, Sheffield (2009)
Creative: BAFTA Awards – Wired Workplace – Casio – DFS
Cube3 Marketing, Bolton (2008)
Creative: Cash Generator – Mintex – Bolton Life – Bentley Organic – No.1 Currency
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