I'm Tom, a culture-obsessed creative director and writer.

My ideas hook into the stuff people care about, and live where we do: social media, the news, and real life.

Awards

Wins
  • 1x Wood D&AD Pencil
  • 1x CommsCon Award
  • 1x Mumbrella Travel Award
  • 2x AMI Awards
  • 2x Gold Golden Target Awards
  • 1x Silver Golden Target Award
  • 3x Bronze Golden Target Awards
  • 3x Silver PR Awards Asia
  • 1x Bronze PR Awards Asia

Shortlists
  • 4x PR Awards Asia
  • 3x CommsCon Awards
  • 3x B&T Awards
  • 2x Gold Golden Target Awards
  • 1x AWARD Awards
Clients

Consumer goods Reckitt (Durex, Gaviscon, Lemsip, Finish, Vanish, Senokot, Mr Sheen, Optrex), Saputo, PZ Cussons (Original Source, Five:am, Morning Fresh, Rafferty's Garden), Revlon Professional, Glow Lab
Food & Drink Accolade Wines, Hungry Jack's, Ballantine's, Chivas Regal, Molson Coors (Carling, Blue Moon, Madri, Pravha), William Grant & Sons (Hendrick's, Monkey Shoulder, Glenfiddich), McCain, Wattie's
Travel & Tourism Toyota, Lexus, Tourism Tasmania, Booking.com, Avis, Budget, Heathrow Airport, Tourism Australia
Retail BIG W, PUMA
Technology Afterpay, Huawei, Netflix, Ausgrid, Sonos, Uber
Healthcare Virtus Health, Roche, Blackmores
Not-for-profit Canteen, St John Ambulance, Gotcha4Life, 10x10
Work

Poem (2025–Present)
National Creative Director, earning attention with some of the best in the business.  
Freelance (2024–2025)
I've had the pleasure of collaborating with: Thinkerbell, History Will Be Kind, Havas London, Havas Red, Reconnected, and Curious Nation.  
Havas Red(2019–2024)Senior Creative—Creative Director
Havas London(2015–2019) Creative—Senior Creative   
Work Club(2015)
Junior Creative   


Out of Office

Mentoring I mentor creative talent, helping them to break into the industry and come after your job. It's incredibly energising. I've had the pleasure of mentoring at: AWARD School  
School of Communication Arts
HKX Platform
Creative Mentor Network
D&AD New Blood
D&AD Shift (Sydney & London)
Art Directors Club Europe
UAL Futures
Kingston University
Volunteering I volunteered as a producer at Melbourne's community radio station 3CR.    

I'm a keen gardener, a former committee member and a plot holder at Rushall Gardens. Let me know if you want some silverbeet.


THE END © TOM MANNING 2026