Gilly Collins - Strategic Design Director

Focusing exclusively on presentation design since 2012 - and with a career spanning 20+ years in the design industry - Gilly draws on her strong art directing, editorial and conceptual design skills to produce stunning innovative, visual content in PPT and Keynote. The relationship between audience and speaker is vital to her design approach, and this understanding sets her ahead of the game. Whilst never underestimating or compromising the power of printed decks as well as taking an invested interest in the capabilities of your teams to use templates.

She has been a Presentation Strategy Director and Brand Guardian for some of London's top ad agencies - executing their creative strategies through design language, editorial content and business winning pitch presentations. “There is a lot of bad rep for presentation software being so restrictive. Creativity is about being inventive and it is versatile. It can be adapted to perform different functions without losing its integrity.”

An impressive client and agency list, covering a multitude of sectors. She has been personally selected to work directly with Tech CEO giants, The International Olympic Committee, World Rugby, ATP Tennis, META, The Rolls Royce Museum, Ted Talks, National Geographic (most notably working alongside the legendary Jane Goodall, as well as leading the strategic design for the Audi Lunar Quattro onto Mars), Ministry of Defence & numerous Government organisations. She is the only Presentation Designer to be shortlisted as a finalist for the International Major Players Design Awards for four consecutive years.

““With creative license, her work exudes a playful energy that is exciting to present. She is a rare creative talent. She is driven by the quality of the output and making all the work better.”

Gilly is on the Board of Trustees to the Kanallan foundation, which facilitate humanitarian projects focussed towards empowering abused and traumatised women and children around the world. She also strategy consultant to the board for the Shannon Elizabeth Foundation, who are focussed on the conservation, protection and rehabilitation of endangered wildlife, including the natural habitats they call home.

Gilly specialises in presentation design; lead creative on look-and-feel, high level pitches, interpreting brand guidelines, creative animation decks, and corporate templates. An ability to collaborate effectively with board members, senior management, stakeholders and creative teams. Strong art directing, storytelling, editorial and conceptual design skills.

Technical skills:  Powerpoint & Keynote