“The quality and quantum of brilliant imagination and work that went in to this was truly extraordinary. The detail of the design language, visuals and presentation.”
— Sebastian Smith, EVP Marketing Europe, Octagon
“We’ve worked with a lot of designers on presentations. Gilly isn’t ‘a-designer-that-knows-how-to-do-PPT’. She is another level. She will take your presentation - strip it apart - see it from every angle - then, turn it into this majestic, sophisticated, elegant masterpiece. She is the finest. Simply sensational.”
— M&C Saatchi
“The deck is mesmerising and absolutely beautiful to look at. I can’t wait to present this tomorrow. Once again Gilly, thank you. It looks fabulous.”
— Phil Carling, Managing Director & Head of Global Football, Octagon
“Never before have we been interrupted by the client mid-pitch and them asking who designed the deck. They were incredibly impressed and we were so proud to present it. We weren’t going to share you!”
— Octagon
“Gilly, you absolute legend. London’s best kept secret.”
— Hatty Hilton, Project Director, Adam + Eve DDB
“A huge thank you for all your efforts since Friday evening to ensure we had a first class deck to present to the client today. Appreciate it was a long weekend but we got there in the end and your work was heralded by one of the team (and a high flying figure in the industry) as (and I quote) ‘one of the best decks I’ve ever seen’.”
— Kassi Denman, Group Director, Octagon
“Gills, another epic piece of work from you up against tight deadlines once more. We are all HUGE fans of yours here across the board. Big big thanks once again, and look forward to next week.”
— Tom Gayner, Business Development & Marketing Manager, Octagon
“By far the most impressive deck designer I’ve ever had the privilege to work with. But work aside, what’s far more important is that working with Gilly is fun, engaging and collaborative. She is a rockstar, and will make your work better.”
— Tom Gayner, Head of Brand Partnerships, MyCujoo
“The gossip about how great she is – is beyond my typing abilities. There’s an awesome level of design Gilly has brought to this project. I’m blown away with what she has managed to achieve in a few days. Gilly has done an EPIC job on our brand & template. She has really brought it to life, giving us structure, sophistication and colour.”
— Lizi Hamer, Executive Creative Director, No2nd Place
“It’s been ripper working with you. You always bring good vibes to the office and everyone loves having you in. As an added bonus you are bloody good at what you do. You are definitely considered part of the Creative Familia.”
— Darren Collins, Executive Producer, Milk Money
“ Thanks so much for being such a superstar!”
— Nicola Parker, Head of Design, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty Ltd
“We wanted to say a HUGE THANK YOU for all your unbelievable hard work, cheery morale and smiles on the health care deck. You’ve gone over and above what we would ever expect and we genuinely could not have done this without you. You’re amazing!”
— The Founders, Human After All
“Gilly. You are something else. Quite the week. Thank you so much, next time I hope it’s somewhat gentler - but this has been sensational work. ”
— Jack Waters, Group Operations Director, MullenLowe
“Where have you been all our lives?????”
— Ilana Einfeld, Global Creative Director, MullenLowe
“Firstly, I want to say a HUGE thank you for all the hard work here – you have been so thorough and delivered a vast improvement on our current corporate templates so we are thrilled. You’ve been a pleasure to work with and we will 100% be in touch”
— Katie Carter, Design Manager, McArthurGlen
“Thanks so much Gilly – you’ve been brilliant.”
— Charlie Piggot, New Business & Marketing Director, Cake UK
“Gillian is a consummate professional with an amazing flair for creative design. Her ability to engage with a very diverse range of stakeholders and turn their ideas, words and thoughts into impactful imagery, graphics and business winning presentations is second to none. She is sought after in the business for her innovative and original approach; and for the passion she brings to her work. Her approach, understanding of the business need and tenacity has, without doubt, contributed to the continued success and global growth of Alexander Mann Solutions.”
— Matthew Halsey, Head of Sales Operations, Alexander Mann Solutions
“Just wanted to thank you for all your hard work on the pitch deck it was greatly appreciated by all of the team.”
— Neil Kaas, Creative Services Director, McCann Healthcare
“Amazing. Thanks for all your help and encouragement. You are a delight to work with. ”
— Jon Reid, Transformative Leader
“Legend Gilly, thanks a bunch! You’ve been fantastic, a breeze to work with; super solid & efficient. I’m sure this wont be the last you hear from us!”
— George Higham, Head of Design, Sweet & Chilli
“You’ve been an absolute dream to work with! Thank you for everything so far.”
— Hannah Trudgett, Global Head of Projects, MullenLowe
“Just wanted to let you know, I love Gilly and want to work with her forever!! ”
— Ciara Glynn, Creative Manager, The Department
“You are a dream to work with.”
— Abi Robinson, Senior Project Manager, Adam + Eve DDB
“You always were, and remain, fucking awesome.”
— Michael Mcconville, Managing Partner, Adam + Eve DDB
“Gilly’s an absolute delight to work with, her skills are outstanding, we miss her when the projects finished.”
— Kari Flo, Intro Partnership
“It can be fairly soul destroying doing these big global pitches, but when all’s said and done it’s about the work, and the work looked incredible and felt brilliant to present. I actually found myself looking forward to the presentation. And the comments afterwards from clients were really positive. Like, really.”
— Nick Hurst, Head of Planning, Adam + Eve DDB
“Just to let you know we were really pleased with Gilly - she was extremely diligent and did a really great job. Our designer really enjoyed working with her.”
— Chloe Walsh, Head of Client Services, Human After All
“You are so bloody talented and so refreshing to work with! How you’ve managed to take something so clumsy and unwieldy and make it so clear, slick and – well, just COOL - is beyond me. A thousand thank yous.”
— Hatty Hilton, Project Director, Adam & Eve DDB
“The work you did on Justin Cronin’s THE PASSAGE was exquisite and very professional. Everyone loved it and you handled it with great flair. A million thanks you’s.”
— Marc Ollington, VP Marketing, Europe, Fox Networks Group
“You are seriously my favourite ever - thank you Gilly”
“I just wanted to say thank you for the amazing work you did this week for the team here at Pulse. It was a real pleasure having you work here with us and fantastic to get such great feedback from not only our team members but also from our clients alike. The perfect match for our needs.”
— Gareth Robertson, Project Director, Pulse Comms
“I just wanted to thank you for all the hard work on this. The deck looked awesome and the client loved it, approving it with no changes!”
— Alex Beddoe, Senior Digital & Social Media Manager, Pulse Comms
“Gilly, it was so brilliant to work with you. We just so appreciate working with nice and good people. You’re an absolute gem. Can’t wait to work with you again soon!”
— Michael McConville, Managing Partner, Adam + Eve DDB
“What is clear from today: We are truly lifetime fans of working with you. Also thank you that we are very different to the other agencies, being collaborative, interdisciplinary, diverse and: crazy.”
“You’re an absolute fucking star! What an amazing job, thank you thank you. Everyone is so excited to present it tomorrow. Legend as ever : ) ”
— Josh Green, Creative Director, Octagon
“I wanted to say a massive thank you for last week. You really did an AWESOME job, particularly under very tight timelines for the UEFA deck. Will definitely be seeing you again here soon.”
— Tom Gayner, Business Development & Marketing Manager, Octagon
“THANKS SUPERSTAR – both these decks are totally perfect, not one edit required. If only everything could be as easy as working with you!”
— Elena Panayides, Marketing Director, Fox Networks Group
“The presentation was a great success today so thank you so much for your help in making it a success! ”
— Jeff Ford, MD UK & Senior Vice President Europe & Africa, Fox Networks Group
“Thank you for the great work on the marketing strategy toolkit for TV series False Flag. Really appreciate the super quick turnaround - it’s looking absolutely stunning!”
— Antoine Chapuy, Senior Marketing & PR Manager, Europe & Africa, Fox Networks Group
“Very impressed. We are pleased with the work produced.”
— Mark Howells, Inventor, 3dYu
“Gilly is a highly dedicated and reliable designer. Whilst in the Jones Lang LaSalle UK creative team she worked on a extremely wide variety of design projects, all of which had a precise deadline. She not only met the deadline without fail on every occasion but she answered each and every creative challenge with gusto. Never without a smile, Gilly genuinely and passionately enjoys being a designer.”
— Brian Barfoot, Head of Creative, Jones Lang LaSalle
“Gilly’s contribution at Alexander Mann Solutions was great. She has an eye for detail & creative flair that allowed our visual communication to move on again. Gilly was able to take half a brief and turn it into something substantial, often ahead of schedule. ...she was also fun to have in the team!”
— Jerry Collier, Global Innovation Director, Alexander Mann Solutions
“I worked with Gilly for over a year at Jones Lang LaSalle and absolutely loved her passion for what she does. She was always enthusiastic about the projects we were working on, and has a great “can-do” attitude. I really appreciated her ability to think outside the box and proactively bring new ideas to the table, as well as being willing to work together to refine these into something workable and project manage implementation in line with the required timescales.”
— Louise Attridge, Associate Director, Jones Lang LaSalle
“The bottles and jars look amazing so am really happy with the labels. They look really classy. It makes such a difference having professional labels.”
— Melissa Jobbins, Founder, Puraka Skincare
“Gilly has a knack for coming up with really good ideas and at the same time pays attention to the needs of her clients. She’s also fun to work with!”