I’m Rachel Donovan, an award winning Creative from London.
Hiya, I'm Rachel 👋🏻
A Senior Creative and Creative Director with 20+ years’ experience across agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi, Grey London, Droga5 and Leo Burnett London, long enough to have worked across TV, print, radio, social, digital and several platforms that no longer exist.
I’ve led campaigns across FMCG, fashion, food and entertainment. My work has featured in the D&AD Annual, and two campaigns I led were ranked in ITV and System1’s top three ads of 2022, which I mention here once and then promise not to bring up in meetings.
I’m interested in ideas that are insight-led, culturally relevant and actually connect with people, whether that’s a 30” film, a 6” TikTok, or rolling up my sleeves to make something better than it was five minutes ago.
I enjoy mentoring junior creatives, building trusted client relationships, and making work that’s creatively ambitious and commercially effective (because awards are lovely, but the work still needs to work).
Outside of advertising, I’m a mum to a football-obsessed eight-year-old. This has given me extensive experience in mud removal, time management and crisis negotiation.
More work and references are available on request.
Brands I've worked with
Jan 2014-Present
Senior Creative/Creative Director
Leo Burnett London
Experience
Nov 2009-Jan 2014
Senior Creative Freelance
Publicis | Droga5 | JWT | The Corner
Draft FCB| WCRS| BMB |BETC
Ogilvy | Grey London | DLKW
June 2007-Nov 2009
Creative
Saatchi & Saatchi London
April 2005-June 2007
Creative
Isobel
Sept 2001-June 2005
Creative
Barrett Cernis