Ian Wharton is Group Creative Director at the ideas and innovation company AKQA, and author of bestselling book Spark for the Fire: How youthful Thinking Unlocks Creativity. Previously he was a partner at tech startup Zolmo, leading the creative for the Apple Design Award-winning apps for Jamie Oliver and some of the top-grossing apps for iPhone and iPad with over 12 million downloads. During that time, Zolmo was ranked in Design Week’s Top 50 Design Consultancies. He graduated from university with short animated film Solar (2007), earning a Royal Television Society Award. Ian joined joined visual effects company The Mill as an art director, designing commercials for Audi, EA and Sony.

Group Creative Director at ideas and innovation company AKQA, author of Spark for the Fire: How Youthful Thinking Unlocks Creativity.

Previously a partner at tech startup Zolmo, leading the creative for the Apple Design Award-winning apps for Jamie Oliver, some of the top-grossing, top-rated apps for iPhone and iPad with over 15 million downloads. During that time, Design Week ranked Zolmo in their Top 50 Design Consultancies.

Graduated best-of-show from university with short animated film Solar (2007), earning a Royal Television Society Award. Later joined visual effects company The Mill as an art director, designing commercials for Audi, EA and game trailers for Sony. Since named an Art Directors Club ‘Young Gun’, one of BIMA’s Digital Hot 100 and Campaign Magazine’s A-List.

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