David Barraclough (Creative Partner)

David Barraclough

About

David loves to work at the intersection of strategy and creativity. Using his skills built up during his time working in both advertising and design, he is comfortable with words as much as pictures. His participation in the early stages of projects adds colour to strategy, helping to create clear directions and compelling communications. David uses his broad range of experience to direct our diverse team of creatives.

Before co-founding Squad, David was an early recruit of the Manchester creative hotshop Cheetham Bell. Following their merger with JWT, he set up their first specialist branding division and regularly consulted for JWT London and JWT Europe. During this time, he worked with: Alton Towers, Axa, Berghaus, Casio, Kellogg’s, Magnet, National Railway Museum and Umbro.

David is a big believer that (for him anyway) daily exercise is an excellent catalyst for creativity. He loves the great outdoors, be it out in the hills of the Lake District or open water swimming. When he’s not outside, he knows his way around a kitchen, and tackles cooking with the same creativity and commitment he applies to pretty much everything else.