Tim King

Senior Creative / Art Director

tim@timkingstudio.com

I'm a through-the-line creative, making socially-driven work that gets people talking. Over the years, I have:

  • Played with LEGO for a living and made its first ever Vine. (RIP Vine)
  • Helped kids talk safely online with an entirely new language.
  • Created social content for Guinness when it became so popular pubs had to start rationing it.
  • Melted a Formula One World Champion’s childhood trophy. 
  • Made global landmarks talk to each other.
  • Helped Ross Kemp save money on his energy bills.
  • Called out the systemic inequalities in cancer care, and pushed for fairer care no matter who you are or where you live


Outside advertising, I work as a reportage illustrator, documenting life as it happens. From being artist in residence at a hospital during COVID to drawing from the stage of a famous music festival, my work has been featured on ITV News, exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery, and published through two successfully funded Kickstarter books. 

    Skills
    Idea generation, art direction, copywriting, reportage illustration, film making, editing, model making, animation, photography, design.

    Client Experience
    Adobe, ASDA, Audi, Ballantine's, Benefit, Beefeater Gin, Bombay Sapphire, BT, Celebrations, Currys, First Direct, Galaxy, Guinness, Hackett, Heineken, Herve Leger, HSBC, KFC, LEGO, Martini, Meta, Metropolitan Police, Macmillan, Microsoft, Nando's, Netflix, NHS, Nokia, Old Vic Theatre, PepsiCo, Rexona, Samsung, Sainsbury's, Smart Energy, Smirnoff, Snickers, Sugru, TENA, Tesco, Three

    Interviews
    Deptford Does Art - Artist talks, 2019, 2021
    Panel Speaker: Travel & Illustration - HiFest 2018
    Don't Panic
    Inspire Me With
    It's Nice That - 2014 / 2011
    ITV London
    London Evening Standard
    The Londonist
    The Metro
    Time Out
    Varoom
    1000 Londoners

    Exhibitions
    Journeys: The Healing Arts at the Saatchi Gallery, London (Nov 2021 - Jan 2022)
    Drawing on 2020
     at Deptford Does Art, London (July 2021)
    The Everyday Story of 2018 at Deptford Does Art, London (Feb 2019)
    The Everyday Story of 2016 at Trinity 7 Art Space, Hastings (2017)
    The Everyday Story of 2016 at The Peckham Pelican, London (2017)
    Reportager Award at University of the West of England, Bristol (2015)
    The Everyday Story of 2014 at The Peckham Pelican, London (2015)
    Open 2014 at Peckham Platform, London (2014)
    Sanctuaries at Rix Mix Cinema, London (2014)
    24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala at The Rosewood, London (2013)

    The 24 Hour Musicals Celebrity Gala at Vinopolis, London (2012)
    D&AD New Blood at Spitalfields Market, London (2012)
    Rare at The Rochelle School, London (2012)
    The Edge of Print at Stour Space, London (2011)