THE GATE BOLSTERS THEIR CREATIVE DEPARTMENT WITH SENIOR CREATIVE HIRE DANIEL HEADEY

The Gate London has hired award-winning Senior Copywriter / Creative Director Daniel Headey to work on their blossoming portfolio, with his main emphasis to be on their financial and B2B roster. 

Ex-Saatchi, Ogilvy and ELVIS, he brings a wealth of experience from every creative sector. In addition to this, for the last 10 years Dan has been successfully helping a plethora of agencies on freelance basis, including AnalogFolk, IRIS, M&C Saatchi, and direct clients such as Rolls Royce. Among many other projects, he has created a Google Street View game for Virgin Trains; the first OOH campaign for LinkedIn Sales Navigator; a Halloween App for Sainsbury’s and, more recently, naming and launching a sports data platform for the Microsoft Group.

Lucas Peon, CCO of The Gate, said: “Dan is an extremely gifted and unique copywriter with a special talent for conceptual creativity. I can’t wait to see him elevate our work and help us take our creative product to new heights. We’re thrilled to have Dan join our team.”

Dan Headey said, “The Gate has inspired me to rip the ‘Balaclava of Freelance’ off and belong to something again. They are doing excellent work, winning clients left, right and centre and are all nice people. What’s not to like? I’m ready to walk through walls…and build something.”

The Gate has won a variety of high profile industry awards in the last 18 months including: the Transport for London Diversity in Advertising competition for its ‘Sex Never Gets Old’ campaign for Replens; 5 Cannes Lions (including Gold); 3 D&AD Pencils (including Yellow);2 Creative Circle awards); 3 CLIOs; 2 One Show Pencils; 4 Kinsale Sharks (including 2 Gold); APG Gold for Creative Strategy; Most effective use of data and insight, Not for Profit Marketing, and the Judges Choice: Most Inspirational Story at The Marketing Society awards; Strategy Team of the Year at The Drum’s Business Awards.  It was also shortlisted for Small Agency of the Year at the Oystercatcher Awards. 

Source: The Gate London

  Daniel Headey, Lucas Peon, The Gate London