{"id":411,"date":"2023-06-29T14:52:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T13:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punch-creative.test\/?post_type=team&#038;p=411"},"modified":"2023-11-29T11:07:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T11:07:22","slug":"richard-lowes","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/punch-creative.co.uk\/team\/richard-lowes\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Richard"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-block=\"Page Banner\" class=\"web-block page-banner full\" id=\"page-banner-block_649d9d5c381f1\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\" col-12 col-sm-12 col-md-8  web-block page-banner__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Meet Richard<span>_<\/span><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fixed-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">#spacer-block_649d9ee9da425{height:50px;}<\/style>\n<section data-block=\"Spacer\" class=\"web-block spacer\" id=\"spacer-block_649d9ee9da425\" style=\"background-color:;\" data-color=\"\"><\/section>\n\n<section data-block=\"Full Width Content\" class=\"web-block full-width-content\" id=\"full-width-content-block_649d9d87381f2\" >\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-12 web-block full-width-content__content left\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Hey Richard, what&#8217;s your job role?<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>R: <\/strong>I&#8217;m the Creative Director.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awesome! What did you want to be when you grew up?<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>R: <\/strong>I wanted to design record covers for bands. I actually did this as a freelancer before we started Punch. I like to think I\u2019ve got pretty good music taste too, as an aside\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mmhm. I&#8217;m sure. What are you responsible for at Punch? <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>R: <\/strong>My role is split \u2013 I am Creative Director and also a co-owner of Punch \u2013 so I focus on the strategic direction of the agency, and the design, brand and creative direction of key client projects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sounds busy. What do you love about your job? <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>R:<\/strong> I love being able to see a design, idea or campaign in my head before I scamp it out and start working things up. I\u2019m still a champion of sketching things out on pen and paper before moving to the computer. I\u2019ve been told I&#8217;m good at seeing solutions to complex problems that have a lot of moving parts. I can step back and see the bigger picture without losing focus of the smaller elements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the thing you\u2019re known for?<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>R: <\/strong>I\u2019m a risk taker (hence starting Punch sixteen years ago), which is often a good fit with our line of work. I think this allows me to think freely because risks or the fear of failure can often cloud the creative process. I believe everybody should aim to get outside of their comfort zone in order to create great work. You don\u2019t make great work by sitting still. Also I am quite decent at drawing, and can impress my kids with ridiculous versions of Harry Potter or superheroes, so there\u2019s always that!<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section data-block=\"Quote Section\" class=\"web-block quote-section icon\" id=\"quote-section-block_64a56d1ad696e\" >\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-holder\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/punch-creative.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/punch-creative\/dist\/images\/quote-icon.svg\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12  col-sm-9  web-block quote-section__quote\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>What&#8217;s been your favourite Punch project to work on?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Definitely Punch itself. It started as a small project and I didn\u2019t know how it would develop. Since then, I think the project has become a little bigger and better every day, obviously with the help of many other good people who I could not have done it without. <\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">#spacer-block_649d9efbda426{height:50px;}<\/style>\n<section data-block=\"Spacer\" class=\"web-block spacer\" id=\"spacer-block_649d9efbda426\" style=\"background-color:;\" data-color=\"\"><\/section>\n\n<section data-block=\"Full Width Content\" class=\"web-block full-width-content\" id=\"full-width-content-block_649d9efeda427\" >\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-12 web-block full-width-content__content left\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Time to get nosy. Where\u2019s your favourite place?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>R: <\/strong>Durham \u2013 where I grew up<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Nice. If you were going to be an animal, what would you be? <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>R: <\/strong>I&#8217;d want to be able to fly, so naturally an eagle. I would also want hands though, so maybe a flying squirrel as a compromise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Not what I expected you to say! What\u2019s your lifestyle like?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>R: <\/strong>Family life is quite rural, just outside Hebden Bridge in Calderdale. It\u2019s a nice contrast to Mac screens and marketing strategies. My wife and I have two dogs and three children, quite often we just enjoy kicking around by a river or going for a few beers locally. I like to keep things pretty simple when we can, we don\u2019t need much to have a good time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Very cute. Do you have a saying you love to live by?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>R: <\/strong>Absolutely not! Don\u2019t live your life through the words of other people. Does that sound lame?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yes. 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