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Paul Hewitt is a social-first executive creative director + writer




Currently

Freelance 

Recent press

  1. Brand rot / keynote at MADFest 2025
  2. Brands need social that slaps / LBB
  3. Meet the most creative people  / Creative Review
  4. My creative life / Creative Salon






Selected clients:  Google, YouTube, Pinterest, Deliveroo, HBO, Netflix, Adobe, Greggs, Disney+, Mars, Extra, Universal Music, John Lewis, Time Out, Microsoft.

Judging: Creative Review Awards 2026, Creative Circle Awards 2026, Campaign Global Agency of the Year 2024, Creative Circle Awards 2024, Creative Review Annual 2024, D&AD Awards 2023, DMA Awards 2022, Inside Out Awards 2020. 

Advisory: ECD, D&AD Shift 2026/2025/2024; Advisor, Creative Equals; Trustee, Mayflower Theatre and Studios. 

CV:  Exec Creative Director, That Lot (2024-2026); Global Exec Creative Director, Deliveroo (2022-2024); Creative Director, Google (2017-2022); Freelance (2016-2018);  Head of Content, Karmarama (2015-2016).

“Paul has delivered some of our most impactful work and pushes the boundaries of creativity to deliver thought-provoking effective campaigns. Paul's superpower is undoubtedly his creative thinking. He has phenomenal creative judgement and a unique talent in crafting stories.” 

-- Nishma Robb, Brand Chief, Google.


My work sits on the street corner of advertising and entertainment


About me

Paul Hewitt is an executive creative director and writer. He has led creative at some of the world’s biggest brands, like Google, YouTube and Deliveroo. He works with marketing leaders to make brands entertaining.  Paul began as a writer and director for theatre and TV, writing for award winning shows for Netflix and Channel 4. His surrealist 2016 play Nude was described by The Guardian as “an experience like little else on the London stage right now”.

Most recently, Paul was Executive Creative Director at social creative agency That Lot working on brands such as Greggs, Pinterest, Adobe, Mars and John Lewis. Previously, he was Global Executive Creative Director at Deliveroo and UK Creative Director at Google. 

Paul is an advocate for disabled and neurodivergent talent in the creative industry, having lost his mobility in 2024. He supports organisations like D&AD and Creative Equals and writes extensively on creativity for Creative Review. 

Press 

  1. Brand rot / keynote at MADFest 2025
  2. Brands need social that slaps / LBB
  3. Meet the most creative people you’ll ever hire / Creative Review
  4. My creative life / Creative Salon
  5. Creative Equals’ Seat at the Table campaign / Campaign Magazine
  6. Deliveroo’s new brand identity / Creative Review 
  7. Interview on Deliveroo’s new brand refresh / The Drum 
  8. Why dick pics are killing great storytelling / Creative Review 
  9. The creative benefits of slowing down / Creative Review 
  10. Deliveroo’s new global brand platform / Creative Salon
  11. Ad land remembers David Lynch / LBB
    

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