Building the PMO team from scratch
Helping to set the development processes for in-house teamsMore...
Patrick Richardson
Managing Director@The States
Verified
Patrick Richardson brings over 20 years of expertise as an agency leader, guiding advertising, branding, design, digital product, marketing, and public relations firms. Throughout his career, he has assisted clients in identifying, conceptualizing, and developing brand and digital competitive advantages, leveraging design and engineering principles to deliver breakthrough outcomes. With a proven track record of achievement, Richardson has led international teams of researchers, designers, and engineers, fostering collaboration to imagine and build premium experiences.
As a Managing Director and Global CMO at hedgehog lab from 2015 to 2024, Patrick built the US and Americas operations from the ground up, growing revenues from $0 to over $3.2 million annually. He was responsible for all client strategy, account management, marketing, and operations, including P&L, insurance procurement, banking, legal standards, price definition, HR platform implementation, global subcontractors, hiring local talent, and third-party consultants to build premiere mobile, web, AI, and connected device applications.
Prior to hedgehog lab, Patrick held various leadership roles at Oomph, Inc., Schneider Associates, Swirlingmedia, ASRI, and RCI. In these roles, he led business strategy, UX/UI design, marketing, and creative direction for clients across various industries. He has a strong track record of pitching and winning new business, developing and executing integrated marketing strategies, managing teams and presenting to private equity partners and boards on a weekly and monthly basis.
Throughout his career patrick has driven innovation, strategy, design, marketing and engineering for global brands and companies: Baileys, Baskin-Robbins, Davidson Kempner, Edwards Lifesciences, Gunk, IBM, Network Solutions, Liquid Wrench, Medifast, New England Journal of Medicine, Globe Life, NBC, Santander, Sprint, Titleist and Woolite.
Patrick holds a B.F.A. in Communication Design from Syracuse University and an M.A. in Integrated MarketingMore...
Steve Ridgway
Senior Designer@Light of Day Design
Verified
Hi,
My name is Steve Ridgway,
I'm a UK based, experienced designer with a background in graphic & digital design, illustration and animation. I've over 17 years industry experience, with experience in logo, branding, animation, illustration, app and web design. Examples of my work can be found here:
http://steveridgway.co.uk/
&
https://www.instagram.com/lightofdaydesign/
I’ve worked with:
- Meow Wolf
- Victoria’s Secret
- Deliveroo
- NHS
- Anheuser-Busch InBev
- AkzoNobel
- Jaguar Land RoverMore...