Blake has over 20 years of design experience across diverse categories including fashion, professional services, electronics, telecommunication, transport, retail interiors, corporate and institutional brands.

He has spent most of his career working from New Zealand. He has been published and awarded both there and internationally, worked with New Zealand’s leading design companies, run his own design business and fitted in several stints tutoring design and typography at New Zealand’s Massey University. In 2006 he completed post-graduate study in Design Management.

In 2006 he joined the newly emerging Saatchi Design Worldwide as Creative Director and over the next eight years helped build an

integrated design capability within Saatchi’s international network. In 2014 he moved to Saatchi & Saatchi New York to continue this task.

His dedication to the visual arts extends to a life long passion for photography, exhibiting successfully with his first solo show in 2008.