
Shifting The School of Life from product-led marketing to idea-led campaigns
Scope
Creative Direction,
Branding,
Campaign
Industry
Education
I started my career at The School of Life in 2016, spending five years in-house before continuing our relationship independently from 2021. A decade on, it remains one of my longest-running creative collaborations.
Working closely with Marketing and Product, I helped move campaigns away from individual product promotion towards broader themes built around the company’s ideas. Alongside this, I developed a new art direction for retail photography and marketing, and reshaped the process from initial idea through to campaign release.




“When it comes to nuanced expression through design, to say that Calvin gets it would be an understatement. He has that rare talent for extracting meaning from a brief and transforming it into something fresh, interesting, and deep, while nurturing familiarity. His results speak for themselves.”

Toby Marshall
Director of Operations, The School of Life