About us
International Creative Development (ICD) was established to provide specialist coaching and mentoring for highly creative people – and for those who are leading, managing and supporting them in business.
We believe effective coaching and mentoring benefits the creative focused organisation as well as the talented individuals who are tasked with creativity in their working lives.
In the often confusing and often highly stress orientated environment, there is often a conflicting demand for individual effectiveness, self-management, resilience, and on-going continuous professional development and change.
We are a team of qualified and experienced coaching experts who have strong connection to creative people, projects, careers and industries. We appreciate the drives and rewards of a creative career, and the challenges and emotional pressures that come with it.
Our coaches all have personal experience of working as creatives or within the creative industries and are uniquely positioned to understand the challenges that face people working within them.
Our people are specialists. We have a deep knowledge of personal and professional development and, the practical understanding of the creative industries, and the personal and commercial realities working in them poses.
”Andrew was excellent at helping me find new perspectives and pathways
A Fab ClientHR Director for heaven
We provide
Tailored Coaching and Mentoring
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Specialist Training Courses.
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Events
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Guides and Tools
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Membership and Community
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Meet The Team
We're a deeply experienced high skilled multidisciplinary organisation based in London with a passion for creating innovative architecture. We work with businesses and people to create a more beautiful world.
“Anthony was there every step of the way and brought my vision further than I could have imagined!”
A N Amazing ClientFounder of the Moon
I entered the media industry as a London-based fashion and portrait photographer and moved into directing music videos and commercials.
In the 1990’s I founded a production company AIM with three partners. The first (and last) film the company made was ‘Before the Rain’. It was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars.
Over the next 15 years I set up a number of creative ventures in film, commercials and TV production in South Africa and the UK. I worked as producer, writer, director / DOP and a festival and live events executive producer.
Along the way that included working with BBC Worldwide, DSTV, MNET, Carlton TV, Naspers, Conde Nast, Polygram and many others.
In the 2000s, I took a break from the media industry to pursue other interests and businesses and start a family.
As this progressed, I found myself drawn into circus and physical theatre, which my partner and children had introduced me to. This led to the creation of Jump Fall Fly Productions, a film and live event production company named after the book my partner and ‘BOOM’ co-director wrote about alternative education.
I have had a parallel and complementary career in behavioural health as a facilitator and coach trainer. I write articles and run masterclasses for professional coaching bodies on wellbeing and creativity.
Andrew is a professional coach and mentor, and a specialist in management, leadership and professional development in the creative industries. He helps people to develop themselves and others, based on practical application of positive psychology and adaptive leadership
Andrew’s work is grounded on a twenty-five-year commercial career, leading creative projects across music, film, television and marketing – working internationally with the likes of Yell.com (digital media), Television New Zealand, PRS for Music and Walt Disney.
He has led degree level business modules at BIMM London, Academy of Contemporary Music, and led personal development and innovation courses at University of Winchester and Anglia Ruskin University. And, he has built management training and executive l development programmes, across EMEA.
He is a qualified EMCC Master Coach, an Accredited Assessor for Big-5 Psychometric, Strengths Profile, and Business Model You. He is a member of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA), the International Association of Psychotherapy and Counselling (IAPC) and a Fellow of Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA). He holds an MA in Coaching and Mentoring (Oxford Brookes), a PGCHE (Adult Education), a Post Graduate Diploma in Business (Marketing) and a BA Law.
