Creative Consultant

Hello! My name's Oliver Gallaugher. I'm a designer, founder and creative consultant, and I want to work with you to make your ideas bigger and brighter.Book a call and let's create something amazing.

What is a Creative Consultant?

My Story

Inspired by my creative and enterprising family, I chose to follow my own curiosities and intuition. My father was a painter and decorator, my mother is an artist and writer and I loved hearing stories of my grandfather who was an inventor and engineer. Since I was very young I dreamt of new ideas and inventions - drawing every day from my imagination and sending companies my product designs who encouraged me to reach out again in future.Growing up I developed a strong connection with music and experimented writing and producing albums of songs. Like any young person I was unsure of what I wanted to pursue after college and decided to audition for drama school in London, which I attended for a short time.In 2012 I began studying Creative Writing at University, practicing storytelling in multiple formats and writing short stories, plays and full length film scripts, whilst continuing my passion for music.During my studies I rediscovered a fascination with mechanical watches and began pursuing a vision of my own watch brand. This journey first led me to create LWD - a platform to offer my services as an independent watch designer. With no conventional background or connections within the industry I created a strategy to rank number one on google search to help clients find my designs. Through this I was fortunate to work with other watch enthusiasts, gifting me experience in different disciplines, such as Product Design, Manufacturing and Branding. Throughout this time I forged a resilience to demanding tasks and a willingness to adapt and find new solutions when necessary. I learned the importance of momentum and how to create and cultivate it - to keep moving forward even when obstacles arise by taking action and keeping an intense focus on finding a way to the final result.

Currently I work on designing and developing new watches for my brand O.G, as well as continuing to build the business in all aspects. I write, present and produce series of videos documenting the process and challenges of creating these complex, high-end products. I also sometimes create digital art under a different name. My ultimate creative goal is to build something that will one day be able to support and cultivate other people's dreams.With every creative endeavour we rely and collaborate with other creative people who work on different aspects of our goal. I love to collaborate on exciting projects like yours which is why I've created 1 Creative Consultant as a way to offer my creative intuition and experience to companies and individuals seeking a fresh perspective and actionable feedback on their projects.Do arrange a call with me below.

Oliver Gallaugher

creative consultant

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a creative consultant?

A Creative Consultant has a range of creative skills applicable to a variety of tasks and different industries, and an inventive ability to offer unique perspectives and solutions to creative problems you're looking to solve.

What services do you offer?

Through consulting sessions I provide ideas, direction and feedback, in any creative process.Some examples are:

I'm also open to provide creative coaching, working together and encouraging you to cultivate your freest, most creative self. Please contact me if this is something you're interested in.

How do you solve creative problems?

First I'd like to know the outcome you want to achieve. I have a very strong intuition that can provide a radically new perspective but I also use first principle thinking to break down a challenge into small steps. Together these can help us establish a new direction and framework in which to think, overcoming previous obstacles or constraints.

What is your process?

Although I have stepped systems that I follow from a concept to the realisation of a project, I know that the creative process can sometimes be more abstract - even metaphysical. I rely heavily on my intuition to form mental images guided by a desire of the specific outcome and a sense for simplicity.The process is not always linear. My focus is to gradually copy these impressions into physical materials that can be effectively communicated.

How can creative consulting benefit my business in other ways?

If you or your team are caught in a particular pattern of thinking it can inhibit your solutions to creative problems.
Having an outside perspective can energise and stimulate others to think differently - producing more creative and innovative results that move you closer to your goals.

Who have you worked with?

I have experience working with a variety of professionals all over the world from the UK to Switzerland, Germany and Hong Kong, directing my own and other people's creative projects.As well as the creative side I also pragmatic to so creative ideas can translate into functional products and presentations.
work with engineers and 3D artists for 3D modelling, rendering and animation. For manufacturing I work with trusted partners who best suit a project's requirements.
For example
3D CAD modelling
Technical Engineering Drawings
2D & 3D Animation

What is Creative coaching?

Perhaps you would like to talk with another creative person who will listen and understand your challenges.Maybe you want to be more creative.We can work to find and cultivate your creative energy - breaking through anything holding you back from expressing your best and freest creative self.

where do you work?

I usually work at my office in Thailand, but can work from anywhere. I enjoy travelling and connecting with great people.

How can we work?

We can create a relationship that suits you and the task you want to work on. I'm very flexible and am open to the following ways we can work together based on your requirements:

What do you charge?

Cost varies depending on the scope of the problem you would like to solve and the skill-set and resources it requires. A 1 hour consultation to brain storm, gain feedback or find focus on a direction forward is set at £200 per session. You can arrange a date and time at the bottom of this page.By comparison, conceptualising a brand and building the materials for it is a lot more intensive. Specific services will be quoted according to your specific deliverables. Contact me below and let me know how I can help you.

Projects

o.g

O.G is a high-end watch brand I developed under my own name, inspired by my creative and inventive family and the intuition that guides us all.Contributions: Watch Design, Brand Development, Project Management, Manufacturing Solutions, Social media, Content Creation, Website Design & Development, SEO optimisation (1st page on Google), Launch Strategy, Press Release.

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DESIGNING SERIES

A six part series of videos exploring the inspiration, thought process and development of the first O.G watch design.Contributions: Copywriting, Presenting, Narration, Editing, Production.

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production SERIES

Updates and insights into the production of the first O.G watch series - Deep Space . For short form Tiktok, Instagram and Youtube content.Contributions: Copywriting, Presentation, Narration, Editing, Production.

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(Update Video 5: Cutting the movement mainplates)

FLEURY MANUFACTURE

Translated from French:
“We particularly enjoyed working with Oliver. We are delighted with the site he created for us. Being very attentive, he was able to meet our expectations. In addition, we liked his professionalism, even after finishing the site, he wanted to make some improvements following the ideas he had. We thank him very much for his work and his pleasant collaboration”.

Jean-Marc Fleury - Founder & CEOContributions: Website design & development - Mobile and desktop versions with multiple languages. All copywriting, content editing and curation, SEO optimisation (1st page on Google).Note: the site is now being updated and managed by Fleury.

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LWD

LWD is a watch design studio I created when I began my journey into designing watches. With no industry background or connections I created an SEO strategy to rank the website number 1 in the world on Google for "Watch Design" and "Watch Designer" to help clients find my work. Now LWD collaborates with 3d artists, watchmakers and manufacturers to bring client's watch projects to life.Contributions: Watch designs, Website design and development, Branding, Copywriting, Content creation and curation, SEO optimisation (1st page on Google).

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&THOM (In Development)

"Oliver has been integral to &THOM and has guided the project since day one from a concept to a super high-end watch brand. He's been a pleasure to work with, always reliable and unafraid to be bold"

Clarence Thompson - Co Founder & CEOContributions: Watch Design, Watch Movement design, Project Management, Manufacturing Solutions, Branding, Website Design and Development.

1 Creative consultant

I created 1CC to offer my services as a creative consultant and creative coach.Contributions: Branding, Copywriting, Content Curation, Web Design & Development, SEO optimisation (1st page on Google).