01 / About me
A little about me
Ed Hardy.
I help organisations and creative teams turn unclear problems into ideas people can feel and remember.
I’m a freelance creative working across strategy, ideas, writing and creative direction.
Let’s talk Need a freelance creative?How I think & how I can help
The approach
Start on the audience’s side.
I start with the audience: what matters to them, why they’d care, and what makes an idea worth their attention. Then I look for the human truth and unexpected connection that make it click.
Storytelling gives that idea shape. A film, a single image, a few words: each can lead someone towards a discovery that changes how they see or feel about something.
I bring structure to briefs, develop campaign ideas and guide teams towards stronger work. I love making an idea make sense — and getting people excited about what it could become.
Sometimes that means crafting it myself. Sometimes it means giving others the clarity and confidence to make it their own.
Ways I can help
Get clear on the problem.
Get people behind the idea.
- Creative audits
- A useful diagnosis of what’s worth keeping, what needs attention and where to go next.
- Creative strategy & briefs
- Turn broad ambitions into a clear creative task your team can use with confidence.
- Project creative direction
- Establish the direction, develop ideas and give your team clear, constructive feedback.
- Campaign ideas & copywriting
- From concepts and scripts to headlines and longer copy. Shape the story for the medium.
A note on storytelling
Writing for a voice
in someone’s head.
Playing piano or cello, I loved making an audience feel something deeply. I find the same satisfaction in creative work. I think about rhythm, anticipation, contrast and release.
A turn in the story can change the emotion. A moment of restraint can give it room to land.
Let’s talk
What are you
working on?
Tell me what you’re trying to achieve, what’s getting in the way and where you could use a fresh perspective. You don’t need a finished brief to start the conversation.
ed@edhardy.workThanks for having a look.
Selected work
Strategy, storytelling & bringing people with us.