I’m Costas Brammer —
multi-disciplinary design director.
Now with the amazing team at DuckDuckGo!
Previously 3vil Genius, Sony PlayStation, Tribal Worldwide.
I lead teams to deliver commercially successful & award-winning digital experiences — including product design, creative production, brand development and 360 marketing campaigns.
I have a proven track record in delivering :
Brand & creative strategy ✨
International XD leadership and product governance 👏
End-to-end product design, from data-driven UX research through to live UI design ecosystems 🧩
Global guidelines & asset delivery. 16+ languages, 40+ locales 🌏
Creative process transformation for large-scale organisations ⚡️
Team management, hiring and mentorship 🙍♀️
Budget allocation 💵
PlayStation Store
Strategic direction and planning of all design/creative output for PlayStation Store & Network services across EMEIA/ANZ territories. 40 countries, 16 languages - including Arabic and Russian.
Leading a team of 7+ direct reports, plus directly liaising with regional teams & creative agencies — to deliver impactful experiences with high commercial performance.
✋ Design & Creative leadership
🖍 Reformed creative processes
👀 Brand guardianship
🎯 Data-guided UI upgrades
🌏 Multilingual asset production
👫 Team mentorship & growth
Peko
Product design leadership for a transformative AI-based scheduling product — used by large-scale enterprise organisations including Mondelēz.
Implementation of a flexible, modular design system built to evolve together with business requirements.
✋ Design leadership
🙍♀️ UX-led approach
🧩 Modular UI design system
📱 Multi-product ecosystem
“Costas was an absolute pleasure to work with. He consistently demonstrated that rarest of combinations - a flawless design eye at both micro and macro levels, and fantastic managerial skills to build and nurture a great team around him.”
— JEZ POTTER, SONY PLAYSTATION
Harvey Nichols
Design direction for an evolving digital product used by in-house ambassadors to communicate brand values across the business; and senior stakeholders when engaging future franchisees.
🙌 Design concept & direction
✨ Premium experience
📱 Portable brand book
DHL Flec
End-to-end product design direction for tools that power the smooth operation of British Airways and DHL warehouses. Rooted in a comprehensive, evolving, UI design system.
✋ Design leadership
🧩 Scalable UI design system
📱 Multi-product ecosystem
Volkswagen
Concept design for the multi-award-winning ‘Play the Road’ GTI campaign. Collaboration with UK electronic music greats Underworld — a fusion of sound and technology.
🖍 Concept design
🌈 Visual materials
🏆 Record-breaking campaign
O2
Design and direction for a comprehensive overhaul of O2's digital infrastructure, including the multi-award-winning (and conversion driving) website framework for O2.co.uk.
🧩 Scalable UI design system
📱 Cross-platform experience
👀 Digital visual language
💸 Significant sales uplift
🏆 Website of the year