Independent creative production studio · Cape Town

Creative craft. Smarter production.

Design, artworking, retouching and AI-enhanced production for agencies and brands. Campaign-ready assets backed by over 30 years of experience, working remotely with teams worldwide.

Global campaigns · Retouching · Print · OOH · DOOH · Digital · AI-enhanced production

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Some of the brands I've produced work for, through agency partners

  • Paul Smith
  • adidas
  • Simple
  • Samsung
  • Coca-Cola
  • Sally Hansen
  • Revlon
  • PROPER
  • HSBC Private Bank
  • Booking.com
  • Channel 5
  • Noom

01 — Selected work

Featured work

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Simple Active Skin Barrier Care range, CGI rendered jar, pump bottle, serum and cartons, composited onto a cream set with flowing blue line graphics

CGI compositing · Retouching

Simple Active Skin Care

CGI product assets developed in collaboration with a specialist CGI artist, then expertly retouched and integrated into photography for polished, campaign-ready visuals across print, digital and large-format applications.

Booking.com “It’s easy to go from home to holiday home” DOOH campaign: two creatives, a family in an infinity pool and feet up in a mountain hot tub, shown across eight screen sizes from 1080 × 1920 portrait to 1248 × 320 banners

Creative Artworking · DOOH Campaign Production

Booking.com

Two creatives adapted across 15 DOOH formats, from large-format landscape screens to compact portrait placements, with photography, headline and branding recomposed for every size. 30 executions in total, each artworked to specification.

Coca-Cola Ramadan campaign image: a family sharing an evening meal at a long red table on a rooftop under hanging lanterns, with Coca-Cola being poured

Retouching · Compositing

Coca-Cola Ramadan

Retouching a series of campaign images to client brief, combining multiple photographic plates into cohesive, polished compositions for a seasonal Ramadan campaign.

Glenfiddich Experimental Series corridor takeover at King’s Cross St Pancras Underground station, with large-format bottle panels along the tunnel wall

Creative artworking · OOH · DOOH · Print

Glenfiddich Experimental Series

Campaign artwork adapted and produced to specification across multiple formats and channels, including a large-format takeover at King’s Cross St Pancras, OOH and DOOH advertising, and magazine insertions.

Sally Hansen × Reese’s Salon Effects press-on nail packs with Halloween nail designs and peanut butter cups on a split orange and brown background

Beauty Retouching · Multi-Plate Compositing

Sally Hansen × Reese

High-end beauty campaign retouching, combining multiple photographic plates and seamlessly integrating artwork to create polished, cohesive imagery for this brand collaboration.

Channel 5 Big Game Night bus wrap on Tower Bridge, London, showing the side and rear of a double-decker with the three presenters in yellow jackets on a stadium background

Creative Artworking · DOOH · OOH · Bus Wraps

Channel 5 Big Game Night

Launch campaign built from a master creative into hundreds of DOOH, digital and OOH assets, including large-format posters and bus wraps across major UK cities. Produced in collaboration with Guild Creatives.

PROPER Pop Up Box sea salted popcorn packaging dieline with measurements, fold lines, cooking instructions and nutrition panel

Packaging artworking

PROPER Snacks

Rebrand packaging artworked across the full range, adapted for multiple markets and languages, print-ready to every dieline.

Nordstrom Rack “These Boots” DOOH campaign, thirteen executions across seven screen sizes, from 1080 × 1920 portrait screens to 384 × 124 banners, featuring a woman in a denim dress and cream western boots

Creative Artworking · DOOH Campaign Production

Nordstrom Rack

Campaign rollout across six creatives, adapting master artwork with 2–3 variations per creative across 13 DOOH formats. A total of 156 executions, each artworked to specification with layouts, product imagery and branding carefully adjusted for every screen size.

HSBC Private Bank Chinese-language large-format advert above the check-in desks at Shanghai airport, with travellers walking through the terminal below

Creative Artworking · Print · OOH

HSBC Private Bank

Campaign rollout across print media and global markets, versioned for multiple languages, including this large-format OOH site at Shanghai airport. Produced in collaboration with Guild Creatives.

Sony headphones campaign: a woman in black Sony headphones in a sunlit vintage record shop, in profile against the window light

Beauty Retouching · Product Retouching

Sony

Campaign retouching for Sony headphones, refining skin, hair and styling while keeping the product finish, form and branding precise.

NOOM responsive landing page shown in a desktop browser and on a mobile phone, with breakpoints from 1440px desktop down to 375px mobile

UI design · Web development

NOOM

Responsive landing page designed and developed to deliver a seamless experience across desktop and mobile, from 1440px down to 375px.

AI-generated concept still of a Flowerbomb Tiger Lily perfume bottle resting in milky water surrounded by orange tiger liliesPlay film

AI Creative Production · Still & Motion

Viktor & Rolf

An independent AI-driven concept exploring product imagery and motion, using generative workflows to create stylised visual content. An unofficial creative exploration, not affiliated with or endorsed by the brand.

02 — AI-enhanced production

Same shoot. New world.
Every detail checked.

AI-enhanced production opens up new creative possibilities, transforming existing photography into fresh visual directions, campaign variations and polished final assets.

I work with a hybrid workflow, combining intelligent AI tools with experienced retouching and production judgement, refining every result to meet the brief and maintain the quality your brand demands.

Extend. Correct. Deliver.

  1. Extend

    Explore new creative directions, backgrounds and visual possibilities from existing imagery.

  2. Correct

    Refine lighting, remove distractions and resolve details with a combination of AI and hands-on retouching.

  3. Deliver

    Review, refine and prepare the final assets for their intended campaign or channel.

Process — Hybrid workflow: AI-generated chamomile & lavender water, composited into the original shot
After — Final retouch, brought to life with AI motion

03 — Services

What I do

Creative artworking & campaign production

Master artwork, campaign adaptations, artwork rollouts and production-ready assets across formats and channels.

Creative retouching

High-end retouching: detailed refinement, multi-plate compositing and colour correction, from key visuals to high-volume shoots.

Graphic & packaging design

Design and production of packaging, promotional materials and branded collateral.

AI-enhanced production

AI-assisted image editing, scene transformation and creative variations, refined through professional production workflows.

Web design & development

Thoughtful, responsive websites that bring brands and digital experiences to life.

Video editing & motion

Polished video content for campaigns, social media and digital platforms.

04 — About

Thirty years in. Still obsessed with the details.

I'm Justin Simmons, a creative production professional with over 30 years of experience helping agencies and brands bring creative work to life.

From creative artworking and high-end retouching to design and AI-enhanced production, I combine hands-on craft, technical knowledge and an eye for detail to deliver work that's ready to go.

Today, I'm building on that experience with smarter, AI-assisted workflows that open up new creative possibilities without compromising the standards that good production demands.

Working remotely with teams worldwide, I offer the experience and flexibility of a trusted production partner, with the personal approach of an independent creative studio.

  • Flexible production support — from overflow work to ongoing campaign delivery
  • Senior hands-on expertise — personally involved from start to finish
  • Creative production at scale — delivering high-quality assets across formats, platforms and markets
  • Experience that delivers — bringing a practical, solutions-focused approach to every project

Got a brief?
Let's talk.

Have a campaign to roll out, images to refine or a project that needs an experienced production partner? Tell me what you're working on and let's see how I can help.