Photograph by Brenden Savi
ABOUT
I was born in Yokohama, Japan, and raised in a multicultural educational environment. From 2016, I spent three years in London pursuing my Bachelor of Arts degree in Design at the University of London, Goldsmiths, graduating in 2019 with First Class Honours. Today, I am fortunate to call myself a professional creative in London at AKQA.
After crafting advertisements and brand assets for a breadth of clients and categories at MullenLowe Group’s Tokyo office, I moved to independent studio PUSH, where I have further honed my craft while amassing hands-on production experience on video shoots, integrated campaigns, and even experiential culture-first activations.
Past clients include, Amazon, ASICS, Beats, Budweiser, Condé Nast, Dr.Ci:Labo, Dickies, Harley Davidson, Hotels.com, Koala, Manchester City, Nike, PlayStation, Pull & Bear, Rolls-Royce, Schick, Shu Uemura, Tokyo University, The North Face and Vans amongst others.
EXPERIENCE
AQKA London | Creative | October 2024 - Present
PUSH | Art Director & Graphic Designer | June 2021 - August 2024
MullenLowe Group Japan (Fabric) | Art Director | January 2021 - June 2021
MullenLowe Group Japan | Junior Art Director | August 2019 - December 2020
Cresava Tokyo | Design Intern | Summer of 2018
andshu | Design Intern | Summer of 2017
EDUCATION
Goldsmiths, University of London (Class of 2019)
Bachelors of Arts in Design with First Class Honors
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Yokohama International School (Class of 2016) International Baccalaureate with Bilingual Diploma
CONTACT
bernard.n.hitachi@gmail.com