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Simon Morris is a visionary creative leader whose career has spanned over three decades, revolutionising the worlds of entertainment, technology, and marketing.
For over ten years, Simon served as Chief Creative Officer at Amazon, where his innovative leadership helped elevate the brand globally. He is the creative force behind several groundbreaking campaigns, including the iconic Alexa Super Bowl campaign, which captivated audiences worldwide and earned widespread acclaim.
Before his tenure at Amazon, Simon’s career was rooted in the gaming industry, where he played a pivotal role at SEGA. He was instrumental in launching Sonic the Hedgehog as a global icon, achieving record-breaking software sales with Sonic 2 and generating over £1 billion in revenue through his campaigns. His early successes in the gaming world led to his induction into the UK Marketing Hall of Fame, a testament to his profound impact on the industry.
Simon’s expertise extends far beyond gaming. During his time at Sky UK and Ginger Television Productions, he developed high-impact content and marketing strategies that transformed media engagement. In the digital entertainment sphere, Simon co-founded LOVEFiLM, the groundbreaking video rental and streaming service that laid the groundwork for Amazon’s Prime Video platform. Additionally, he co-founded Football 365, one of the UK’s leading online football resources, and has advised renowned brands like Graze, Tails, and LEGO, shaping their creative and marketing strategies.
Throughout his career, Simon has pushed creative boundaries, earning multiple Emmy nominations and cementing his reputation as a leader in storytelling, branding, and digital innovation. His passion for connecting audiences with meaningful narratives has set new standards in both entertainment and technology.
Today, Simon continues to inspire as a speaker and thought leader, offering insights into the secrets behind his success and his vision for the future of digital storytelling. His career is a testament to unrelenting creativity, entrepreneurial spirit, and an enduring drive to shape the future of entertainment and branding.
Simon has spent his career operating at the intersection of creative and commercial. Using creativity to build successful brands, products and disruptive business, from start up to to world leaders.
There are specific frameworks for success. Models that will work in any
organisation size, from how to think about creative objectives, measurement and a set of principles through which to run any organisation, Simon explains these for you to adapt.
Simon has been the most senior creative in some of the best organisations of all time. His time at Virgin, Sky, Autonomy and Amazon has meant he was top table reporting to the likes of Branson, Murdoch, Besos and Mike Lynch, Simon shares what the common practices of these great organisations and how did they embrace creativity?
A champion of mental health practice Simon weaves in his personal journey and experience with addiction. Sober for nearly a quarter of a century he shares how neurodiversity can be an unbeatable superpower in creative entrepreneurs.
In over 120 events we’ve had in the past four years, Simon was hands down the best speaker we’ve had. He openly and humbly shared his experiences and success at every level of business. Our audience was mesmerised and wanted more.
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