I worked with Max for two years at Fondness, where he was the Creative Director.

He has been a wonderful mentor: he's able to create an environment people can thrive in. He constantly encourages taking time to explore art and design, and exchange new exciting finds.

He won’t shy away from sessions of constructive criticism, dedicating abundant time to help colleagues grow. He will always be genuinely interested in feedback to his own work from anyone in the team, hierarchy is a foreign concept in his creative process.

Max has taught me more that I could be able to put to paper, working with him has had a huge, positive impact on the way I approach creativity. One of the biggest and precious takeaways is to never cling to a good product: a fantastic finished product in time can always be just the starting point for it to continuously evolve into a better, stronger version of itself.

Max is hardworking and dedicated. Every single project I've seen him produce is a true product of love and care. He craves learning, and this shines in his work. Thanks to his perceptiveness and through constant research, I’ve seen him anticipate trends more than once.

If necessary, he will be able to put together something beautiful quickly, but he will always take any chance to dedicate research and reflection time to projects. One thing you can say about his work is that it's never derivative of his previous designs: in a world that promotes fast and mass production, you know you won't have a copy-paste product with him. He is dedicated and refuses to deliver the bare minimum.

He excels in creative thinking and problem solving. He has the ability to take one concept, dissect it, turn it upside-down and propose a creative solution with a product that looks beautiful as an ensemble and in every smallest detail.

I've seen him spot the tiniest misplaced pixel and ensure every text passes through tight knit proofing rounds. Quality in the detail is his trademark and to this day I think "what would Max do" before turning something to the client.

When you entrust your work to Max you know he will give the care, love and attention to your company or campaign as if it was his own.

He is highly empathetic and extremely human. This will show in his work, that engages emotionally other than logically, and it shines in his relationships with the people he works with, having an invaluable ability to establish connections and a trusting environment where everyone is enabled to thrive.

I look forward to having the joy of working with him again and I couldn't recommend him enough: if you manage to get him for your project, you're extremely lucky.

I've worked with Max in various agencies for the past 7 years and have always found him to be consistently brilliant. I hired him at Media Therapy and was impressed with the range and depth of his thinking and his ability to see a path from strategic insight to breakthrough execution. We relied on him enormously and I always considered him a genuine all-rounder. And as a partner at Horse's Mouth he's been hugely supportive and helped get the agency off the page and into the market. His ability to turn his hand to any brief from Internet Security to Japanese cooking ingredients and deliver fresh thinking and clever outcomes is evidence that no project daunts him. If you get the chance to work with him I'd grab it with both hands. He's a smart and nice bloke.