I lead creative teams AND bring ambitious projects to life
I’m a director with years of experience in creative leadership at a multinational company. As the Director of Global Visual Merchandising at Drunk Elephant, I drove successful global campaigns by focusing on team leadership and talent development. In dynamic environments and under changing conditions, my team delivered outstanding results while collaborating with diverse partners across the Americas, EMEA, APAC, and Travel Retail.
Additionally, I introduced innovative merchandising strategies, drawing on my own extensive experience in graphic design, hands-on creative work, and project management to ensure that my leadership was informed by a knowledge of the industry and the art of design.
I have a lifetime of experience in pioneering aesthetics and an eye for details, process, and outcomes. I’m skilled at managing people, systems, and creative design, and I have the drive to build exceptional teams and the expertise to launch scalable global campaigns.
My personal aesthetic incorporates retro glamour and relaxed elegance that gives effortless sophistication with an edge. My background as a touring musician and artist has always encouraged me to take creative risks and give my work a rock-and-roll sensibility.

YOU are the magic.
-Paul Arden
The art of the art director is to get talented people to exceed their own capabilities.
