MITCHELL OAKLEY SMITH

I am an internationally recognised creative director and communications professional specialising in the luxury, fashion, design and cultural sectors. I boast a strong track record of successful projects spanning global marketing campaigns, experiential activations, content and events, working both within large-scale teams and independently.

I have written for Architectural Digest, Art & Australia, Art Monthly, Belle, CNN Style, Harper’s Bazaar, GQ, Interview, The Australian, The Local ProjectWish and Vogue Living

I have worked with Melbourne Art Fair, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, the Queensland Art Gallery, Art Month Sydney, Mr Porter, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of South Australia, The Future Laboratory, Myer, Westfield, David Jones, Pernod Ricard, Hismile, Incu, Audi, Genesis Motors, Squarespace and KPMG. 

I am the author of five Thames & Hudson books on art, fashion and design, and the publisher of four more. I was also the founder, publisher and editor-in-chief of Manuscript magazine, and more recently the editor-in-chief of Esquire Singapore. For five years I was Global Creative Director of The Woolmark Company, and for the past three years I have served as Executive Creative Director at experience design agency Semi Permanent. 

I can be contacted via email: mitchell at mitchelloakleysmith dot com