Eight Partnership hires head of design

Hong Kong - Eight Partnership has hired Iain Richardson in a newly created role as head of design, responsible for quality control on all design work as well as building the agency's design capabilities.

"Iain is a top notch graphic designer with a great portfolio of work. We're excited that he will be taking our design skills to a whole new level," Chris Kyme, managing partner for Eight Partnership said.

Based in the Hong Kong office, Richardson reports directly to Kyme.

Richardson was senior designer at Fallon London before relocating to Hong Kong. Prior to Fallon, he worked at BBC in presentation graphics and ran a boutique company specialising in design and animation for ad agencies and production companies in London before that.