Duke & Earl


Duke & Earl is a creative agency with a focus on storytelling for the digital age. Since we began in 2006, we’ve evolved an integrated, multidisciplinary team that works with market-leading clients including the BBC, Sky, Intel, Microsoft and Ford.


Key people at D&E

Joe Rider

Managing Director

Joe is the managing director of the D&E structure, with overall responsibility for our corporate direction.

Joe’s career has centred on the creation of engaging, interactive communication, spanning the development of many emergent platforms and channels, including a long tenure as a studio head in the games industry at EA and Microsoft Game Studios. Joe actively maintains a strong interest in digital creativity.

Joe Rider

Managing Director

Clare-Frances Mcmenemy

Head of Strategy and Planning

Clare Frances (usually known as C-F!) is our lead strategist and planner. As a previous director of Brandhouse and founding director of award winning, integrated agency Steam, she has breadth of experience in delivering effective brand strategy.

Clare-Frances Mcmenemy

Head of Strategy and Planning

Luke Farrell

Client Services Director

Luke controls D&E’s ongoing accounts including Microsoft and Mattel and oversees all live work. Managing client relationships as well as D&E’s output, creative budgets, schedules and resources. Luke has produced or overseen the delivery of projects ranging from integrated campaigns to global rebrands, commercials and sponsorship idents. An award winning creative in his own right, he cut his teeth at RSA before moving into production and was formally a senior producer at The Addiction Group.

Luke Farrell

Client Services Director

Dom Sykes

Creative Director

Dom oversees all D&E creative output. Dom is an award-winning director and has a long track record with a wide range of brands including Fiat, Fosters and The Telegraph. Previously Dom was a key stakeholder in the successful launch and subsequent brand development for Channel Five, rising to On Air Brand Director before bringing his proven creative leadership experience to D&E as Creative Director.

Dom Sykes

Creative Director

Chas Linn

Head of Technology

Chas heads up D&E’s digital section. With 15 years’ experience in the online industry in roles including Technical Director and Head of User Experience, he is one of the UK’s leading evangelists for user-centred design.

He has delivered large, technically complex projects for government organisations including the Houses of parliament as well as for major blue-chip clients such as, Sony, Open University, Fiat, L’Oreal and Morgan Stanley.

Chas Linn

Head of Technology


Get in touch

London Office

D&E London
17-18 Margaret St
London. U.K
W1W 8RP
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T +44 (0) 20 7580 7070
F +44 (0) 20 7636 8815
E london@dukeandearl.com

New York Office

D&E NYC
414 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, 10013
NY
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T 212 966 0581
E nyc@dukeandearl.com