Michael Murdoch

CEO and Founder

Michael founded The House in 2009 and is responsible for creative output, managing the team and keeping our clients smiling. He is an experienced designer having over 10 years experience working in London and Hong Kong and has helped organisations of all sizes like the NHS, MTV, Diabetes UK, Boots, Heineken, Global Goals and Nokia to smaller start-ups like Olive Branch, Mixcloud and Readwave. Michael helps clients find their full potential, taking them step-by-step through their projects in partnership with them.

Graduating from Central Saint Martins and the University of West of England, with a time spent studying in Hong Kong, Michael has the training and skills required for any big brand name. Past companies Michael has worked at include Lloyd Northover, Ingredient, Getty Images and Root Design.

When not dreaming up creative and commercially viable ideas Michael loves to gain inspiration from travel (35 countries and counting), practicing Tai Chi and Yoga, cycling to and from work, running (2 marathons down and a few to go) and photographing the wonderful things he sees.

Fancy a chat?  Email michael@thehouselondon.com

Darshan Sanghrajka

Consultant (ex Co-founder)

Darshan loves solving real social and commercial problems by creating campaigns and/or innovation using creative, strategy, design-thinking, technology and behavioural economics. Over the past decade, he has  worked with large clients such as Adidas, the Commonwealth Foundation, the Design Council, the Technology Strategy Board, Forum For The Future, Sanyo, The National Trust, Britvic and many start ups too. When not thinking for clients, Darshan enjoys performing stand-up comedy and painting. He now runs www.stateofambition.org and you can follow him on Twitter @chiefchimpanzee

Pen Nee Chok

Illustrator and Designer

Her name is Pen Nee ( pronouced as penny) and as a native Malaysian, she brings some international flare to the team. Graduating from the Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, Pen Nee obtained a First Class Hons BA(Hons) degree in Visual Communication. Before coming to further her studies in the UK, she has a diploma in advertising design and has worked in an advertising agency.

When she is free, she likes getting involved with handmade crafts and has partnered with her friend to come out with their own online brand called “Pudding” www.puddingshop.tumblr.com . Want to know more about her, then follow her blog www.pennee.tumblr.com

Adam Walden

Senior Designer

Adam graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a BA(hons) in Graphic Design. He can turn his hand to a wide array of creative briefs with talents ranging from illustration, to web design, to animation.  Adam has been with us from the start and knows us and our clients inside and out.  He’s a dab hand a identity creation to and has worked on international projects like www.commonwealthwriters.org. Adam also is a keen musician and a distance runner and he is capable of consuming phenomenal amounts of tea.

Simon Brown

Senior Developer

Simon, now a full-time member of State of Ambition, specialises in Objective-C, Actionscript 3.0, javascript, XHTML, CSS, Wordpress and Java to name a few. His passion lies in making intuitive website platforms and great mobile apps. He is always on the look out for the next greatest use of technology and he loves his gadgets too.

Jill Tse

Illustrator and Animator

Jill is a true creator constantly coming up with weird and wonderful ideas! Born in Hong Kong, she studied BA(Hons) Visual Communication Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. From there she joined Wowwowtank multimedia production house and helped created great animations and adverts whilst there. Some of the clients she has worked with include General Electric, Wrigley’s, Whisper and Dequadin. A real creative at heart, even when she’s not working she’s illustrating, photographing and getting a top up on inspiration with a bit of travel for good messure.