Hi, I’m Dan King, a Product Director living in London.
With over 10 years experience as a Product Director, including 4 years for Sir Elton John. Experience across film, fashion, retail, gaming, education, print and technology. Successfully sold my first company aged 29 for £1.4m and designed a product that’s sold 2 billion copies, delivering over £30m in sales. Take a peak at my LinkedIn, email me, call me, or just scroll…
PRODUCT DIRECTOR | LEARN CLUB | 2021
Animate to educate
You probably know this, education content can be pretty boring… Textbooks are filled with 1,000’s of words, explaining complex ideas, with the odd photo or bit of clip-art thrown in for good measure. When the opportunity landed in my inbox to give an education publishing company’s back catalog a digital facelift it was something I couldn’t rest…
HEAD OF PRODUCT | CLOTHIE | 2018
F*** me…
Why can’t I find anything that FITS me? In-store, online, via catalog, at the market… hours wasted looking for things that fit, sending stuff back or letting it pile up in the bulging wardrobe. When I got a call asking if I could help a client solve their customers’ fit problem, I was mad enough to say yes…
CREATIVE STAREGY DIRECTOR | ROCKET DIGITAL | 2015
GnomeWay!
When I got a call from Sir Elton John… no wait, he didn’t call me his guy did and spoke to my guy… you get the idea! What was I going to say? Gnome way?
FOUNDER AND HEAD OF PRODUCT | MAN LONDON | 2011
I ❤️ MAN
What do you do when virtually every tee shirt, polo and jumper you try on is too long? Design your own of course. When the opportunity came along to not only design menswear but also to design a new menswear brand and store in Soho London, I was like MAN, I’m in.
COFOUNDER + HEAD OF PRODUCT | VIZWOZ | 2010
Chat, chat, chat, chat…
Imagine you get the opportunity to build a virtual world, how would you stop it from becoming a dystopian nightmare?
CO-FOUNDER + HEAD OF PRODUCT | SCHOOL STICKERS | 2007
2 billion smiles and counting…
With no printing experience, graphic design experience, business experience I setup a school sticker printing business.
