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Keynote SpeakerTim Reid

Award-winning TV Comedy Writer & Creativity Expert

Tim Reid is a multiple award winning comedy writer, best known for co-creating and co-writing the BAFTA winning sitcom, CAR SHARE. As well as winning the BAFTA for Best Scripted Comedy, CAR SHARE also won Best Original Programme at the Broadcast Awards, 2016; Most Popular Comedy Series at the National... Read more

Biography

Tim Reid is a multiple award winning comedy writer, best known for co-creating and co-writing the BAFTA winning sitcom, CAR SHARE.

As well as winning the BAFTA for Best Scripted Comedy, CAR SHARE also won Best Original Programme at the Broadcast Awards, 2016; Most Popular Comedy Series at the National Television Awards, 2016; and Best TV Entertainment Programme at the Television and Radio Industries Club Awards.

But as well as being a successful comedy writer, Reid is a world class innovation expert, and he’s passionate about combining these two skills to help businesses become as creative as comedians.

Tim Reid has worked for some of the worlds most creative organisations, including global ad agencies, innovation consultancies and the BBC. He’s helped clients from beer brands to broadcasters reimagine the future and re-invent their businesses.

Tim Reid is quite possibly unique in the world of advertising having worked in every discipline available in an ad agency. Tim Reid started his career as an adman at J Walter Thompson as a Media Planner, before moving to McCann Erickson as an Account Director, then Strategic Planner, and finally as an award winning Copywriter.

Popular Talks by Tim Reid

  • Applied Imagination - Your AI Superpower
    In this talk, Tim explains how AI will always fall short compared to human beings in one fundamental function. Imagination. For that reason, humans will always be better at coming up with new ideas, for the same reason that AI will never be able to master comedy. Because jokes and...
  • Creativity
  • Comedy Writing
  • Quick
  • Creative Thinking For Turbulent Times
  • Innovation