After winning a scholarship to the School of Communication Arts Julian worked as a designer for Michael Peters & Partners, with stints in New York & Amsterdam. Six years, lots of packaging and a Conservative party logo later Julian defected to advertising as an art director for Chiat/Day London.
Chiat/Day became St. Luke's and at 29 Julian became joint creative director with Al Young. Julian has been behind most of the agency's high profile work and in 2005 he was made a fellow of the RSA.