Simon Hill
Managing / Creative Director
VIDAR Media Group Ltd
About Simon Hill ...
Simon is a designer and photographer. As Managing (and Creative) Director of JANVS | VIDAR (the trading name of VIDAR Media Group), he is responsible for the design of over 300 museums, galleries and themed attractions in the UK, Scandinavia and South East Asia. As a designer, Simon is winner of many awards including Museum of the Year, Best European Attraction and Global Attraction of the Year. For over 20 years he has been Chair of an international membership organisation representing professional illustrators, artists and designers. Simon is also an award-winning professional editorial photographer, the winner of the International Art Portrait Award (2017), BIPP Professional Photographer of the Year (2019) and is President of the Royal Photographic Society (2021-2023). Simon's work has appeared in National Geographic, Sunday Times Magazine, and The Observer Magazine plus many other publications. As a professional qualified member of the Chartered Society of Designers, Simon specialises in graphic design for print and online media.
About VIDAR Media Group ...
JANVS Design was formed in 1983 as a specialist provider of design services to the cultural heritage sector. Incorporating in 1997, ten years later the practice merged with VIDAR Media to become one of the UK's leading designers of award winning museums, galleries and heritage attractions. Today, with offices in the UK and Ireland, JANVS | VIDAR can provide either a design-only or a turnkey design-and-build service. We maintain the highest level of professional accreditation: the practice is a Corporate Member of the Museums Association and every member of our interpretative design team (except Oscar!) is a professionally qualified Member or Fellow of either the Chartered Society of Designers (CSD) or the Society of Illustrators Artists and Designers (SIAD). With over 35 years of experience and over 350 projects to its credit, JANVS | VIDAR has won many regional, national and international awards for its cultural heritage projects. These include Museum of the Year, Best Heritage Attraction, Most Innovative Heritage Project, the HLF Renaissance Award and the prestigious European Tourist Attraction of the Year, at the World Tourism Awards 2017, for Fortress Spike Island in the Republic of Ireland. From 2007, VIDAR Media Publishing has offered a range of design and print services to its heritage clients and others. The range of publications includes souvenir guide books, commemorative books, activity leaflets, self-guide trail maps, plans and posters.