Emile Swain graduated with 1st class honours in Media Lab Arts from the University of Plymouth in 2000 spring boarding him into a career in Interactive Design and Development. Emile soon joined AKQA as their first higher for the Creative Development and Research team. Ten years on he is now an Associate Creative Development Director.

Emile has been predominately involved in the development of the Nike account over the last 9 years working on many of Nike's websites including, Nike Running, Nike Women, Nike Football and Nike Sportswear. One of the most successful projects being the Nike Speed campaign and more recently the re-launch and development of the Nike Football website.

He has a great deal of knowledge in building flash experiences with expert knowledge in developing and maintaining localised websites. He was the lead developer of the Nike Speed Campaign and also the Coke web site delivering to over 25 countries and some 50+ languages. Emile continues to manage flash development on the Nike accounts.

Aside from work Emile is also very active in his interests, being an avid practitioner in Aikido, Airsoft and climbing. He has also Scuba dived his way around the world.