CRAIG Hawthorne has joined Whalley based marketing and publicity specialists, Patriot to head up their design team.

During his career Craig, 29, has been responsible for packaging designs seen in Sainsburys, Asda, Booths and Tesco. Craig has also designed and produced publicity material for Kodak and the World Wild Life Fund.

Patriot carries out work for clients including Skyborne Products, Waves, Abbey Eyewear Group, New Era Housing Association and Stage Door.