Former Avocado Design creative director Tony Casson has joined Liverpool agency Sphere Design.

Casson moves to Sphere, which specialises in FMCG packaging and design, following a two-year spell working in-house for cosmetics company FB Beauty.

Before that he had been at Manchester-based Avocado for 18 years, working with clients including Turtle Wax and PZ Cussons.

Casson said working client-side - where he leant his design skills to cosmetics, beauty products and toiletries - had been a "great learning experience" but he missed agency life.

"So when the opportunity arose to join an established, experienced and creative agency that has a great pedigree in servicing some fantastic brands, I jumped at the chance to become part of such an exciting team."