A former model as a child, Howard was photographed by Jamie Morgan and styled by the world renowned Ray Petri for the cover of The Face magazine.
His songwriting credits include working alongside Amy Winehouse, Sia, The Sugababes among many others.
In 2007, he joined EMI Publishing as an A&R manager where he signed Calvin Harris, Lana Del Rey, MNEK, James Vincent McMorrow, Tinchy Stryder, Sam Sparro, Hurts, Beverley Knight, Tom Jones, and many others.
[12][13] At BMG, Howard has worked with Gabrielle, Ultra Nate, Katie Melua, Louis Tomlinson,[14] Zak Abel and Lady Blackbird.
[15] As a child, Howard had systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis and was a patient at Great Ormond Street Hospital under Barbara Ansell.