My name is Ben.I am an art director and designer, currently hanging around the north of England.
I have spent the last 8 years working at creative agencies and brands. This has led me to work with futsal players in Lisbon and 3D printed walnuts in London. What a strange world we live in.
Most recently I have been leading the brand design team at Umbro, across campaigns and the launch of global marketing materials. That all sounds very serious but essentially it has meant solving problems, managing projects and making things.
To sum up, check out my projects and read more about me below and If you would like to work together or chat through some upcoming projects drop me a line, in any of the usual ways.
Cheers.
That's all well and good but what can you do?
Great question. The short answer is… a lot.
Having worked at both agencies and brands I feel I bring the best of both worlds. Conceptual thinking and creative strategy but with a focus on delivering results and ultimately to sell a product or tell a story.
In terms of skills, I can create conceptual creative and marketing campaigns. Design for digital, retail, packaging and print. Art direct or shoot photography and film. Edit video and create animations. Manage budgets and help with production. Basically, I am a bit of an all-rounder.
Create Concepts and Campaigns.
Design for digital, retail and print.
Art direct photo and video.
Shoot and edit photo and video.
Manage budgets and production.
Ok, so where have you worked?
Senior Brand Designer
Umbro / Aug 2017 - Jan 2020
For the past 2.5 years, I have been heading up brand design for the Umbro global team. This has meant working directly with the marketing director to develop and bring campaigns and creative to life across the business.
Creative Lead
The Hut Group / Apr 2016 - Aug 2017
Here I spent my time working with Myprotein to create campaigns, packaging and imagery to push the brand forward. As a senior member of the team, I also helped the more junior members to develop and improve their conceptual skills.
Creative
LOVE. / Apr 2013 - Apr 2016
Started working mainly on digital projects for LOVE but quickly became a Creative working across some of their biggest brands in sport and alcohol, the best combination. Honed much of my conceptual, art direction and presentation skills here.
Jnr Designer
Ubiquitous / May 2012 - Apr 2013
Spent my time working on digital design projects for clients like Bacardi, Bentley and Morrisons. I developed my digital skillset here as well as working across film, photography and animation.
Numerous Other Roles
Various / The rest of my life
I used to sell VW cars in a non-sleazy way. I also held down a part-time job as a designer throughout my time at university. Please don't hire me based on these things... it was a long time ago.
But have you got a collection of logos of people you have worked with?
Right, I am sold. What now?
Great news! Well you can either take a look at my recent work or drop me a line and we can talk about the project. I am open to remote work and in house bookings. Speak soon.