Art Director & Designer,
hook line & sinker.
This bio would do shite on Tinder.
Making ginger cool is my life’s work. I have an uncanny knowledge of my friend’s faces thanks to photoshop and questionable birthday presents, and I’m still looking for my childhood keyring collection that my mum ‘lost’. I’m a self-confessed tech junkie who builds his own computers and is the electronics related Google, broadband complaints line, and mobile phone provider for my entire extended family. My dad is also a pub landlord and I grew up in pubs and restaurants which is a #funfactlet.
Creativity-wise I’m what some might call an ‘all-rounder’, physically a bit too during winter. My day job and freelance work ranges from animating arse-kicking showreels, crafting concepts for advertising, kerning logotypes, compiling together poppin’ decks, building slick websites, fetching photography, and more recently some 3D work. I thrive off this variety and find that learning new skills while working is my jam. Being a jack-of-all-trades gives me a huge advantage when it comes to concepting, I have a great understanding of how far a project can be pushed and the fields it can be expanded into because I know how to do so much of the process. It also means I don’t ask people to do unrealistic things and get called a twat (often).
I’m also an organizaholic, which stretches into everything from the way I work to the wacky holidays I organize for mates. I like nailing goals, splashing around outside my comfort zone, and brain dumping ideas into the notes app on my phone. But I like nothing more than working in a team, because brainstorms are simply crap if there’s no one to ping pong ideas off and throw their meal deal packaging at you when you zone out. Whiting is also a type of fish, you know that? #funfactlet.
Word on the street.
“Some say he can art direct his way out of any hostage situation, WITHOUT access to Adobe.”
— Saoirse McKenna, Copywriter
“I keep commissioning him to do stuff, but he’s already finished it.”
— Lewis Phillips, Handsome Client
“They say you can’t polish a turd, but I have witnessed Ben gloss them into works of art”
— Joe Hersee, Digital Marketer
“Absolutely furious! Have been waiting over an hour for my lamb Bhuna, never again will I order from this website.”
— Ross Jardine, Art Director
“The most influential Ben since Ben Franklin. You could put him on the £20 note.”
— Chris Armitage, Motion Designer
Of all the basement photo shoots I’ve seen, Ben’s was the nicest and least incriminating.
Jamie Venters, Copywriter
“His work emotes more feels than a Rom-com.”
— Hattie Lloyd, Account Manager
“Absolutely stunning work, a solid 13/4
YOU NEED THIS GUY.”
— Jess Henderson, Music Composer
“We couldn't recommend enough. Professional with great creative flair from animations to beautiful images of our products. An all round star!”
Anna Orr, Marketing Manager, Bellfield
Previous nicknames include:
Lenny
Baby Bear
Ed Sheeran
Benico
Spamdoodles
Benneth
When Biting