Ben’s CV
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James is co-executive creative director at SapientNitro Brisbane. He’s known Ben for 25 years
, and can point out all his creative strengths and weaknesses. James will give you an honest appraisal of Ben’s creativity and strategic thinking.
Is the commercial sponsorship manager for Cricket Australia.
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If there’s a study out there on the long-term effects of exposure to the advertising industry, I’d be a little nervous reading it.
Because I’ve been soaking in it, dousing myself with it and rolling in it for 19 years. I started as a writer in a large agency then wrote for a small agency before starting one of my own. I’m fascinated with online and digital, social media, mobile applications as well as “traditional” advertising.
Ben’s CV
Experience in every agency department
Pitching: The sweaty palms, the nervous intros, the clangers and faux pas that emerge in pitches are events that make or break careers and agency fortunes.
I’ve been lucky enough to prepare and present quite a few winning pitches over the years. I’ve been even more fortunate for the experience gained from ones that didn’t fly.
Comfortable with clients. From presenting creative and strategic plans to making the difficult call when something has gone awry, I’m a creative who still loves clients because there would be no business without them. Trust me to be able to talk talk and walk walk with clients at all levels.
The nasty jobs: When the buck stops with you, there are certain tasks that inevitably land on your desk. So if it’s that stern call to a difficult client who isn’t paying on time, immediate action to diffuse a potentially inflammatory staff situation or even a complete re-organisation of a department, I’ve been there and picked up the hottest of hot potatoes. No, it’s never fun, and I’m certainly not coveting your position Mr CD/MD/CEO, but isn’t it nice to know that there is someone with the skills to back you up if the need arises.
Production Management: How do you make that 200K TVC for 50? What near term technology is truly industry upending or simply an expensive iteration of what is already out there? How can you make a scalable, simple job management system that everyone will be happy using? These are all issues I’ve had to solve in the past and am quite happy to tackle for you.
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