About me

"I have never worked along side a more truly talented, reasoned, confident creative leader. Someone who takes every opportunity to push the work into exciting new creative places, and also grows as a person and a leader. And it's hard to honour that fact in words. Ben Kennedy is a seasoned, experienced Executive Creative Director who can interact effectively with both senior executives, CEOs, CMOs and stake holders, as well as with young and difficult creative talent. He can envision a level of creativity for your projects that pushes it beyond your expectations. And trust me, I have high expectations. He will conquer the work. He will earn you more clients. He will attract better creative talent. Capturing such breadth in one man is rare. And Ben is that rare." Joel Hladecek World Wide Creative Officer EF Education First

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Projects

• 3

  AjnaA series of illustrations based on an artistic light installation designed to trigger different emotions.
• 2

  Hult International Business SchoolPhotographic art direction featuring standout student entrepreneurs for use in publications to promote the institution. One innovating around a chocolate concept and another start up in the magic industry.
• EF Language TrainingA responsive business to business lead generation website. EF are an international language school which train corporate employees in 54 different countries throughout the world and required a site template which could be updated by multiple business units using unique languages. I led the creative team who built the entire project from concept to completion. This included: — Creation of wireframes — Setting the photographic art direction for US, European and Asian markets — Art directing p

Work history

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Executive Creative DirectorCentral Creative Team, EF Education First
Jun 2018 - Aug 2020London, United KingdomFull Time
Unlocking the latent creative potential within the company. Inspiring designers to produce the best work of their careers across digital, print, interior architecture and moving image. Instilling brand equity.
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Digital Creative Director — ZurichCentral Creative Team, EF Education First
Mar 2016 - Jun 2018Zürich, SwitzerlandFull Time
Leading the design strategy across all digital channels for 54 countries in the companies European headquarters.

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Skills

• Art Direction
• Graphic Design
• Creative Direction
• Typography
• Branding
• Interface Design
• Web Design
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Indesign

Education

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(BA hons) Graphic DesignNottingham Trent University
Jul 2001 - Jul 2004Nottingham, United Kingdom
1st Class Honours degree.

Awards

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Behance Interactive UX / UI Gallery featureBehance
Featured by the 'IN' gallery for excellence in user interaction design. View the 'EF Language Training' project in the featured work section.