Ben Mottershead

Ben Mottershead

Independent Brand DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
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Ben Mottershead

Ben Mottershead

Independent Brand DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
About me
With over six years of experience working in London-based creative agencies, I have worked with clients ranging from; Nike, Coca-Cola, Jack Daniels, and the BBC. Now working as a freelancer, I sit at the intersection between Design, Strategy and Copywriting for an array of clientele. I like to work with the ambitious and the fun. People and brands who look at the world differently and try to break the status-quo. I want to take your unique outlook, develop it and put your personality front and centre and show it off for everybody to see. Weird is wonderful so let's stand out together.
Projects
  • HAUS OF YÖSEF  - CONTEMPORARY DANCE WITH A DIFFERENCE
    HAUS OF YÖSEF - CONTEMPORARY DANCE WITH A DIFFERENCEFounded by Joey Mottershead, House of Yösef is a contemporary dance and performing arts studio in the city of Leicester, England. The work they create focuses on the chaos of life, and all of its subtle obscurities and behaviours. From mental health, femininity and sexuality House of Yösef aim is to push boundaries and break down stereotypes around key issues. The brand takes reference from movement and spontaneous change often found within contemporary dance. Utilising earthy tones as a colour
  • MEUS - A WELLBEING PLATFORM FOR MEN
    MEUS - A WELLBEING PLATFORM FOR MENMeus was founded by YourTown Ltd as a new platform to help improve and promote fitness, mental health and wellbeing within men. Mental health, wellbeing and fitness have become a common conversation in 21st Century life. Suicide continues to be the number one killer of men below the age of 45, and men are continuously plagued by an inability to share, grow and internally reflect. ‎ Meus was created as a digital platform for meant to engage win three unique practises from the comfort and privacy
  • HUPHUPHUP - AN EXHIBITION OF FLAGS CELEBRATING CYCLING
    HUPHUPHUP - AN EXHIBITION OF FLAGS CELEBRATING CYCLINGHup Hup Hup was founded to mark one of the high points in British cycling, the Yorkshire held, UCI Road World Championships. Nine leading designers & artists from around the world were asked to create their own flag. Interpreting their passion for cycling in their own distinctive way. The flags were then exhibited from 21st – 29th September, at the North Bar, Harrogate, Yorkshire during the Championships. We were asked to propose an identity solution for the festival and took the opportunity t
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Projects credited in
  • Fail Better Goes Virtual
    Fail Better Goes VirtualEvent on 14.5.20 Speaker line-up: JESS GOSLING JENNIFER GOOD BEN MOTTERSHEAD SIR JOHN HEGARTY About Us: It's daring to take risks in design, and talking about them when it all goes pear-shaped is even more ballsy. Fail Better Talks is a monthly talk series that gives creatives from all sectors the counterintuitive task of presenting, not their best, but the worst work they've ever created and, more importantly, what they've learned from it. Our next event is on the 9th of June and will feat
  • Fail Better Goes Virtual
    Fail Better Goes VirtualEvent on 14.5.20 Speaker line-up: JESS GOSLING JENNIFER GOOD BEN MOTTERSHEAD SIR JOHN HEGARTY About Us: It's daring to take risks in design, and talking about them when it all goes pear-shaped is even more ballsy. Fail Better Talks is a monthly talk series that gives creatives from all sectors the counterintuitive task of presenting, not their best, but the worst work they've ever created and, more importantly, what they've learned from it. Our next event is on the 9th of June and will feat
  • Going Freelance & Monetising Your Skills
    Going Freelance & Monetising Your SkillsAfter three super successful events, we weren't going to let the pandemic slow us down and decided to take things online; last Saturday saw our first virtual event, where we sat down with Brand Designer, Ben Mottershead, and spoke about his journey from working in agencies to becoming a freelancer and starting his own practice. Ben has around a decade of experience in the creative industry and has worked with some amazing clients ranging from Coca-Cola to Nike; he possesses a wide range of skill
  • Grime Ballet
    Grime BalletWe’ve teamed up with the incredible Boxpark Wembley to create a world-first event which explores the fusion of Grime and Contemporary Dance. We’ll be celebrating Grime and dance through performances, inspirational talks & engaging workshops. We’ll also be discussing the future of both these incredibly influential art forms. This one is for the music lovers, grimers & rhymers! Bedroom & ballroom dancers. Industry curious, culture vultures, creators & collaborators. Come along and get involved,
  • #protestbydesign: ITS OUR TIME BRIEF
    #protestbydesign: ITS OUR TIME BRIEFWHAT? The climate needs us, the time of the snowflake has come! We want to be heard. Create, share & Submit your artwork to our database. We’ll get it in front of the media and press, to show the voice of the creative industry. You can check out the current database of entries here! All poster in the database will be added to the Tate modern permanent archive & will have the chance to be shown on Clear Channels digital billboards up and down the country, before the end of registration and befor
  • #ProtestByDesign - The World's Largest Database of Protest Posters!
    #ProtestByDesign - The World's Largest Database of Protest Posters!Help us create the largest ever database of climate protest posters!
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Work history
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    Strategist & CopywriterGlug Events
    London, United KingdomFreelance
    Since going Freelance I was headhunted by Glug Events to join the team on a part-time basis to help grow their social following and work with the team to develop their strategy. While working at Glug I primarily oversee their content and social media strategies, while further developing long and short-form copywriting.
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    Freelance Designer & Strategist specialising in Branding, Video and Social Media.Freelance
    London, United KingdomFreelance
    With over six years of experience working in London-based creative agencies, I have worked with clients ranging from; Nike, Coca-Cola, Jack Daniels, and the BBC. Now working as a freelancer, I sit at the intersection between Design, Strategy and Copywriting for an array of clientele. I like to work with the ambitious and the driven. People and brands who look at the world differently and try to break the status-quo. I want to take your unique outlook on the world, develop it and put your personality front and centre and show it off for everybody to see. Let’s leave ego at the door and work together to create something game-changing which doesn’t just break the rules. It rewrites them.
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Skills
  • Graphic Design
  • Motion Design
  • Animation
  • Illustration
  • Video Editing
  • Digital Design
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Microsoft Office
  • Identity Design
  • Strategy Consulting
Education
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    (BA hons) Graphic DesignUniversity of the West of England
     - Bristol, United Kingdom
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    Foundation Diploma in Art & DesignStafford College: School of Arts
     - United Kingdom
Awards
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    Carbon F19 Award - Branding x2 & Graphic Design x1F19
    Entries are scored on five criteria; originality, freshness, inspiration, context and craft by a panel of 100 independent judges from various creative sectors. I was given a Carbon award within the branding category of the competition for my branding work for the 'h264' and 'Kid Cupid' work, along with an award within Graphic design for my 'VansxPeanuts' project. https://bendesigns.co/portfolio/h264-2 https://bendesigns.co/portfolio/kid-cupid-band