Benjamin Slade

Benjamin Slade

Creative DirectorAustin, United States
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Benjamin Slade

Benjamin Slade

Creative DirectorAustin, United States
About me
Daily: Building teams. Shaping culture. Mentoring designers, copywriters, producers. Guiding work. Shipping work. Driving results. Weekly: Defining strategy. Building bridges. Aligning large xfunctional teams. Managing agencies. Partnering with people, from founders and VPs to front-line teams. Finding opportunities to surprise and delight. Monthly: Leading workshops. Finding the big idea. Optimizing process. Forecasting work. Evaluating results. Reviewing budgets. Taking a day to breathe. Quarterly: Reviewing bandwidth. Planning headcount. Doing an onsite. Meeting with leaders. Managing change. Updating guidelines and documentation. Adding a tool to the tool belt of brand. Annually: Taking stock. Looking back. Looking ahead. Planning. Aligning with teams across the business. Grilling a turkey. Taking a meaningful break to start the new year with energy and purpose. None of this happens without family, friends, and a wide array of driven, talented, and thoughtful human beings to go to work with everyday.
Work history
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    Head of BrandWorkrise
    Austin, United StatesFull Time
    - Responsible for Brand Strategy, Brand Marketing, and Brand Experience across all business units at Workrise - Own definition of the brand narrative, purpose, and vision, as well as the strategy for bringing that storytelling to life across channels and at all levels of the funnel - Partner with leaders across the organization to drive cultural and strategic alignment internally, and to deliver cohesive experiences (real world, digital, OOH, product, you name it) throughout the customer lifecycle
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    Creative DirectorWorkrise
     - Austin, United StatesFull Time
    - Led an in-house rebrand effort for RigUp and 13 acquired entities across six different industries to go to market as Workrise, building the ID from scratch and implementing systems for scale - Scaled Brand Design from a small group of talented creatives to a full-service in-house agency -Led Brand Design as AOR for the first Workrise brand campaign resulting in 38% improved conversion rates from organic traffic in target markets, as well as 56M+ total impressions between May and November, 2021 - Delivered experiment-driven creative for performance marketing, resulting in 44,000+ qualified worker leads in 2021, more than triple our active billing worker base - Managed production budgets spanning in-house teams, as well as an array of external agencies and contract resources - Led the design and build of all internal brand resources including brand guidelines, visual design system, messaging, voice and tone, grammar and style - Collaborated closely with leaders from across the business to align on strategy, concept new storytelling for a wide variety of mediums and executions, and to align our culture and decision-making internally to the mission and values that define our purpose as a brand
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Skills
  • Creative Direction
  • Brand Strategy
  • Integrated Campaign
  • Design Leadership
  • Mentoring
  • Systems Design
  • Copywriting
  • Brand Guidelines
  • Directing Film
  • Directing Shoots
Education
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    Bachelor of Arts (BA) Kenyon College
     - Gambier, OH 43022, USA
    Degrees in Art History + Political Science