James Benn

James Benn

Senior Art DirectorLondon, United Kingdom
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James Benn

James Benn

Senior Art DirectorLondon, United Kingdom
About me
I work at Pentland Creative Agency, where I’m responsible for managing the Junior designers. I design and art direct across all Pentland’s lifestyle and sports brands including Canterbury, Berghaus, Speedo and Ellesse.

 Before that I worked at Ever After and Social, where I worked on a global rebrand for Hilton Hotels, on music videos and motion projects for Decca Records and Universal Music and multi disciplinary creative for Global Radio, Belmond, Lego and Nissan.

 My work for Canterbury’s Rugby World Cup Campaign recently won ‘Best Project’ at the Inside Out Awards.

 I am also currently a visiting Practioner at the London College of Communication. For more of what I get up to day to day visit: 
https://www.instagram.com/jwtbenn/
Projects credited in
  • Canterbury - Own the Unexpected
    Canterbury - Own the Unexpected
Work history
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    Senior Art DirectorPentland Creative Agency
    London, United KingdomFull Time
    My current role is as a Senior Art Director within the Pentland Creative Agency. I create and design campaigns, working closely with the internal brands such as Canterbury, Ellesse, Berghaus and Speedo. This includes all stages from brand strategy to art-direction, graphic design, retail and digital executions.
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    Senior DesignerEverAfter
     - London, United KingdomFull Time
    My role as a Senior Designer included developing skills in creative, and leading projects for brands such as Nissan, Lego, Empire, Grazia and Decca Records. I developed skills in Art Direction during this time storyboarding for film and motion projects and being on set playing videographer on multiple music videos.
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Skills
  • Print Design
  • Graphic Design
  • Photo Editing
  • Art Directing
  • Management
  • Lecturing
  • Typography
  • Brand Strategy
  • Brand Identity
  • Design
Education
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    BA Graphic DesignNottingham Trent University
     - Nottingham, United Kingdom
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    Foundation Diploma in Art and DesignCity College of Brighton & Hove
     - Brighton, United Kingdom
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Awards
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    Best ProjectInside Out Awards
    My work for Canterbury’s Rugby World Cup Campaign recently won ‘Best Project’ at the Inside Out Awards.