Hi, I am a CREATIVE director based in NEW YORK
An acclaimed Associate Creative Director, based out of Manhattan who has helped create some of America’s biggest brands, gaining over a decade of experience from some of the best-known design studios.
Collaborating with client teams for companies such as Anheuser Busch InBev, Pernod Ricard, Mars Inc, and Unilever, has worked on creating desirable brands across the consumer-packaged goods industry, including Bud Light, Burger King, Coca Cola, Jameson, The Glenlivet, Target, and a plethora of luxury spirits portfolios.
His work has gained international recognition in published works such as The Dieline, Creative Review, ADC Awards (Art Directors Club), Packaging of the World etc. His work has recently been awarded Gold at the World Brand Design Society Awards, The Pac Awards International, as well as Bronze at the Transform awards North America. Since then, Ben has been a juror on multiple awards panels including Pac Awards Global Jury in 2022 and 2023.
Regularly speaking at acclaimed industry events, including a keynote session at The Luxe Pack Expo at New York’s Javits Center, Unilever’s Dove Flight School alongside celebrity fashion designer Christian Serrano, Ben shares the importance of brand storytelling and ways of creating innovative design solutions to connect with your consumer in ways that matter.
Now the principal creative for JDO’s New York studio, an agency with a legacy of building brands and packaging for over 20 years, Ben’s focus of growing and leading an expert team of creatives to service JDOs fantastic American clients. Together they aim to use strategic positioning, brand storytelling and bold design to create continued belief in our most beloved products.