Meet Ben
Ben led campaigns for one of the world’s most famous universities, set the strategic direction across social for Europe’s largest conservation charity, and designed the narrative for a leading UK mental wellbeing initiative.
He’s won CASE Gold twice, for both the Futuremakers podcast he produced and True Planet campaign he led, two UK Social Media awards whilst leading the National Trust’s social team, a PRWeek Global award as part of Oxford University's COVID-19 campaign team, and a BIMA during his time working on digital campaigns in an in-house marketing agency.
Get in touch to talk through what Ben could do for your next project, or read more about his freelance work below.
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Ben has planned, delivered, and evaluated several award winning campaigns. Find out more.
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Campaigns Ben has planned or helped to deliver include the award-winning True Planet & COVID-19 research campaigns, and he led on social strategy for the National Trust’s award-winning Coast campaign. Find out more.
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Are you looking for a sense check on who your channels are reaching and how they’re reaching them? Having spent years working with tight budgets, Ben is well-practiced at looking at how to get the best out of in-house platforms. Each audit concludes with a recommendation around content approaches to test.
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Ben has edited a number of interviews with prominent speakers, and is passionate about the potential of audio as a hugely compelling medium. Find out more about how he could supot your audio storytelling.
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Talking to visitors directly on site, or building a community project on the ground? With years of experience of copywriting and storytelling, and an M.A in Heritage Management, Ben has a passion for engaging communities with the heritage around them, and the stories of their past.
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Commission a mystery shopper report for your museum or visitor attraction.
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Ben travelled around the UK training people on emerging social channels, from one-to-one conversations to conference events. He’s also designed two online training programmes for a national charity and won two UK Social Media awards.
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Years as the reactive crisis comms lead for a national charity shaped Ben as someone acutely aware of where to spot and manage risk, but also as someone able to work calmly under pressure.
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Hoping to build the use of ChatGPT into your team’s work, or personal project, but aren’t sure where to start? Ben has been working on refining the prompts needed to get the best out of ChatGPT, on projects very similar to yours. He can either complete projects to order, or work with you to get the best out of this new and exciting tool.
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Ben was a community manager for a busy membership organisation that welcomed thousands of daily visitors. He’s used to handling customer service, driving site traffic, and jumping on reactive opportunities – having also been shortlisted in the SABRE awards for his reactive work.
Also available on request
“The tales we tell sit at the heart of who we are. I’d love to work with you, to give your story the attention it deserves.”
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