CV/Resume

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Experience
Creative Consultant at SOCIAL BRITON UK
2010 - Present (1 year)
As shareholder and Creative Consultant, Benir manages a team of 8 contract, creative team
members. Tasked with uplifting the creative standards of the firm in preparation for aggressive push
forward by authouring business growth plans to eventually grow the brand as a valuable
web-property in the United Kingdom.

Services Offered by Social Briton:
  • Content Aggregation and Blogging
  • Integrated Social Marketing
  • Comprehensive Email Campaigns
  • Analog and Digital Advertising Campaigns
  • SEO and SEM implementation
  • Brand Strategy, Analysis and Execution
  • Qualitative and Quantitative Performance Metrics (for ROI)
  • CRM Enterprise Development and Management
        SaaS and CLOUD emphasis
  • Print Production and Direction
  • Direct Marketing, eDM, and Media Strategy
  • Environmental Design Consulting
  • Talent Resourcing and Staffing
Principal at BKLTD
January 2001 - Present (10 years 9 months)
BKLTD has worked with top Agencies and clients directly, in the capacity of art director, writer
and/or production manager **.

Arnell Group | Chrysler | CocaCola | Crest | Dasani | DDB | Deutsch | DMB&B | Dominos Pizza |
Evian | ExtraCakeP.R.A | FCB/Dubai | Fidelity Investments | Ford | Fox TV | Grolsch | Hill Holiday |
Impact BBDO | Kmart | Leo Burnett | Lugz | McCann/AmsterYard | Mercedes
Benz | Ogilvy One | OMNI Hotels | Pepsi | Pfizer | Razorfish | Reebok | Rockport | Sam Adams |
Sapient | Staples | Starbucks| Target | TBWA | Tiffanys | WNBA | Y&R

** Serious inquiries will please ask for case studies, decks and references

 18 recommendations available upon request

Creative Director/MOJO at Berlin Cameron
February 2001 - January 2002 (1 year)
Lead new business pitching for MOJO, the Urban component of BC-P. Serviced Reebok, Dasani,
WNBA, And-1 and Motorola Brands. Wrote company business plan (for urban unit only) and
designed company website. Reported directly to BC-P principals, Ewen Cameron and Andy Berlin.
Accounts: New York Life, WNBA, Reebok, Motorola, Logic Chain

Interactive Design Director at HBO
November 1999 - December 2000 (1 year 2 months)
Took on a key role at HBO with 6 creative team members. Tasked with driving creative excellence
and advising the Content Director on leading edge trends in Design. Helped achieve departmental
vision by identifying, grooming of relevant,key talent. Refined methodologies and helped restructure
a more effective creative department with the aim of uplifting creative output.

Recommended and hired world renown designers:

> Joshua Davis: UX iterations
> Fritz Klaetke: Logo brand iterations
> Alexander Gelman: UX and Logo brand iterations
> David Carson: Logo brand iterations
... to help define the brand for one of the most anticipated music portals just before the MySpace
social media era: VOLUME.COM

Interactive ACD at Think New Ideas
October 1997 - November 1999 (2 years 2 months)
We created MLB.com, Tiffanys.com, Barneys.com, Rockport.com, Millstone.com
and won many awards for our team efforts. We pioneered the design themes and innovated many
technologies well before all the dynamic server-side technologies we enjoy today - for many of the
leading sites today.

Art Director/Ross Roy at Omnicom Group/Ross Roy/BBDO
January 1992 - January 1994 (2 years 1 month)
RR/Detroit was the largest privately held agency in the world saddled with amasing accounts like
Alfa Romeo, Kmart, Domino's Pizza, Chrysler Motors, National Guard and The Sports Authourity. I
launched my career here in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
2 recommendations available upon request

Skills
Computer Hardware (Advanced, 20+ years experience)
Mac OS since 1993 (Advanced, 15 years experience)
Windows since 1993 (Advanced, 15 years experience)
Apple Macintosh User since 1990 - Nuff Said!
HTML (Advanced, 8 years experience)
JavaScript (Advanced, 8 years experience)
Professional Illustrator
Graphic Novelist
Creative Writer

Education
Emerson College
MFA, Creative Writing, 1994 - 1997
Activities and Societies:
> lecture at ICA Boston Art Seminars, Winter 1996
> lecture at Harvard University (College of Art), Winter 1996
> lecture at Sotheby's Institute of Art - Singapore, Summer 1998
> lecture at Royal College of Art - UK, Summer 1998
> lecture at Harvard University (College of Art), Winter 2004
> lecture at University of Cincinnati, Summer 2004
> lecture at College for Creative Studies, Winter 2007
College for Creative Studies
1 recommendation available upon
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