this section is being updated 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:
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 | ** Serious inquiries will please ask for case studies, decks and referencesEvian | 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 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: 1 recommendation available upon> 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 |