Ben Oliver

Current

• Writer at AKQA

Past

• Freelance Creative Researcher and Strategist at Imagination
• Freelance Copywriter at Poke
• Freelance Youth Consultant/Writer at MRM Worldwide

• Freelance Concept developer/Copywriter at MRM Worldwide
• Freelance Concept developer/Copywriter at Milo Creative
• Concept developer/Copywriter/Content Manager at MRM Worldwide

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Education

• La Swap Sixth Form Consortium

Recommended

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Connections

184 connections

Industry

Online Media

Ben Oliver’s Summary

Writes, talks and thinks. You'll find the results below:

Ben Oliver’s Experience

• Writer

  AKQA

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

  Xbox 360 work:
  
  http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/a/alpinelegend/
  
  http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/xboxreverb/
  
  http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/splash/r/residentevil5/
  
  http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/movies/
  http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/
  http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/music/
  
  Unilever work:
  
  BTAA GOLD AWARD - Beverages (Viral) PG Tips ‘Queen'
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkHwhz-3yJg
  
  http://peperami.mobi/
  
  http://www.potnoodle.com/MeetTheLads/
  
  CODEMASTERS:
  
  http://www.flashpointgame.com/

• Freelance Creative Researcher and Strategist

  Imagination

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Design industry)

  May 2008 — May 2008 (1 month)

  Assisted the Head of Insight for Digital Communications

• Freelance Copywriter

  Poke

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  April 2008 — April 2008 (1 month)

  Worked on number of copywriting jobs

• Freelance Youth Consultant/Writer

  MRM Worldwide

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; IPG; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  February 2008 — February 2008 (1 month)

  Developed digital concepts for an Intel campaign aimed at a youth audience. Helped creative teams distil, develop and write up their ideas.

• Freelance Concept developer/Copywriter

  MRM Worldwide

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; IPG; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  November 2007 — November 2007 (1 month)

  Hired as the sole concepter and copywriter to create an engaging and immersive online game mechanic that would result in the most MSN Live searches per round per game.

• Freelance Concept developer/Copywriter

  Milo Creative

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

  October 2007 — October 2007 (1 month)

  Part of a concepting team that developed an outline for an ARG (Augmented Reality Game) campaign informing but also cultivating the opinions of UK teenagers about Sex and Drugs for Channel 4.

• Concept developer/Copywriter/Content Manager

  MRM Worldwide

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; IPG; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 6 months)

  I took on the roles of a creative researcher, concept developer, content manager and copywriter.

Ben Oliver’s Education

• La Swap Sixth Form Consortium

  Three A-Levels in Philosophy, History and Media 2002 — 2004

Additional Information

Ben Oliver’s Groups:

•    The Sense Network

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