Ben Williams

Current

• Senior Art Director at AKQA

Past

• Founder + Creative Director at StudioExit
• Senior Art Director at Swish Group Limited
• Art Director at Hyperlink

• Interactive Design Lecturer at Chisholm Institute

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Ben Williams’s Experience

• Senior Art Director

  AKQA

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

  As a Senior Art Director at AKQA New York, I am currently executing digital ideas, art direction and design for a variety of clients including Coca-Cola, Smirnoff, Kraft and Deloitte.
  
  AKQA:
  World's largest independent digital agency.
  Digital Agency of the Year, Adweek, 2008.
  Digital Agency of the Year, Advertising Age, 2008.
  Digital Agency of the Year, OMMA Magazine, 2008.
  Digital Agency of the Decade, Revolution Magazine, 2007.

• Founder + Creative Director

  StudioExit

  (Graphic Design industry)

  December 2002 — June 2009 (6 years 7 months)

  Having founded StudioExit in late 2002, I was responsible for creative direction and execution for a broad range of clients including Subaru USA, Big Day Out, Quiksilver, Sneaker Freaker Magazine, Japan Telecom, Singapore Power and Mushroom Records.
  
  With StudioExit fast becoming a preferred supplier for a variety of agencies including Young & Rubicam, JWT, Wunderman and Publicis, I was responsible for a range of interactive campaigns for companies/brands such as Toyota, Shell, Vodafone, Ford, Kraft Foods and Yellow Pages.

• Senior Art Director

  Swish Group Limited

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  July 1999 — December 2002 (3 years 6 months)

  Senior art director responsible for designing and developing a wide range of creative new media solutions for a range of clients that included The Laminex Group, Country Road, Melbourne Museum, World Vision and National Australia Bank.

• Art Director

  Hyperlink

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1998 — July 1999 (1 year 7 months)

• Interactive Design Lecturer

  Chisholm Institute

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Education Management industry)

  February 1997 — December 1997 (11 months)