Ben is Head of Interactive Experience at Ordnance Survey. He is part of a team creating beautiful things with the world’s best maps, including the award winning Resilience Direct product for the Cabinet Office, and the life saving OS Locate mobile app. He is also a tutor for Squared’s online digital innovator course.
As well as this, he has founded two agencies, two consultancies, an app start-up and a phone for blind people. He has held the role of Creative Director, Experience Director, Head of Innovation, and Head of Brilliant. And he has been in the Drum Magazine’s Mobile Top 50 for two years running, and last year was #23 in the Digerati Top 100.
“But it’s not all talk. I do like to get my hands dirty creating user experiences and conceptual creative for products and interactive brand narratives as well. Over the years I have built brands, campaigns, apps, sites, games, and a bottle opener that looked like a submarine.”