I help teams solve creative problems, shape better ideas and get ambitious work made.
I lead the thinking and the work. When it needs more, The Operators brings in the right people around me.
20 years in creative & production · 100+ campaigns · Samsung · Toyota · Pfizer · Heineken · and many more
Showreel
60 seconds of live action, CGI, animation and integrated production.
Examples of creative problem solving
View all workSamsung QLED / BMB
Worked alongside BMB’s creative team to shape the ideas and lead delivery of a social-first, multi-asset campaign for Samsung.
Reframing the solutionMycogen / Bader Rutter
Questioned the original brief with Bader Rutter, then helped direct and produce a stronger approach for the audience and client.
Creating clarity from ambiguityROLI Airwave & Piano
Took ROLI from a blank page to launch in six weeks, supporting the concept, directing and producing the campaign.
Making the complex understandableSMA Awareness / Havas
Worked with Havas and the client medical team to shape a clear, sensitive digital approach to a complex healthcare subject.
Reimagining a classic sportWorld Curling
Concepted and directed a new visual identity, then produced the broadcast package for World Curling’s global broadcasts.
Making the ambition fit the budgetDobbies / Elvis
Directed and executive produced the TVC, finding the craft solutions that kept the creative ambition alive within budget.
Creative problems rarely arrive neatly packaged.
Good ideas can get complicated quickly.
The brief changes. The timeline shrinks. The budget gets tighter. The production gets bigger.
I've spent 20 years creatively directing, producing and solving problems across creative, production and technology, so I can step in, see the whole picture and work out what needs to happen next.
Sometimes that's creative direction. Sometimes it's production. Usually it's a bit of both.
I can help shape the idea, find the right approach, work out how to make it, then roll up my sleeves and take responsibility for getting it made.
One experienced brain. Whatever the project needs around it.
I can lead the work myself, work with your existing team and partners, or bring in the specialists the project needs.
Ben
Direction · Creative direction · Production · Judgement · Leadership
The Operators
A flexible network of additional directors, producers, designers, animators, photographers, VFX, CGI and other specialists.
I lead the work. The Operators scales around it when needed.
Experience you can bring into the room.
I've creatively directed and produced work across live action, photography, animation, CGI, VFX and emerging technology.
From specialist projects to ambitious integrated productions, I bring together the creative, people and production needed to get the work made.
What clients say about working with Ben & The Operators
“Ben and the team bring a dynamic mix of creative vision and technical craft. They helped us communicate complex themes with clarity and impact.”
Creative Lead · Met Office
“Ben and The Operators helped us turn a complex technical subject into a clear and visually engaging CGI film. The process was collaborative, efficient and highly solution focused.”
Head of Marketing & Communications · Murex
“The Operators are one of our trusted creative partners. They immerse themselves in the brand and consistently deliver on time, on brief and within budget.”
Senior Marketing Consultant · OneWeb
Good judgement matters more when everything is possible.
The tools are changing quickly. But deciding what is worth making, which approach is right and when something is actually good still takes experience.
That's the bit I bring.
Got something you're trying to work out?
A brief that's getting complicated.
An idea you don't know how to make.
A team that needs another brain.
Or simply something ambitious you want to make happen.
Let's talk.
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