Ben Childs

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

SKILLS

ABOUT BEN CHILDS

I’m fortunate to have had many positive experiences and opportunities in my professional career. From my academic training in Product Design, I quickly moved to digital design when it was in its infancy and throughout my career have been involved in Service Design and UX (since before it was a recognised term). After hugely fulfilling roles in the corporate environment at Hallmark and Orange UK, I then created and managed Common Agency, a successful mobile agency for over 10 years. In 2016, I returned to operating as an independent digital professional, providing my broad digital expertise to a variety of projects, for a mix of companies and organisations across different sectors. In 2020 I joined Infinity Works as part of a rapidly growing design function, delivering Service Design, UX and Interaction Design to clients across private and public sectors.As a digital professional I enjoy the variety and scope that comes with consultancy work; the creativity of working with different people and organisations; the challenge of continually demonstrating value, professionalism and expertise; the satisfaction of delivering project outcomes that meet or hopefully exceed expectations; and the excitement and fulfilment of working in a field that continues to evolve technically, creatively, commercially and socially.After more than 20 years design and digital experience, I am widely regarded as an expert at delivering digital excellence and as a positive collaborative influence in how I do it. Iterative, user-centred design, borne from my academic Product Design background, is central to my design approach and has ensured my consistent delivery of effective digital solutions from the smallest brief to some large global projects.I have a broad experience of working with corporate brands across global markets and in the UK public sector, with a proven record of establishing and managing design functions and teams that deliver against the highest-level business requirements, whilst continuing to work just as effectively with smaller organisations with more modest but nonetheless critical digital requirements.