Ben Barnes joins events specialists Top Banana as head of creative services, bringing over 10 years of digital, design, film and media experience with him.

Joining from Jaguar Land Rover in the role of digital communications and project specialist, Barnes has a strong background in all things digital. In this newly created role, and a member of the management team, Barnes will be responsible for the long-term growth strategy of the creative services provided by the business. His role will be to manage the digital, film and creative teams, supporting and mentoring them to continue the awesome work delivered across the departments.

Barnes says, “I have worked with Top Banana across my career, as a freelancer and as a digital partner. When the opportunity was presented to join the company as head of creative services, I couldn’t refuse. They work for some great brands, building strong, long-term relationships, which shows how much clients value what they do. It’s a really exciting time to join the business and I’m really looking forward to helping shape the future direction of the creative services we offer.”

Operations director, Jade Ball, adds, “2017 provided us with a great opportunity to take a step back and really look at what the business needed both in terms of leadership and infrastructure and how we plan to drive the company through 2018 and beyond. Recruiting Ben in the role of head of creative services was part of our business strategy and we’re really excited to welcome him to the team. We have a really strong creative services division so we’re looking forward to seeing how Ben can help this grow over the next five years.”