Hi, I’m Ben Polkinghorne.
b.polkinghorne@gmail.com

I love bringing unconventional ideas to life.
Typically by pouring buckets of optimism and energy on them.
And by working with the best people.

ADS:
16 D&AD Pencils and 21 Cannes Lions including the United Nations Grand Prix for Good.
Top 100 awarded copywriter in the world 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Had an idea on the front page of the printed edition of The Guardian once and The Times, twice, changed U.K. law and influenced a change in government policy.

ART:
Interviews with The Guardian, BBC and The Daily Mail (different arts).
Published by Vice, GQ, Fast Co. etc.
Image of the week in The Guardian, shared by Arianna Huffington, editorial in Hunger Magazine.
Sculpture commission in one of New Zealand’s major parks. 
Exhibitions in Paris, London and the Seoul Museum of Art.

COMPANIES:
Founder of Bangerritos: sausages that taste like burritos. Golden Fork at the NZ Sausage of the Year awards. Stocked in supermarkets.
Co-founder of SWIM: caffeinated vodka soda. Stocked in liquor stores and festivals.
Co-founder of moveme.tv: tapping into the power of emotions (and emojis) to solve the problem that it's hard to find something good to watch. Patent-pending and funded by Innovate UK.

Born in New Zealand, live in London.
Most art 'n ads with creative partner Scott Kelly.

“Ben is equal parts wonderfully naïve, emotionally stupid, very tenacious and extremely talented.
The wrong combination of those four things and Ben would be an absolute disaster.
However somehow he makes it work and to great effect.”
Nick Garrett - Global Marketing & Commerce Leader, Deloitte Digital

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