Creative Director at Hagon Design
Kitchener, Canada Area
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- Creative Director at Hagon Design
- Past
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- Creative Director at MFX Partners
- Creative Director at Hagon Design
- Senior Art Director at Milestone Advertising/Design
- Senior Designer at Context Creative
- Designer at q30 design
- Designer at Pylon Design
- Education
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- University of the Arts London
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Ben Hagon’s Summary
Ben Hagon is an award winning communications and brand designer. His work has won awards all over North America for creativity and excellence in execution. Awards won include the Art Directors Club of New York, Communication Arts Awards (California), Excellence at the Biennial Graphic Designers Society of Canada awards, Gold awards at the Advertising and Design Club of Canada, and he has also won design effectiveness awards with the Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario for the last 5 years running.
His experience spans all forms of marketing communications. From brand and logo design, to sales and marketing collateral, tradeshow materials, Web sites, and everything in between.
His goal is to continue his design and communication excellence, and to bring world-class design to the Kitchener/Waterloo area.
Ben Hagon’s Specialties:
Ben’s clients are national industry leaders, primarily in the Technology and Engineering sectors. They have included: RIM, IMS, Unitron Hearing, Agfa Healthcare, LiveHive Systems, Aecon, Canlyte, Hydro One, Ontario Power Generation, and BA Group Transportation Consultants.
Ben also has multiple cultural and non-profit clients including Penguin books, Wayward Arts; A Home for Errant Creative, Off Cut Press, Turn Peace Around, and many others.
Ben Hagon’s Experience
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Creative Director
Hagon Design
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 2009 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Hagon Design is Kitchener-Waterloo’s newest full-service design agency. We are #1 at creating marketing communications that get heard. Our work generates real results for our clients: increased brand awareness, more sales, renewed staff pride, better client relations. We create resonant, powerful communications that do all this and more.
We are currently accepting new clients, give us a shout at:
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Creative Director
MFX Partners
(Privately Held; Design industry)
March 2007 — June 2009 (2 years 4 months)
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Creative Director
Hagon Design
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
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Senior Art Director
Milestone Advertising/Design
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
August 2006 — March 2007 (8 months)
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Senior Designer
Context Creative
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2005 — August 2006 (1 year 6 months)
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Designer
q30 design
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 2004 — March 2005 (7 months)
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Designer
Pylon Design
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
April 2002 — September 2004 (2 years 6 months)
Ben Hagon’s Education
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University of the Arts London
1998 — 2001
Additional Information
Ben Hagon’s Websites:
Ben Hagon’s Interests:
Design, Architecture, Art, Family.
Ben Hagon’s Groups:
RGD Ontario, Advertising and Design Club of Canada
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Kitchener-Waterloo Marketing and Communications Group
Ben Hagon’s Honors:
– ADCC Annual 2006, Typographic Design.
– ADCC Annual 2005, Gold, Illustration.
– ADCC 2005, Gold, Art Direction for Entire Magazine.
– ADCC 2005, Merit, Book cover design.
– ADCC 2005, Silver, Public Service Design.
– ADCC 2003, Silver, Logos and Wordmarks.
– Marketing Magazine, Design Trends 2006
– Applied Arts Magazine awards 2006.
– Applied Arts Magazine awards 2005.
– Applied Arts Magazine awards 2004.
– Art Directors Club, New York, Annual Awards 2006.
– Communication Arts, Illustration Annual 2006.
– HOW Magazine, International Design awards.
– Graphex 2006, Society of Graphic Designers Canada, Award of Excellence.
– Graphex 2006, Society of Graphic Designers Canada, Award of Merit.
– Design at Work 2006, RGD Ontario, Promotional design.
– Design at Work 2005, RGD Ontario, Publication design.
– Design at Work 2005, RGD Ontario, Judges Pick, Book design.
– Design at Work 2003, RGD Ontario, Judges Pick, Identity Systems.
Ben Hagon’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
