Tim Benson Email & Phone Number

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

United Kingdom & Ireland

Brighton

• Shortlisted in the 'Best Metropolitan Festival' category at the UK Festival Awards, The Great Escape is Europe's leading urban festival for new music. As GM for this leading international music conference that runs.
• Budget and crew management
• Installation of all conference AV
• Conference filming
• Volunteer management
• Conference and general event branding

UK & Europe

• Experience:
• Managed and delivered full site power solutions at leading events in 2016, including Formula E (London), We Love Green Festival (Paris), Shambala Festival, Lambeth County Show, Godiva Festival, Innocent Unplugged and.
• Successfully delivered + £550K worth of live event projects in first seven months with the business
• I sit on a number of industry sustainability think-do tanks, including Powerful Thinking and Energy RevolutionSkills:
• Designing full site power plans for large scale festivals, televised sporting events and experiential campaigns for global brands
• Managing full service technical hires for clients, including the provision of generators, distribution packages, LED festoon and tower lights, emergency lighting, fuel management, logistics, crewing and electrical sign.

UK & Europe

• Managed full service technical hires, including all pre-production & onsite delivery, for Formula E (London), Forgotten Fields Festival, BT Manchester City Games, Great North and Great South Runs, Rugby World Cup.
• Co-designed and project managed the build and delivery of a bespoke 'people powered' generator installation for Siemens at their flagship London venue, the Crystal, using Boris bikes
• Designed and project managed the installation of a solar and people powered cinema on Clapham Common for a Ben and Jerry’s
• A speaker at UK and international conferences on the topic of hybrid power solutions; Green Events and Innovations (UK), Hire Association Europe (UK), Amsterdam Dance Event (NL), Eurosonic (NL) and Event Production.
• Guest lecturer in power and renewable power solutions for students studying for BAs in event management and event production (Backstage Academy and Manchester Metropolitan University).

Lewes, East Sussex

• Co-managed all hire department functions, including maintenance and servicing, key account management, technical planning for clients, X-hires, in house and freelancer crewing for event projects, ISO quality standards.
• Managed pre-production planning and onsite delivery for Lovebox Festival, Love Saves the Day Festival, Samsung Galaxy experiential tour, brand activations for Good Energy and Lightsource Renewable Energy, a live OB for.
• Commissioned as production manager for the Trillion Fund's 'OFFtheGRID' crowd funding event hosted by Vivienne Westwood.
• Delivered + £550K revenue in 2015.
• Department awarded Best Green Supplier and Supplier of the Year accolades at Event Production Show Awards 2015.

Brighton, United Kingdom

• Produced and directed corporate shows with budgets of up to £250K for leading global online games designer
• Produced conferences for Kimberly Clark, OMD International and EA Sports
• Created 'YouPower' brand, the UK's first 'people and solar powered' conference package: installed this bespoke system at MyHotel, Brighton
• Event managed Brighton & Hove Albion FC's Christmas party
• Acted as Production Manager for charity gala fundraising balls, including Rainbow Trust and The Rockinghorse Appeal
• Managed interactive entertainment package (Stick It On) for Hugo Boss perfume press launch

Brighton, United Kingdom

Pebble Productions is a full service creative event management agency delivering integrated solutions for corporate events, conferences and live communications, award shows, charity fund raising events, product launches, staff away days and weddings. We specialise in delivering experiential and performance driven events that engage, challenge and entertain.

Brighton, United Kingdom

Reporting to the Directors, responsibilities included programming music events for city sites to increase wet sales and raise venue profiles, negotiating with artist managers, managing technical riders, writing press releases and managing the design, print and distribution of promotional collateral.

Ma Digital Media, Music Marketing

B'Ed Hons, Education, First Class Hons