Neil Bennet

Neil Bennett, Creative Director

Neil is one the UK's leading producers of branded entertainment.

He earned his spurs with Newscorp, working on advertiser-funded programming projects. He has produced and directed event TV for Viacom and run a team creating live TV, promos and commercials for Nickelodeon UK.

Moving to Emap (latterly Bauer Media), Neil pioneered branded entertainment for TV channels and the web. Usually developing ideas from scratch with the agency or client, he has made commercials, promotions and branded programming for many of the UK's more adventurous creative agencies and all major media agencies. He often works directly with clients and has recently produced for 3 Mobile, o2, Sony Ericsson, COI, Danone and Schwarzkopf.

As well as running advertiser-funded projects for Bauer Media, Neil has also managed content creation for editorial and marketing teams on Bauer brands such as FHM, Heat, Grazia and Car.