Ben Matthews Co-Founder As Co-Founder, Ben has helped grow Empower into the impactful agency it is today, leading Agency Development, Client Servicing, and Strategy. Ben is passionate about working with Empower’s team and clients to deliver impact. Whether it’s plotting Empower’s future, or digging into the detail of a client’s challenges with the team, Ben is a strategic thinker and solution-finder, who always has an open door to team and clients for a chat. Ben’s career began at Hotwire, a tech PR agency working with the Financial Times, Microsoft and O2, being awarded PR Week’s Young PR Professional of the Year for his work on digital and volunteer charity communications. Next Ben stepped in-house to direct communications for FutureGov, a government-tech start up, and spent time as a freelance social strategist on clients such as London 2012, American Express, The Children’s Society, Open University, and World Wildlife Foundation. Ben has been a trustee of CharityComms, the membership organisation for charity communications professionals, and a trustee of a UK children’s cancer charity. Connect with Ben Email LinkedIn X
Recent articles Read some of Ben’s recent articles View content Audits Social Media Strategy Social media strategy drives change for FAIRR and the global food sector Read more View content Paid Media Strategy Training Paid media with purpose: The Children, Cities and Climate Action Lab Read more View content Audits Strategy Building a digital strategy with a difference for Business for Nature Read more
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