Video & Creative Leader

Ben Jay

Translating complex tech into compelling motion.

I lead global video strategy and human-led storytelling for the world's most ambitious brands.

Head of Video — Trustpilot Ex-Google 2x Webby Award Winner NFTS Alumni
Ben Jay
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Selected Work 10 projects
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Women in Tech Campaign
Documentary-led series 2x Webby Winner 3M+ views in month 1 $1M Budget
Google

Women in Tech

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Developer Channel Strategy
Human-led channel strategy 400K to 600K subscribers
Google — Chrome

Developer Channel Strategy

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Trustpilot Executive Storytelling
C-Suite Production B2B Brand Authority
Trustpilot

Executive Storytelling

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Forbes Web Apps
Ft. Forbes Shot on location in New York
Google — Chrome for Developers

Forbes & The Power of Web Apps

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Google Europe Series
Documentary-style travelogue Four cities, four stories
Google

Life at Google — European Series

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Blackbaud High-Profile Talent
Ft. Dr. Alex George Mental-health led storytelling
Blackbaud

High-Profile Talent Production

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Team GB Campaign
30+ Deliverables National Campaign
Team GB

Get Active Campaign

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Marketing Campaign to Inspire Developers
ML meets African agriculture Story across film, blog, social
Google

Marketing Campaign — Inspiring Developers

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Designer vs Developer Chat Series
Original format concept Recurring Series
Google — Chrome Developers

Designer vs Developer

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Chrome Developer Studio
Custom-built set Directed studio series
Google — Chrome Developers

Studio Series & Set Design

How I Work

The best video teams feel like small creative studios, combining systems where creative ambition and operational excellence reinforce each other.

Story First

Move beyond testimonials to human stories. Every team is sitting on stories worth telling — build the relationships, strategies, and intake systems that surface them.

Democratise, Don't Gatekeep

Remove the creative bottleneck through self-serve templates, playbooks, and toolkits to let internal teams create on-brand content independently. Freeing the video team for the work only the video team can do.

Raise the Ceiling

AI and automation raise the floor. Reinvest the time to push boundaries on craft, format, or technique. As the floor rises, so must the bar.

Protect the Makers

Creative teams do their best work when they're protected from noise. Triage through a tiered system and develop strategy with stakeholders so video never becomes a ticketing system.

About

I'm a video and creative leader with over a decade of experience building story engines for global tech brands. At Google, I led video campaigns that earned two Webby Awards, grew developer YouTube channels by hundreds of thousands of subscribers, and produced work spanning five continents.

As Head of Video at Trustpilot I'm building the global video function from scratch, defining a visual language, shifting the brand to human led stories.

Let's talk.

benjay87@gmail.com