Meet our team!

The Media Brighton team is head up by husband and wife Ben and Annelies Simon. Together they have over 20 years experience in the web development industry, applying their impressive combined skill-set to websites that sell. They’ve worked with some talented individuals over the years and these now make up the rest of the team. Meet them all here…

Ben Simon

Web Designer/Developer, Video Producer, SEO and Marketing Guru
After graduating from his degree in Multimedia in the late 90′s, Ben Simon decided to apply his new-found skills to a then budding internet, soaking up every development along the way. Starting off at People (agency) in 2000, he next worked as a freelancer before becoming Web Manager at Adventure Sports Holidays in 2008. Here, he was responsible for the redesign and maintenance of a network of 16 travel websites, which receive over 2.5 million unique visitors a year – giving him an excellent knowledge of cutting edge SEO tricks and tips. Having produced a video for Jaguar shortly after his graduation, Ben decided to rekindle his passion for video production to keep up with the booming industry trend. After producing viral work for Nokia, he became co-producer alongside Ben Nash for IEX: a weekly action sports news programme aired on the Extreme Sports Channel and Sky Sports. He founded Media Brighton to combine his web development, SEO, marketing and video production skills to produce hard-working websites and videos for countless happy clients.

Annelies Simon

Copywriter, Scriptwriter, Presenter and Online PR Ninja.
With a degree in Product Design under her belt, Annelies first turned her creative talents to writing in 2007 when she joined the Brand Surgery. Her stint as a copywriter there saw her writing magazine content for Stagecoach, proofreading, writing chatty blog posts and brainstorming brand names & slogans. Next, she joined leading digital marketing agency Propellernet as an online PR consultant, applying her creative writing talents to SEO-boosting features, blog posts, web content and press releases and more. During this time she wrote for established companies such as thetrainline.com, Mark Warner and Furniture Village. Her features have appeared in national press and large websites such as iVillage.co.uk, allaboutyou.com and upmystreet.com. With more than ten years experience in the music industry as a singer/performer, Annelies took up presenting in 2007 when she presented the Ripcurl Boardmasters Surf Competition for the Extreme Sports Channel. A self-proclaimed ‘chameleon’, she loves thinking on her feet and can adapt her presenting and writing style to suit any project.

Ben Nash

TV & Video Producer, Director, Cameraman, Editor and All Round Video Expert
With over 10 years experience in television and corporate video projects, Ben is an all round TV and marketing professional, who has been using his craft to produce engaging TV programmes and project business and brand messages online. Ben first honed his skills in the TV industry, working mainly in the sports and music sectors. In recent years, he has created powerful video messages for brands like Samsung, Diageo, Smirnoff, Match.com, Mitsubishi and many more. Ben believes a good online video can stimulate visual, auditory and kinaesthetic senses to communicate company and brand values to the viewer in an effective and professional manner.

To speak to one of us, call Media Brighton on +44 (0) 1273 272013 or +44 (0) 7766 306310.