Damian Bradfield | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 March 1977 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | London School of Economics |
| Employer | WeTransfer |
| Website | damianbradfield |
Damian Bradfield (born 29 March 1977[1][2]) is a British businessman. He is the Chief Creative Officer and a founding shareholder of the file-transfer service WeTransfer.[3][4]
Bradfield was born in Canterbury, Kent in England. He attended Kent College and then the London School of Economics.[3]
After graduating from LSE, Bradfield worked for Gucci Group and Stella McCartney before moving onto a career in advertising in London.[5] In 2005, he began working for the agency J. Walter Thompson (JWT). He relocated to Amsterdam to work in the JWT office there, but spent much of his time in Moscow working for one of the agency's largest clients. In 2010, Bradfield left JWT and established his own design studio,[3] Present Plus, with Dutch entrepreneur Nalden.[6] There they created the wallpaper app Kuvva.[7]
In 2016, Bradfield relocated from Amsterdam to California to set up WeTransfer's U.S. headquarters in Venice, Los Angeles, closer to the company's core client base.[3] He has been instrumental in shaping the company's policy in support of the creative and arts community.[8][9] In July 2017, Bradfield, in his capacity as WeTransfer president, offered a $10,000 "gift" "to start something" to any of the 173 employees laid off at SoundCloud.[10][11]
Bradfield is chairman of the University of the Underground and The Supporting Act,[12][13] and a trustee of the Sarabande Foundation.[5] He is a member of the Champions of Change Global Tech group and a director of Tour De Moon Ltd., a free touring public festival happening in the UK in 2022.[14][15] He is the host of the podcast Influence.[5][16] He is the author of the 2019 Penguin book, The Trust Manifesto: What You Need to Do to Create a Better Internet,[17] and the co-author of the 2021 book Los años de internet (The Internet Years).[18]
Bradfield is married with two children and currently resides in Santa Monica, California.[3]
References
- ↑ @yizmo (29 March 2016). "@djbradfield Congrats Damien! Happy Birthday today!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Damian BRADFIELD - Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Holmes, Barry J. (24 June 2018). "Damian Bradfield — the WeTransfer boss who ships 1bn files a month". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ↑ Sisserian, Chris (30 October 2019). ""Throwing rocks at the Google bus"—Bookclub with WeTransfer's Damian Bradfield". Sifted. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- 1 2 3 "Damian Bradfield—Entrepreneur & Branding Specialist". The Genius List.
- ↑ Lunden, Ingrid (10 March 2016). "Dropbox rival WeTransfer acquires Present Plus to boost product and design teams". TechCrunch. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ↑ Tan, Francis (9 April 2011). "Kuvva launches to add style to your Twitter profile". TNW.
- ↑ Budds, Diana (12 October 2017). "WeTransfer's Plan To Disrupt The Creative Process". Fast Company.
- ↑ Lesser, Casey (8 November 2017). "WeTransfer's Innovative Approach to Promoting Creatives". Artsy.
- ↑ Shead, Sam (27 July 2017). "Laid off SoundCloud employees are being offered $10,000 from WeTransfer". Business Insider. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ↑ Deahl, Dani (26 July 2017). "WeTransfer offers $10,000 to every laid-off SoundCloud employee so they can 'develop great things'". The Verge. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ↑ "Damian Bradfield". University of the Underground. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ↑ "Homepage". The Supporting Act.
- ↑ "Champions of Change Global Tech". Champions of Change Coalition. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ↑ "Damian Bradfield". Tour de Moon. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ↑ "'Influence' A Podcast About Advertising From WeTransfer". Cultr. 11 November 2019.
- ↑ "The Trust Manifesto". Penguin Books. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ↑ "Los peligros de los algoritmos y metadatos, expuestos a través de un cómic". ABC. 3 December 2021.