Headshot of Ben Weeks photographed by Luis Mora

About

Designer, illustrator and art director in Toronto.

I started as an editorial illustrator for The New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Atlantic and Esquire. Today I help product, enterprise and design teams explain ideas visually across brand communications, motion, advertising, installation, product, print and digital.

Started in

2005

Teacher for

7 years

Recognized by

D&AD

Who I've worked with

Fintech & Financial Services

Wealthsimple
BMO
RBC
TD
Horizons ETFs (now Global X)
EQ Bank
Dundee Corporation

Brands and studios

Xbox
Honda
Canada Goose
Cadbury's
YMCA
Shopify
Mozilla
Canada Post
Canadian Olympic Committee
Cadbury
Hershey's
Coors Light
Pizza Hut

Pentagram
Underline Studio
Concrete
The Office of Gilbert Li
VSA Partners
Cossette
Juliet Creative
John Street
Grip Limited
Sputnik
Compass 360

Editorial

The New York Times Magazine
TIME
The Atlantic
Esquire Black Book
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Walrus
Toronto Life
National Post
The Globe & Mail
Cottage Life
Dwell
Condé Nast Portfolio
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Reader's Digest Canada
Rotman
Wharton
Waterloo University Alumni
Stanford Business

Books and press

Penguin Random House Canada
Roméo Dallaire

Profiled in Creativity,
Applied Arts, IDN, Design Edge Canada, MacUser
Taschen, Illustration Now!
Gestalten, Visual Families
Princeton Architectural Press, Over and Over

Recognition

D&AD Pencil

Ben Weeks Has Many Loves poster, PEN Canada

ADCC Gold

PEN Canada, included in the ADCC 75 Year Archive book

Webby Award

Contributor to Wealthsimple's TLDR newsletter

Annuals

American Illustration, Communication Arts, Creative Review, Applied Arts, ADCC

Endorsement

Creative Director of Exhibitions, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

Covers

RGD Handbook, ADCC Annual

Education and teaching

Education

MA, Creative Imaging, University of Huddersfield (EU full scholarship)
Diploma, Illustration, Sheridan College

Teaching

Taught at Sheridan, and for 7 years at Miami Ad School: visual impact, typography, motion graphics and brand creation. Several former students are now ACDs at Rethink, and some have been recognized at Cannes.

I've written graphic design curriculum and a life drawing guidebook and video course.

Book a callTell me the goal and the timeline. 30 minutes.

Ben Weeks

Toronto Based, Working Globally. EST. 2005

© Ben Weeks 2005–2026, All Rights Reserved.

Ben Weeks

Toronto Based, Working Globally. EST. 2005

© Ben Weeks 2005–2026, All Rights Reserved.