Residence Appoints Ben Langsfeld as CCO, Elevates Orion Tait to Creative Chair
Residence, the global network of creative companies, today announced two leadership appointments: Ben Langsfeld has been appointed Chief Creative Officer, and Orion Tait has been named Creative Chair. The moves sharpen the network’s creative leadership at a moment of growth, putting its founding voices in roles designed to accelerate what makes Residence distinctive: independent companies, united by craft excellence and collaborative ambition.
Residence operates as a network of standalone creative companies—each with its own identity, leadership, and creative culture—united by shared ambition and the ability to assemble cross-company teams around the work that demands it. Ben’s appointment is the forward edge of that model: showing up as Residence with clients, identifying where the network creates advantage, and making sure the right combination of companies is in the room.
Ben is a founding member of BUCK and has been part of Residence since its founding in 2022, and is one of BUCK’s longest-tenured leaders. At BUCK, he served as Chief Design Officer, overseeing the architecture beneath the company’s work with some of the world’s most respected brands, including Apple, Expedia, Google, IBM, JPMorgan, Meta, Microsoft, Notion, Oscar, Pepsi, and more, helping shape BUCK into a global creative company spanning North America, Europe, and Australia.
Orion Tait is a co-founder of both Residence and BUCK and has served as Residence's Chief Creative Officer since the network's founding. As Creative Chair, he steps into a role focused on long-term creative vision, stewarding the values, culture, and principles that define the network’s work and community. Where Ben leads the day-to-day creative energy and client relationships, Orion serves as the soul of Residence: the voice that holds creative integrity across the network as it grows. He will continue to shepherd BUCK’s IP initiatives, including BUCK Games and original animation development. A filmmaker, fine artist, and graphic designer by training, Orion has spent his career pushing the boundaries of visual storytelling across animation, visual effects, and live action, with award-winning work spanning advertising, broadcast, film, and entertainment.
”I’ve known Ben since 1999. He was in college and he's only ever worked with us since,” said Ryan Honey, CEO, Residence. “Ben and Orion have shaped what Residence is. These roles are just the clearest expression yet of what they've always been to this network.”
"The best work comes from people who care deeply about craft and push each other to go further. That shared ambition is what built this network, and it's what I'll keep investing in,” said Orion Tait, Co-Founder and Creative Chair, Residence. “Big ideas that are original and move business are what happens when the right people are truly building together."
“What makes each company here special is a specific way of seeing and making,” said Ben Langsfeld, Chief Creative Officer, Residence. “My job is to know which combination a problem actually needs, bring those voices together, and make sure the name Residence means something when it walks into a room. When that works, we make things that couldn't exist any other way.”
Since its founding in 2022, Residence has continued to realize its ambition to build a network of collaborative companies whose capabilities reinforce one another. As Residence continues to empower innovative, creative talent to grow and thrive across art, business, and culture, Orion and Ben will together shape the creative direction and long-term vision of the network and its companies worldwide.
These appointments follow a period of significant momentum for Residence: the acquisition of OK Cool, and the brand of VTProDesign to ACRONYM, each reflecting the network’s continued growth and the infrastructure behind it.
