TrainMore · 2025 Brand Campaign

Strength goes beyond the gym.

I'm Ryk Benadé — Head of Brand & Content at Urban Gym Group, leading brand and content across TrainMore, Clubsportive, Gymbox and the rest of the family. South African–Dutch designer based in Utrecht. Fifteen years building brands that show up consistently from billboard to bicep curl.

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15+
years building brands across South Africa, the UK and the Netherlands
6
live brands in the Urban Gym Group portfolio under one creative system
60+
TrainMore clubs across the Netherlands — the country's fastest-growing chain
1
Adobe Summit talk, two SAMA-nominated albums, zero plans to slow down

Currently building brand at Urban Gym Group.

Brand positioning, campaign creative, photography direction, motion, partnerships, and the systems that hold them together. From the There's More to Strength campaign for TrainMore down to the email signature your trainer sends you.

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Previously

Smartphonehoesjes.nl · Head of Brand · 2020–2022 Treatwell · Design Team Lead · 2018–2020 Spree.co.za · Head of Design · 2014–2018 Media24 · Art Director, Digital · 2012–2014 Spur Totem · Creative Director · 2011–2012

Selected partnerships

Nike Strength · Björn Borg · Swapfiets · XXL Nutrition · Boldking

Urban Gym Group

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Earlier work

2009–2022 · Treatwell, Spree, music, identity