Benjamin Callahan

Current

Partner at FORGE
Owner at Design District

Past

Worship and Creative Arts Director at Living Water United Methodist Church
Software Engineer at Brio Software

Education

Taylor University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Graphic Design

Websites

Benjamin Callahan’s Summary

Owner and President of a small creative agency with a strong focus on branding and identity, web design and development, and interactive web applications. Software Engineer in a multiple OS/multiple DB environment. Worship and Creative Arts Director at a local church.

Benjamin Callahan’s Specialties:

Flash Programming/Animation, Website Development (specifically XHTML and CSS with a strong emphasis on web standards), Audio Engineering, Graphic Design, Photography, Motion Graphics

Benjamin Callahan’s Experience

Partner

FORGE

(Graphic Design industry)

January 2009 — Present (7 months)

Four local Website, Print and Identity Design organizations have combined to form FORGE, a full-service new media design studio, based in the Dayton, Ohio area.
Owner

Design District

(Partnership; Myself Only; Graphic Design industry)

August 2005 — Present (4 years)

At Design District, we build life into brands.

Our vision is to partner with businesses to help them grow and nurture their brand by setting them apart from their competition. We use technical resources - web, video, animation, illustration, photography, design - and creative thinking to achieve this goal.

As the founding owner, my responsibilities range from production work, to client meetings, to book-keeping. I'm intimately involved with every aspect of the business.
Worship and Creative Arts Director

Living Water United Methodist Church

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Religious Institutions industry)

August 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 1 month)

As the Worship and Creative Arts Director, my responsibilities ranged from preparation and rehearsal of a full band - including charting and arranging all music - to design of print materials and motion graphic animation for each weekend celebration. All design and creative work in support of internal and external marketing or branding efforts were my responsibility.
Software Engineer

Brio Software

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 1998 — August 2004 (6 years 3 months)

Started maintaining AS/400 code for a command-line reporting tool. Moved into GUI development in Windows environment.