Ben Hughes

Current

• Creative Director at Wieden+Kennedy NY
• Freelance Journalist & Video Director/Editor at Esquire

Past

• Copywriter at Mother NY
• Copy Director at R/GA NY
• Copywriter at Ogilvy NY

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Education

• College of the Holy Cross
• University of Oxford

Recommended

2 people have recommended Ben

Connections

436 connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• Twitter

Ben Hughes’s Experience

• Creative Director

  Wieden+Kennedy NY

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  July 2009 — Present (6 months)

  Delta, New Business

• Freelance Journalist & Video Director/Editor

  Esquire

  (Privately Held; Publishing industry)

  February 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  Write: Articles, Interviews, Book Reviews. Direct/Edit: Trailers & Viral Videos.

• Copywriter

  Mother NY

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  September 2007 — July 2009 (1 year 11 months)

  New Balance, K-Y, Dell, 10 Cane Rum, Target, CNN, NBC, Spelling Change, Framepool, (PRODUCT) RED, Johnson & Johnson, Blue Q, Rembrandt, The Mill, Stella Artois, Swedish American Chamber of Commerce, New Business

• Copy Director

  R/GA NY

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  March 2007 — September 2007 (7 months)

  Subaru, Nokia, Discover, Verizon, Goldman Sachs, New Business

• Copywriter

  Ogilvy NY

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  August 2003 — March 2007 (3 years 8 months)

  IBM, Yahoo, Lenovo, HotJobs, ONDCP, New Business

Ben Hughes’s Education

• College of the Holy Cross

  Honors B.A. , English & History , 1997 — 2001

  Phi Beta Kappa

• University of Oxford

  English & History 1999 — 2000

  Visiting Student

Additional Information

Ben Hughes’s Websites:

• Twitter

Ben Hughes’s Groups:

•    College of the Holy Cross Alumni
•    Ogilvy: Past, Present & Future
•    FWA
•    R/GA
•    Oxford University Alumni

Ben Hughes’s Honors:

2009: AdCritic Interactive Pick (New Balance 574 Clips)
2009: AdCritic Print & Design Pick (Target Billboard Bags)
2009: Cannes Film Lions Shortlist (K-Y Yours+Mine)
2009: One Show Advertising First Cut (K-Y Yours+Mine)
2009: AdCritic Interactive Pick (MomSourcing)
2009: ANDY Awards Judge
2008: AdCritic Interactive Pick (10 Cane Holiday Game)
2008: One Club New York State of Mind Exhibition (K-Y Yours+Mine)
2008: One Show Entertainment Silver (IBM Presents)
2008: Adweek Best Spots of May (K-Y Yours+Mine)
2008: Webby Nominee (Goldman Sachs)
2008: Bronze Effie (IBM Presents)
2006: Boards Top Spots of April (Lenovo ThinkPad)
2006: Creativity Top Spots of April (Lenovo ThinkPad)
2005: Gold Effie (ONDCP)
2005: Adweek Best Spots of the Year (IBM Help Desk)

Ben Hughes’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch