Art Director & Identity Champion
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Art Director & Advertising Director at Proton Radio
- Art Director & UX Designer at Frisky Radio
- Founder / Creative Director at Olaris Records
- Designer at Little, Brown & Co.
- Art Director at Fade Records
- Past
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- Freelance Art Director at Antique Markets Press (Sole Proprietorship)
- Art Director at Wunderman
- Web and Flash Designer at CenterBrain Partners
- Design Intern at BFG Communications
- Electronics Tech at OfficeMax
- Search Engine Researcher at Thinkronize
- Web Tech Intern at Zender
- Music Specialist at Clubhead Records (Sole Proprietorship)
- Web Designer at Media Force, Inc.
- Education
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- Savannah College of Art and Design
- Connections
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- Industry
- Design
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Ben Mautner’s Summary
Designer of print, digital, and animated media with more than 10 years experience in the fields of advertising, identity design, web design and development, art direction, publishing, motion graphics, editing, and copywriting.
Producer of electronic music and media with more than 12 years experience composing, producing, mixing, engineering, and publishing, as well as 13 years DJing professionally.
Ben Mautner’s Specialties:
Print design, web design, branding and identity, book design, animation and editing, digital media, music production
Ben Mautner’s Experience
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Art Director & Advertising Director
Proton Radio
(Music industry)
2008 — Present (1 year)
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Art Director & UX Designer
Frisky Radio
(Music industry)
2007 — Present (2 years)
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Founder / Creative Director
Olaris Records
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Music industry)
June 2005 — Present (4 years 2 months)
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Designer
Little, Brown & Co.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)
February 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)
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Art Director
Fade Records
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Music industry)
September 2004 — Present (4 years 11 months)
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Freelance Art Director
Antique Markets Press (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)
September 2004 — December 2004 (4 months)
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Art Director
Wunderman
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 2004 — October 2004 (2 months)
Ended on great terms but the position was eliminated shortly after I was hired. Worked out for the best.
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Web and Flash Designer
CenterBrain Partners
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Market Research industry)
1998 — 2004 (6 years)
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Design Intern
BFG Communications
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 2002 — August 2002 (3 months)
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Electronics Tech
OfficeMax
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Retail industry)
November 2000 — January 2001 (3 months)
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Search Engine Researcher
Thinkronize
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
June 1999 — August 1999 (3 months)
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Web Tech Intern
Zender
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
June 1998 — August 1998 (3 months)
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Music Specialist
Clubhead Records (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Music industry)
1998 — 1998 (less than a year)
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Web Designer
Media Force, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 1996 — August 1996 (3 months)
Ben Mautner’s Education
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Savannah College of Art and Design
2000 — 2004
Additional Information
Ben Mautner’s Websites:
Ben Mautner’s Interests:
Non-fiction, rational politics, personal expression (mine and others), electronic music, physics, graphic design, mythology, cartoons, Harper's magazine, Nerf, civilizations, podcasts, traveling, neural electronics, writing, the internets, broadcasting, copyright, photography, advertising, electronic communication, performing
Ben Mautner’s Honors:
T-Shirt design selected for Haitian orphan relief auction, United Nations [2008]
Winner AIGA 50Books/50Covers competition in Book category [2007]
Winner Threadless T-Shirt competition [2007]
Design Merit Award at the New York Book Show [2006]
Design exhibited in AIGA Get Out The Vote campaign [2004]
Design exhibited at Savannah International Airport [2001-2003]
Design exhibited at Le Galerie Bleue (Savannah, GA) [2003]
Ben Mautner’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
