Ben Parr

Current

Writer/Contributor at Mashable
Interactive Content Manager at Spine-Health.com

Past

Project Management & Promotion at Free Lunch Inc
Community Assistant at Northwestern University
Co-Founder and CEO at Aphon Inc.

Paid Intern at United States House of Representatives, Congressman Jerry Weller

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Education

Northwestern University

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Ben Parr’s Summary

Interactive content manager/coordinator, entrepreneur, blogger, creative thinker, social media master, seeker of new challenges, and Aspiring world changer...

I am also a fiction writer by hobby. I am currently writing the first of five books, The Eternal Sphere.

Ben Parr’s Specialties:

Internet and social media promotion, Internet marketing and advertising; business plans; financial modeling; some coding (PHP, C, HTML, CSS), business development; trend analysis; search engine optimization (SEO); Internet tools, blogs/blogging, web usability/design, fiction writing, dedication to goals and success; cooking the best damn breakfast on the planet

Ben Parr’s Experience

Writer/Contributor

Mashable

(Privately Held; Online Media industry)

August 2008 — Present (3 months)

I write analysis articles on social media, internet trends, and entrepreneurship.
Interactive Content Manager

Spine-Health.com

(Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

June 2008 — Present (5 months)

I oversee a wide range of Spine-health's web growth strategy. My responsibilities include information analysis, SEO, improving User Interface, driving up traffic, social media marketing, and writing and editing.
Project Management & Promotion

Free Lunch Inc

(Internet industry)

April 2008 — June 2008 (3 months)

I tried to turn Free Lunch's FriendQuilts Facebook application into a major success in every way I possibly can. We didn't succeed, but we did learn.
Community Assistant

Northwestern University

(Education Management industry)

September 2006 — March 2008 (1 year 7 months)

I assist freshmen residents of university housing as a mentor, disciplinary, advisor, and friend.
Co-Founder and CEO

Aphon Inc.

(Internet industry)

April 2007 — September 2007 (6 months)

An attempt to provide online outlets for creativity, passion, and talent and to use competition to bring exposure and credit for people's endeavors. We were building a video competition website, but it did not succeed. But there's never shame in giving it a shot.
Paid Intern

United States House of Representatives, Congressman Jerry Weller

(Government Administration industry)

June 2005 — August 2005 (3 months)

Legislative research, constituent management and service, giving tours, administrative duties, taking in the D.C. culture.

Ben Parr’s Education

Northwestern University

B.A., Science in Human Culture, Political Science, Business Institutions, 2004 — 2008

Activities and Societies:

InNUvation (Ugrad President), Northwestern University Community/Residential Assistant, Associated Student Government (Senator), Entrepreneurship Advisory Panel (Chair), University Hearings and Appeals Board (Conciliator), Academics and Admissions Committee, Senior Class Gift Committee