Ben Fisher

Current

• Interactive Creative gun-for-hire at SKINNY&bald

Past

• Interactive Creative at The Wonderfactory
• President at UNC Advertising Club
• Student Chairman at The Addy Awards

• Interactive Creative intern at Crispin Porter + Bogusky
• Founder, Interactive Creative at EKO
• Interactive Creative intern at The Wonderfactory
• Interactive Creative intern at Wunderman

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Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Recommended

7 people have recommended Ben

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• KLICK175 | Personal portfolio
• FLICKR | My photography

Ben Fisher’s Summary

Ben Fisher is a jack of all trades. A Flash developer, a coder, an art director and an entrepreneur, his expertise bridges the chasm between "What if we..." and "Done!" He has more than ten years of experience in the digital space, working with award-winning brands such as Burger King, Volkswagen, Hilary Duff, and The FoodNetwork. He caught the Internet bug at an early age, interning at an interactive agency in middle school and co-founded his own, EKO, in high school. He navigated the adult business world mostly through trial and error, quickly learning real‐world experience is the best teacher of all. He brought that mentality to college and aggressively sought real‐world experience on and off campus.

A 2008 Journalism major, Entrepreneurship minor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ben served as president of the university's 110-student advertising club, student chairman of the region's Addy Awards and completed three internships, including 766 hours at Crispin Porter + Bogusky. Under his leadership, the Ad Club tripled its active membership and was featured on AdWeek.com (Feb, 2007).

He wants to meet people who are relentlessly:
- Curious,
- Creative,
- Fun and
- Hell-bent to make a difference in the world

Ben Fisher’s Specialties:

Linguistic fluencies & familiarities: ActionScript 2 & 3 (Object Oriented), PHP, XML, JQuery, iPhone SDK, Facebook API (FBML, FQL), HTML, DHTML, CSS, SQL/MySQL and others.

Ben Fisher’s Experience

• Interactive Creative gun-for-hire

  SKINNY&bald

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  February 2009 — Present (10 months)

  Entrepreneur, and Freelance Interactive Art Director and Flash developer.
  
  DIGO (TVGuide.com, RARE Conservation), Ogilvy (Kodak, Yahoo!, Kmart, Sears and Aflac)

• Interactive Creative

  The Wonderfactory

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 2008 — February 2009 (9 months)

  - Developed Flash prototypes for The FoodNetwork (UK) and internal projects. Written in object-oriented AS3 and incorporated XML & PHP.
  
  - Developed interactive Flash modules for Wyeth and ConsumerSearch.com.
  
  - Contributed to the design of The FoodNetwork (UK), Comcast.net and others.

• President

  UNC Advertising Club

  (Educational Institution; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  March 2006 — May 2008 (2 years 3 months)

  My position: President of the American Advertising Federation-affiliated student Ad Club @ UNC-Chapel Hill
  
  • My cabinet organized 24 speaker sessions, two 33-student three-day trips to NYC and two advertising symposiums
  
  • Sustained highest meeting attendance in club's 25-year history (avg: 54 students)
  
  • Led expansion of annual career symposium from 45 student attendees to 180+
  
  • 2007 symposium featured in Ad Week magazine (Feb, 2007).

• Student Chairman

  The Addy Awards

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2008 — March 2008 (3 months)

  Student chairman of the award show's third district (the Research Triangle of North Carolina)

• Interactive Creative intern

  Crispin Porter + Bogusky

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)

  My position: Flash developer, coder and graphic designer
  
  Contributed to projects for:
  • ASK.com, Nike+, Nike Running, Nike iD, Burger King, Shimano, Truth, American Express-OPEN, Haggar, Giro, SlimJim, Volkswagen and Coke Zero
  
  Work published for:
  • ASK.com: Web site design feat. in national "Kato Kaelin" TV spot
  
  • Burger King: interactive banner (3x)
  
  • Volkswagen: interactive banner (2x)

• Founder, Interactive Creative

  EKO

  (Graphic Design industry)

  April 2002 — June 2007 (5 years 3 months)

  My position: Entrepreneur, coder and graphic designer
  
  • Developed Web sites with budgets ranging from $2,000 to $5,000 and met deadlines
  
  • Portfolio comprised of clientele located on both U.S. coasts
  
  • Negotiated development contract with Buena Vista Music Group (Walt Disney, Inc.) Completed projects for Hilary Duff, The Life Aquatic and others

• Interactive Creative intern

  The Wonderfactory

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  May 2006 — August 2006 (4 months)

  My position: Flash developer, coder, graphic designer and entrepreneur

• Interactive Creative intern

  Wunderman

  (Public Company; WPPGY; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  May 2005 — August 2005 (4 months)

  My position: Flash developer, coder and graphic designer

Ben Fisher’s Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  B.A. , Journalism & Mass Communication (Advertising sequence), Entrepreneurship minor , 2004 — 2008

  Activities and Societies:

  Advertising Club, Dean's List, ADDY Awards

Additional Information

Ben Fisher’s Websites:

• KLICK175 | Personal portfolio
• FLICKR | My photography

Ben Fisher’s Interests:

strategy, entrepreneurship, design, code, algorithms, motion, hip hop, subways

Ben Fisher’s Groups:

American Advertising Federation, Carolina Entrepreneurship Initiative, NY Video 2.0

•    Innovation People Expert Innovators Creative Network
•    STARTUP ENTREPRENEURS NETWORK
•    Social Media Marketing
•    Wunderman - Interactive since 1958
•    UNC Alumni
•    The Pixel Awards
•    iPhone Developers - www.iPhoneintouch.com
•    University of North Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communication
•    FWA
•    UNC Ad Club
•    The New York Flash Meetup Group
•    Freelance Switch
•    brandhackers
•    R/GA
•    Flash Coders
•    Adobe Flash Group
•    Flash Freelancers
•    TED: Ideas Worth Spreading
•    Friends of Pop!Tech
•    UNC Young Alumni Councils

Ben Fisher’s Honors:

• 2008 Outstanding Graduating Senior in Advertising (UNC)

• 2008 UNC Chancellor's Award: The Chi Omega Award for Scholarship & Leadership

• 2007 Pixel Awards: Finalist for best-of student category (personal Web site)

• 2006 Vance Stickell Award - Named one of the top 15 American Advertising Federation (AAF) students in the U.S.

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