Interactive freelancer at Ogilvy & Mather
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Interactive Art Director, Flash developer (freelancer) at Ogilvy & Mather
- Past
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- Interactive Creative at The Wonderfactory
- President at UNC-Chapel Hill Advertising Club
- Student Chairman at The Addy Awards
- Interactive Creative intern at Crispin Porter + Bogusky
- Interactive Creative & owner at EKO Designs
- Interactive Creative intern & Entrepreneur at The Wonderfactory
- Interactive Creative intern at Wunderman-NYC
- Education
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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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, the 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:
Flash development (design + code), graphic design, art direction, programming, website development, technology (web-based and otherwise)
Linguistic fluencies & familiarities: ActionScript 2 & 3 (OOP), PHP, ASP, ColdFusion, HTML, DHTML, XML, Java, JavaScript, CSS, SQL/MySQL
Ben Fisher’s Experience
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Interactive Art Director, Flash developer (freelancer)
Ogilvy & Mather
(Public Company; WPP; Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 2009 — Present (6 months)
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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 Flash module for ConsumerSearch.com.
- Contributed to the design of The FoodNetwork (UK), Comcast.net and others. -
President
UNC-Chapel Hill Advertising Club
(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)
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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) -
Interactive Creative & owner
EKO Designs
(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 & Entrepreneur
The Wonderfactory
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2006 — August 2006 (4 months)
My position: Flash developer, coder, graphic designer and entrepreneur
• Created TWF’s corporate Web site ( Flash / ActionScript 2.0 / XML )
• Developed several AJAX components for AIM Pages -
Interactive Creative intern
Wunderman-NYC
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; WPP; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2005 — August 2005 (4 months)
My position: Flash developer, coder and graphic designer
• Created Microsoft’s interactive “Get the Facts” banner ( Flash / ActionScript 2.0 / XML / CSS )
Ben Fisher’s Education
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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
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Ben Fisher’s Interests:
strategy, entrepreneurship, design, code, algorithms, motion, hip hop, subways
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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