Ben Hess Email & Phone Number

California, 94086, Us

• Lead team of ~15 award-winning creative media producers, writers, motion designers, video editors, and event producers. We define, direct, and execute content for brand storytelling, product launch, and sales enablement assets. To do this, we curate and manage domestic and global vendors who further extend our scale and project delivery velocity.• Strategic driver of various marketing and public affairs campaign deliverables - articles, spotlights, social content, voice of customer videos, and brand films. The work has generated several million completed views, thousands of engagements, and multiple awards.• Key driver in brand refresh, focused on strategy and activation of various campaign deliverables - web landing page, executive photography, brand films, podcasts, and motion graphics. This involved creative collaborations with agencies, freelancers, production vendors, and internal stakeholders. • Further activated the company’s brand refresh through creative execution on buildings and facilities in Silicon Valley, Atlanta, and around the world. These projects included the opportunity to lead the design and concepts of a four-wall video edit suite, production studios, and an executive briefing center.

California, 94086, Us

• co-wrote, executive produced, lead creative on a brand-defining film & landing page to help position Intuitive against encroaching competition. The 5-day shoot and multi-month post-production process involved extensive cross-functional collaboration between internal stakeholders, the entire executive team, and external vendors.• creative director and exec producer on a multi-city virtual event in 9 days that featured over 25 guest speakers / moderators, 35 pre-recorded talks, and two simultaneous event streams. The event generated thousands of views, hundreds of comments, and helped served as a model for virtual events that followed.• increased creative execution, production value, and consistency of team’s multimedia projects • enhanced brand & editorial guidelines definition in parallel with add of lifestyle, product, and event photography to team’s creative slate

Lehi, Utah, Us

• Lead voice-of-customer marketing strategy and promotional efforts, including driving creative on campaign landing pages, writing copy for promotional email newsletters and executive producing video testimonials, which culminated in a Series C round of funding. This work included collaborations with leading global brands BASF, Starbucks, and Unilever, among others.• Delivered work at global scale including project management, vendor coordination, cross-functional personnel allocation, and extensive brand storytelling knowledge

San Jose, California, Us

• Produced / collaborated on product launch OOH / POS displays and visual storytelling efforts for the in-house creative studio supporting both the Logitech and LogitechG brands. Deliverables ranged from prepress files, 3D animation spots, and live action production domestically and globally.• Recruited and managed leading regional, national, and global production companies, agencies, creative directors, DPs, and motion designers for a range of promotional assets and digital content• Executive Produced company’s 35th Anniversary film, which served the Investor Relations, Employee Communications, and Public Relations teams.

Palo Alto, Us

• Creative Director, Executive Producer, and Host of an audio podcast on the craft and community of writing in partnership with literary nonprofit and workshop series Writing by Writers. - Episodes release monthly on the last Monday- Conducting interviews with award-winning authors and teachers- Writing scripts, editing each episode- Managing distribution through iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Mixcloud, and Spreaker

Half Moon Bay, Ca, Us

• Creative Director and Producer of a documentary film honoring the 40th Anniversary of Stanford University’s Center for Social Innovation, which screened at their annual alumni fundraising event.• Co-created and directed a mixed media documentary series on social innovators and volunteers that serve, Volunteer Nation, which was fiscally sponsored by the San Francisco Film Society. The project included video, photography, and audio production.• Creative Director, Executive Producer, and Host of an audio podcast on the craft and community of writing, Story Geometry, in partnership with a regional literary non-profit. Interviews included National Book Award winners and a range of award-winning creative writing faculty.

San Francisco, California, Us

• Commercial post-producer on spots for brands including Specialized Bikes and award winning indie documentaries like Girls Rock! and lead Business Development efforts prior to the company’s acquisition by FotoKem.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

• Built, managed, and grew relationships with leading public broadcasting stations and producers for online, peer-to-peer distribution of their programming.• Technical Producer for a WGBH short film festival and WNET / Thirteen listener generated submission drive to capture WWII veteran stories.

• Leveraged successful sales & marketing experience in 3D graphics software to consult with leading high-tech small-to-medium sized business.• focused on Business Process Improvement Consulting with emphasis on Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and related Marketing, Sales, Customer dynamics• Clients included ChipData, Computer Access Technology Corp (CATC), and Recruitforce.com among others

Campbell, Ca, Us

• Served as International Sales Director initially, managing indirect sales channels in over 10 countries. Later served as Sales Director in Western U.S. during key new product introduction. Recruited and managed sales team while also engaging in direct accounts.• Closed new platform's pilot project with Volvo Cars North America, which required coordination and executive support with Volvo corporate in Gøteborg, Sweden

Milpitas, Ca, Us

• Responsible for $5M annual revenue through sales channel of ~25 Value Added Resellers and partners in North America West territory. Successfully managed pipeline, supported VARs, and navigated channel conflict in competitive 3D Animation / Industrial Design software market.• Initially hired as Marketing Communications Specialist, coordinated MarCom activities including collateral production, live events and tradeshows, and supported PR activities.

Certificate, Climate Change: Learning For Action

Mfa Candidate, Theater

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A Diploma