Ben Ferguson Email & Phone Number

Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

Various Clients, Self Employed: Composed, produced, mixed & mastered across the genre spectrum for a variety of businesses & projects⦁ Created, produced, performed, marketed and mastered viral internet band The Forgotten Archetype⦁ Produced beats for syndicated use on cable⦁ Mastered albums for local bands & musicians⦁ Composed soundtracks for podcastsAchievements:⦁ Created viral internet band with tens of thousands of fans & hundreds of thousands of plays and downloads⦁ Sold music to MTV for use on TV shows True Life & Man and Wife

Designed, rigged characters, tweened, drew frame-by-frame and produced animated marketing narratives, primarily using Moho. Highlighted Projects:⦁ Debone - Where’s the Water: Comedic educational video explaining California drought⦁ Linbit: - Comedy marketing videos showing extreme use cases for their disaster recovery software.Achievements:⦁ Became go-to marketing video producer for tech start-up Linbit. ⦁ Created a framework for extremely efficient 2D animated video production

Head writer for an online magazine.⦁ Facilitated group ideation sessions⦁ Conducted research and interviews for article content⦁ Wrote majority of site’s articles⦁ Completed website design and developmentAchievements: Helped set up the infrastructure for magazine’s content plan

BroAUM: Self Help PodcastManaged the BroAUM podcast from top to bottom.⦁ Hosted and developed podcast with over 10,000 downloads a month and over 4,000 unique monthly listeners⦁ Collected and analyzed demographic and listen data using Podtrac, Soundcloud & Megaphone ⦁ Created and managed the show website⦁ Sound engineered the show, including recording, mixing & mastering the audio as well as composing music⦁ Developed and implemented project plan⦁ Scheduled and maintained relationships with guests and publicists⦁ Managed all social media⦁ Ran ad campaigns on Instagram, Facebook⦁ Conducted marketing surveys to understand demographics and content receptionAchievements:⦁ Over 100,000 downloads averaging over 4,000 / month⦁ Guested on Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan⦁ Wrote or co-wrote over 50 episodes

Managed the Black Bulb podcast from top to bottom.⦁ Hosted and developed podcast with over 500 downloads a month and over 150 unique monthly listeners⦁ Collected and analyzed demographic and listen data using Podtrac & Soundcloud⦁ Sound engineered the show, including recording, mixing & mastering the audio as well as composing intro music⦁ Scheduled and maintained relationships with guests and publicists⦁ Ran ad campaigns on Instagram, FacebookAchievements: Created the #1 source for interviews with Portland’s underground street art scene

Podcast Producer, Writer, Audio Engineer, Host

Managed the My West Coast Buds podcast from top to bottom.⦁ Hosted and developed podcast with over 4,000 downloads a month and over 2,000 unique monthly listeners⦁ Collected and analyzed demographic and listen data using Podtrac & Soundcloud⦁ Sound engineered the show, including recording, mixing & mastering the audio⦁ Traveled to top local events in the industry with press passes to network, research and report⦁ Scheduled and maintained relationships with guests and publicists⦁ Managed all social media⦁ Ran ad campaigns on Instagram, FacebookAchievements:⦁ Over 100,000 downloads averaging over 4,000 / month⦁ Interviewed comedy legend Jim Belushi⦁ Interviewed Dope Magazine founder James Zachodni⦁ Interviewed former NBA star Al Harrington

⦁ Helped clients compete in search engine marketing by creating original SEO content⦁ Provided original work to blogs seeking to increase their content⦁ Helped train other writers in SEO writing style and grammar through editing ⦁ Helped clients increase sales with quality copy

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Psychology

Graduated Summa Cum Laude

Psychology