Ben Hess – CEO / Executive Producer

Ben creates digital media campaigns for the company’s clients and has produced, edited, or directed over 100 short-form marketing and sales videos for online and DVD distribution. He’s also created or produced several independent films and original series and campaigns, including Volunteer Nation, the castways, A-List Video, Voices Across America, Doing Time, and The Kiss . For New York PBS affiliate Thirteen/WNET and the non-profit Open Media Network, Ben produced the online video campaign War Stories, in conjunction with Ken Burns’ documentary, The War. During his sales career, Ben ran a distributor channel for the software subsidiary of Silicon Graphics and was selected to the company’s President’s Club. He also managed multi-national accounts and software implementations at Volvo Cars, ISI-Dentsu, and Boeing, among others. Ben has a B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis and studied at the California Institute of the Arts.

Tags: A-List Video, Doing Time, Marketing, Social Media, Team, the castaways, The Kiss, Volunteer Nation