Ben has a BFA in Graphic Design from Iowa State and has been designing professionally for nearly 13 years. Currently, he is a senior front-end designer/developer/strategist for New Signature, where his extensive experience with languages such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript is put to good use implementing his designs on several CMS platforms, including WordPress.
Prior to joining New Signature, Ben worked as the lead graphic designer and web developer for Firefly Partners. Before that he was at Free Press, where he rolled his own CMS in addition to designing countless brands, brochures and websites (one of which garnered a “People’s Choice” Webby award).
He presented on the difference between print and web design for Webuquerque in 2010, and on web typography in 2011, and will be co-leading Webuquerque alongside Brian Arnold starting in 2012. Ben can be found on the usual online haunts (Facebook, Twitter, etc), though his ramblings there have at least as much to do with sports, politics and being a dad as they do with his professional life.
