BIO
Ben Hughes was born and raised in Buffalo, NY, home of chicken wings, lake-effect snow, and heartbreaking Super Bowl defeats. As a young man of seventeen, he packed his worldly possessions into a 1989 Toyota station wagon, and after stops in both New England and Olde England, finally settled in NYC.
Since 2003, he has worked as an integrated copywriter and creative director, crafting award-winning campaigns at Wieden+Kennedy, Mother, R/GA, and Ogilvy & Mather. In addition, he plies his trade as a filmmaker, graphic designer, web designer, photographer, and journalist. His writing and films appear frequently in Esquire, and he makes websites under the guise of international megacorporation built by ben.
Ben currently resides in Brooklyn with his wife, Mollie, though they try to leave as often as possible.
Ben Hughes was born and raised in Buffalo, NY, home of chicken wings, lake-effect snow, and heartbreaking Super Bowl defeats. As a young man of seventeen, he packed his worldly possessions into a 1989 Toyota station wagon, and after stops in both New England and Olde England, finally settled in NYC.
Since 2003, he has worked as an integrated copywriter and creative director, crafting award-winning campaigns at Wieden+Kennedy, Mother, R/GA, and Ogilvy & Mather. In addition, he plies his trade as a filmmaker, graphic designer, web designer, photographer, and journalist. His writing and films appear frequently in Esquire, and he makes websites under the guise of international megacorporation built by ben.
Ben currently resides in Brooklyn with his wife, Mollie, though they try to leave as often as possible.
