Ben Porter
Design Entrepreneur
Indianapolis, IN, USABen Porter is an American graphic designer born in west suburban Chicago. Finding inspiration in a city known for printing, it was a high school graphic arts class that led to a career in design. Ben learned to adapt quickly during his formative years by treating every situation as a chance to grow. After building a successful freelance reputation, he earned a full-time opportunity at a global agency, CSM Sport & Entertainment. Within his first few years, Ben has had projects featured on ESPN’s SportsCenter, national TV commercials, video games as well as globally televised sporting events. Blending his passions of sport & design, Ben has found the perfect arena to use as his medium.
Work Experience
Lightning In A Bottle, LLC
Owner/Creative
From digital to print, my freelance business has seen work with clients such as: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Harley-Davidson of Indy, Hoosier Lottery and more.
November 2010
- Present
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Redline Ace
Owner/Creative
Redline Ace is a lifestyle brand of mine that has been developed around apparel and creative services for racers. RLA’s early success is due to sleek design, strategic marketing and tireless networking.
January 2018
- Present
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
CSM Sport & Entertainment
Graphic Designer
My goal as member of the design team was taking the world's most successful brands and strategically assimilating their visual identity into the world of sport.
May 2015
- June 2019
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
DÜZY TV
Freelance Design Consultant
As a design consultant I have helped further maintain the initial DÜZY iOD brand through pitch decks, sales collateral as well as official company documents.
May 2018
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New Jersey, United States
Harley-Davidson Of Indianapolis
Freelance Graphic Designer
As a freelance graphic designer for Harley-Davidson of Indianapolis, I have created logos and accompanying brand assets for rebrands of multiple dealerships.
March 2016
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Indiana, United States
Healhiest Employers
Freelance Graphic Designer
As a freelancer for Healthiest Employers, I created electronic/print collateral within the Healthiest Employers brand as well as collateral for their product, Springbuk.
August 2014
- August 2015
Indiana, United States
Publicis
Contract Graphic Designer
As a contract freelancer at Publicis, I helped out with overflow design work in creative and production. I worked within client brands such as Gleaners Food Bank, Hancock Regional Hospital, TriHealth and Star Bank as well as in-house Publicis creative.
May 2014
- May 2015
Indiana, United States
Salesforce
Contract Design Consultant
Was brought back on board a second fall in a row to bolster the creative staff for the holidays. Mainly assisting in email design for hhgregg, but has also been helping out with Hasbro and Florida Power & Light.
September 2014
- March 2015
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Element Three
Contract Graphic Designer
As a contract designer at Element Three, I was brought in as a 'jack-of-all-trades' to help with the overflow of creative & production in brand, print and digital. Projects included, but were not limited to; assiting in the creative process of developing brand & campaign identities, laying out PowerPoint presentations & sales collateral, creating email/web ready graphics and prepping print files for press.
May 2014
- July 2014
Indiana, United States
Allegion US
Contract Graphic Designer
While on contract at Schlage, a division of Allegion, I assumed all creative duties from the sole in-house designer who was out on maternity leave. Creative duties included; finalizing product packaging and in-store signage to be shipped/installed at retail stores (Home Depot, Lowe's & Menards), developing sales collateral for retail as well as private builders, prepping and cataloging in-house product images for print/web, producing an array of additional designs to be used for tradeshow displays, web banners, email & social media graphics and in-house PowerPoint presentaions.
February 2014
- May 2014
Carmel, Indiana, United States
Salesforce
Contract Design Consultant
As a contract design consultant for Salesforce, I was brought in during the holidays to help with email campaign work for clients h.h. gregg and Ashley Furniture. Designing within company brand standards, projects ranged from quick turnaround edits to ones that required entirely brand new layouts. I even got to get a little creative with some concept work as well. Throughout the process I was able to expand my experience in email & retail design.
November 2013
- January 2014
Indiana, United States
Stanley Securities
Contract Graphic Designer
While at Stanley, I was brought on to help devise and execute a new method to update the Stanley price books for their commercial door hardware/products. A seamless process was needed to link the sales team's working price lists in Excel with the finished print-ready InDesign files. Once finished, the new method drastically reduced production time with those involved in sales as well as creative.
September 2013
- November 2013
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Burkhart Marketing Associates
Contract Design Manager
Worked with well known brands such as Arby’s, Buffalo Wild Wings and McAlister’s Deli.
Working within these brands and being part of brainstorm sessions for their creative I was able to learn how to design within their brand standards as well see how new ideas were created to help promote them through media and events. Along working with these existing national/regional brands I also had the opportunity to establish new local brands through identity and logo development.
Working within these brands and being part of brainstorm sessions for their creative I was able to learn how to design within their brand standards as well see how new ideas were created to help promote them through media and events. Along working with these existing national/regional brands I also had the opportunity to establish new local brands through identity and logo development.
April 2013
- July 2013
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Midwest Studios
Contract Graphic Designer
Created working and mock-up designs for print, video, web and app graphics for national clients GE and AgriGold as well as in-house projects for Midwest Studios.
March 2013
- April 2013
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Digitalrelevance
Contract Graphic Designer
As a contracted freelance designer developed the rebrand of Inc. Magazine Top 500 Company, Slingshot SEO to digitalrelevance™ in one month: Logo • Brand Assets • Print • Web Graphics
The objective for this assignment was to establish a brand identity for digitalrelevance™ that stood on it's own, but also reflected some of Slingshot SEO's existing brand assets, standards and in-market products. Focusing on the new brand and expanding upon all of it's print, digital and advertising medias with the end goal of presenting an image that resonates with innovation and originality.
The objective for this assignment was to establish a brand identity for digitalrelevance™ that stood on it's own, but also reflected some of Slingshot SEO's existing brand assets, standards and in-market products. Focusing on the new brand and expanding upon all of it's print, digital and advertising medias with the end goal of presenting an image that resonates with innovation and originality.
February 2013
- March 2013
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
SG Creative Group
Art Director
Working my way into an Art Director’s role, I expanded my creative repertoire by creating, maintaining and updating entire brand identities and marketing strategies through print as well as assisting in web. In addition to my creative responsibilities, I also took on new administrative duties such as mentoring an entry level designer, assisting sales in identifying potential leads and organizing a project schedule between sales and creative.
January 2011
- January 2013
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Robbins Graphics
Senior Designer
Working at a full service sign/print shop I have greatly enhanced industry knowledge through new responsibilities such as running various large format printers, prepping files and working on print related finishing services.
With this experience I learned to adapt the approach of my design style based on the myriad of various printing methods and medias that accompanied each job.
With this experience I learned to adapt the approach of my design style based on the myriad of various printing methods and medias that accompanied each job.
2004
- 2010
Carmel, Indiana, United States
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Graphic Designer
As the sole designer at the sales office for this major textbook publication company (formerly Holt, Rinehart and Winston) I was responsible for the creation of all regional and some national promotional materials from concept to delivery for 38 states.
2002
- 2003
Ashburn, Virginia, United States
Pinnacle Advertising
Graphic Designer
At Pinnacle I produced layouts for automotive, internet and retail advertising. These ads routinely ran in major newspapers throughout Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, San Diego and San Francisco.
I found out when there’s no possible way one more element can fit in a car ad, you might have to squeeze in five! More importantly though, I learned to design under tight deadlines and thrived in managing my own accounts.
I found out when there’s no possible way one more element can fit in a car ad, you might have to squeeze in five! More importantly though, I learned to design under tight deadlines and thrived in managing my own accounts.
2000
- 2001
Schaumburg, Illinois, United States
Education
Edinboro University Of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Concentration in Communication Graphics
August 1996
- May 2000
Edinboro, Pennsylvania, United States