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Ben Wolan
Executive Creative Director
DDB

SAN FRANCISCO, USA // Naturally judge-y since birth, Ben Wolan is an Executive Creative Director, leading the DDB San Francisco office as well as running the Miller Lite account for DDB Chicago. He’s a multidisciplinary Creative with 20 years (gasp!) of experience building brands and creating iconic pieces of work for clients like Miller Lite, Xbox, Doritos, NBA, UNICEF and many more. Ben’s work ranges from PR-centric brand activations to high-end broadcast and 360 campaigns to Web3 stuff. His work has won dozens of awards at all the major shows including the Grand Clio, Best in Show at the One Show ,and 2 Grand Prix at Cannes. Also, his posters for Sam’s Pizza in SF have been displayed on their wall since he made them in ad school back when you were losing yourself to Eminem. Or soaking up the sun with Cheryl Crow (if you were in your 40s in 2002.)

Ben is also an aspiring filmmaker, hopeful entrepreneur, and fully-realized dad, living in Berkeley, California.