Builder Athlete Always pushing toward the next big idea
Ben W. Rose
About me
I’m Ben Rose. I design and build professional websites end to end, from the positioning to the design to the code, so nothing gets lost between the brief and the launch.
Sites I have built
Most sites pass through three people and two handoffs. Something is lost at every one of them.
Mine don’t.
What I do
Design
Visual systems, interface, art direction.
- Figma
- Design systems
- Typography
- Art direction
- Interaction
- Motion
Engineering
Full stack. Empty repo to production.
- React
- Next.js
- Node.js
- TypeScript
- Tailwind
- Supabase
- PostgreSQL
- Vercel
Marketing
Positioning, content strategy, campaign analytics.
- Brand strategy
- Content strategy
- Campaign analytics
- SEO
- AEO
- GEO
- Meta Ads
- Hootsuite
Visual design, systematic thinking, attention to detail, responsive design, interaction, and communication first.
What I offer
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Built to be found
SEO, AEO, and GEO written into the positioning from day one.
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Open to new ideas
Always looking for new projects, and happy to just bounce ideas around. Reach out.
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In a short time frame
Tight build windows, scoped up front so the work ships instead of drifting.
Background
I grew up competing, and it shaped how I work.
I grew up in Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, twenty miles from Manhattan, and I have never really left the orbit. Twelve years of swimming, through NCAA Division III at Gettysburg, taught me that results come from showing up on the days nobody is watching.
In between I spent fifty-five days in the backcountry on an Outward Bound leadership course, leading a team of ten across Joshua Tree and Oregon. Then a business degree, where I found the part I actually love, taking an idea and turning it into something real.
Now I build websites and brands, and train for an Ironman around New York. I am looking for full-time work.
Education
Montclair State University
B.S. Business Management and Entrepreneurship
Tied #1 worldwide, Business Strategy Game. Against 5,000+ teams from 200+ universities, driving a premium wholesale strategy to 20%+ market share.
Pratt Institute
Digital Product Design · Continuing Education
Everything below is the same habit in different clothes. Pick a hard thing, show up for it daily, finish it.
Experience
Venture Capital and Partnerships
Founding SDR intern, nerd.
Full-cycle outbound across email, phone, and LinkedIn for a social discovery app, scaled from 15 to 50 qualified touches a day on no budget. Built the CRM dashboard that runs it, and the Reddit campaign that brought in the first cohort of users. I also own the marketing strategy and the go-to-market plan: positioning, campus activation decks, and Gen Z content built off trend data.
Outward Bound Alumni
Fifty-five days in the field on a leadership course, leading a team of ten. Team building under real consequence, plus rock climbing, whitewater rafting, and backcountry survival. Service with the Warm Springs Reservation and Joshua Tree National Park.
Swim Coaching
Coach and team coordinator at Bergen Catholic High School, and previously the Ridgewood YMCA. Lineups built from meet data, individual programming, and every parent conversation.
Writing
How I work
- Stay curious.
- Never stop learning. Apply it fast.
- Growth lives outside the comfort zone.
- Never stay in one lane.
- You go further with people than alone.
- Be better than yesterday.