ME_

My name, Ben Wiley.
Pronouced just like the cartoon, Wile E. Coyote.
I always thought that would be a good nickname but I was born a couple decades too late.

Here is me B.C. (before Covid) ➠➠➠➠➠➠➠
And below is what I look like as of February 2021.
I’m slightly older than I look, I promise. 
Most people don’t put their age online but I constantly find myself perusing Linkedin to see when someone graduated high school just to calculate how old they are.

I graduated in 2010, 
which makes me 29. 
I’ll save you the math.

STORY_

I was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. 
My house had a 90 foot hand-dug well.  
I always dreamed of climbing down there to help someone, but generally just climbed up trees instead.  
I played soccer competitively for the majority of my life. Now I play in Chinatown on a team called TBD F.C.
I currently live in Brooklyn.
My wifi is LePetiteChateau.
I don’t speak French but Paris is one of my favorite cities.
I’m dating my high school sweetheart.
We don’t own a dog. It’s sad. But we’re happy.

I’m a writer by trade but like to live in the hybrid space and find the ~creative~ title more fitting.
I love learning.
I am a deep believer in hive mind collaboration.
And I feel at my best when I am creating something that is truly helpful to someone or some part of this planet we call home. My little kid dream of helping someone in the well is still very much alive. 

HISTORY_

SR. CREATIVE 
Google Creative Lab
9.2019 - now

SR. CREATIVE + WRITER
UNIQLO Global Creative Lab
7.2019 - 10.2019

CREATIVE + WRITER
72andSunny New York & Los Angeles
09.2014 - 7.2019

PRO-BONO DESIGNER
UNICEF
2016 - 2019

CREATIVE + RESIDENT
72U
5.2014 - 8.2014

STONE MASON
stone center inc. 
6.2010 - 7.2012

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