Content built the way products are built — consumer-first, platform-aware, and designed to find its audience.
Most producers start with a format. Ben starts with the consumer — who they are, where they watch, and what makes them stay. Then he builds backward into the content.
15 years and 30+ credits across streaming, broadcast, cable, FAST, live events, and international markets. Emmy-nominated work built on the same principle every time: know the audience before you build the show.
Entertainment development follows the same playbook as brand development. Identify the consumer. Build the product. Get it to market.
Who watches, why they watch, and where they watch it. Every project starts with the audience — demographics, psychographics, viewing behavior — before a single frame is conceived.
Original formats built around audience demand, not industry trends. Series bibles, pitch decks, sizzle reels, and packaging designed to sell — because the best idea in the room means nothing if it doesn't close.
Streaming, FAST, broadcast, YouTube, live events, and emerging channels. Matching the right content to the right platform isn't distribution — it's go-to-market strategy.
Budgets, schedules, crews, and delivery. From pre-production through post, managing the full lifecycle of a project the same way you'd manage a product launch — on time, on budget, on brand.
Casting, talent packaging, and creator-driven development. Building shows around the right people — not attaching names to fill a deck, but finding the talent that makes the format work.
Strategic counsel for production companies, studios, platforms, and brands entering the content space. The perspective of someone who has sat in every seat at the table.
For studios, platforms, brands, and talent who want a partner that thinks like a marketer and builds like a producer — someone who treats every project like a product launch with a specific consumer in mind.