Benjamin Stower

Blue Ridge Vantage is a creative photography and video production in Northern Virginia.

• Created original marketing scripts for various clients, balancing brand requirements with innovative storytelling.
• Collaborated with the production and managerial teams to finalize scripts, including shot selections, settings, and dialogue.
• Employed visual and verbal storytelling techniques to deliver persuasive messages.

Bowman Sculpture is an art gallery specializing in 19th, 20th century, and contemporary sculpture.

• Researched 19th- and 20th-century artists and their works to fact-check catalogue entries.
• Performed detailed copyediting and proofreading on catalog entries.
• Wrote advertorials for the gallery and its art exhibitions.

HotelsCombined is a hotel price comparison site, where users can compare the best prices from all the top travel sites with one simple search. 

• Successfully developed the HotelsCombined WordPress blog from publishing one story per month to publishing 12 stories per month, increasing organic traffic by 250%.
• Managed five external writers creating content for the blog and website.
• Collaborated with in-house developers and managers on blog topics, content strategies, and staffing.
• Implemented best-practice SEO techniques to ensure maximum content exposure.
• Worked independently while researching, writing, and self-editing ten 2,500-word articles per month and additional website content, including landing pages.

• Wrote 12 real estate advertorials per week for Queensland’s The Courier-Mail, providing persuasive architectural walkthroughs that increased auction attendance.
• Collaborated with an in-house team to create monthly social media strategies and independently wrote 15 monthly Facebook posts for the world’s largest tractor manufacturer, Mahindra, delivering the company 3,000 more Facebook followers over 18 months.
• Conducted interviews with Mahindra dealerships and real estate agents to create informative and newsworthy content.
• Sourced and edited photographs for Mahindra Facebook posts.
• Performed extensive online research to provide accurate and authoritative content.

• Contributed stories and editorial direction to the monthly travel magazine, Travel Ideas, which was awarded ‘Best Overall Editorial – Print’ at the 2016 International Content Marketing Awards.
• Helped increase the Flight Centre Blog’s page views by over 2,000% and organic traffic by 650% by providing informative and entertaining content, employing best-practice SEO techniques and managing editorial direction.
• Wrote scripts for television advertorials while preserving multiple brand voices.
• Collaborated with developers, designers, and UX staff to create website pages, modernize the blog, and publish monthly magazines.
• Wrote across online, print, and video platforms for multiple Flight Centre Travel Group brands with specific voices and audiences.
• Interviewed and worked with Instagram influencers to create destination-driven content and marketing campaigns.
• Collaborated with the advertising team to create timely email marketing campaigns.
• Led a team of three writers to create marketing content for group travel companies.
• Controlled the editorial strategy and daily publishing calendar for Flight Centre’s online blog, publishing six articles per day at maximum frequency.
• Wrote and edited content for blogs and landing pages in WordPress and Drupal.