Campbell Interactive

Jason is a User Experience Evangelist for Microsoft, and proud pappa of three wonderful kids, headed back to Los Angeles very soon.

With over fifteen years of experience in interaction design and development, animation, motion graphics, and editing. He was part of the team that brought Walt Disney's Dinosaur to the big screen. As Creative Director at EVO he led the design of posters and websites for Universal, Warner Bros., Sony, Paramount Classics, Lions Gate, and others. Most recently at AOL he served as Art Director for the commerce division leading the visual design for the Shopping, Mobile, Personals, and Careers channels.

He balances his skills and experience in design with a strong technical command. Adept in database development using mySQL, and programming languages such as JavaScript, ActionScript, PHP, and HTML concentrating on standards based design using semantic markup and CSS.

Curriculum Vitae

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Overview

• Interactive Designer with a solid background in technology and applications
• Winner, Macromedia Site of the Day
• Directed online marketing projects for Universal Pictures, Paramount Classics, Lions Gate Films, ThinkFilm, Sony Pictures Entertainment and New Line
• Planned technical approach, production strategy, worked as lead interface with client contacts
• Helped manage & guide internal technical and creative team resources
• Deep understanding of motion graphics, editing, sound design, and web experience design
• Experience in Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, Director, MAYA, Softimage, Matador, After Effects, Final Cut, ActionScript & ActionScript 2.0, some AS3 OOP, JavaScript, HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML, ASP, PHP & MySQL

Experience

11/2008 - Present Microsoft Los Angeles CA User Experience Evangelist

Microsoft rep to the design community for the southwest US based in Los Angeles.

4/2007 - 11/2008 AOL Dulles VA Art Director

Creative lead for AOL Channels(Shopping, Mobile, Careers, and Personals). Responsible for hiring and managing team of UI and visual designers working for the commerce division of AOL.

1/2006 - 4/2007 BCBSNC Durham NC Editor, Videographer

Working with the internal marketing department, documenting company events, conceiving statewide promotions such as the 2007 Flu shot campaign with Hurricanes Goalie Cam Ward. Responsible for shooting HD using Sony XDCAM, editing with Final Cut Studio, motion graphics and interactive design for both internal and external presentations and/or media.

2/2005 - 1/2006 BCBSNC Durham NC Consultant - BCBSNC.com redesign

Contracted to redesign Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina's dot com website. Integrating brand strategies with standards based design and coding.From concept to completed graphics. UI and flash design.

7/2004 - 2/2005 Camber Fayetteville NC Contract IMI Lead

Contract IMI lead, responsible for design and programming of Flash elements for e-learning application under Army contract.
Working under LMS and SCORM restrictions for distance learning delivery methods.

5/2000 - 6/2004 Evo. Los Angeles CA Online Creative Director

Led creative and technical strategy for web projects for the major studios. Guided internal team members in process, and ensured end creative was top-notch. Daily work in design, coding HTML, DHTML, Javascript, and ActionScript.

7/1999 - 5/2000 Agenda Media Services Burbank CA Sr. Designer

Managed website development for a business-to-business services provider. Work included interface design, and html & flash programming for the web.

7/1997 - 7/1999 Walt Disney Feature Animation Burbank CA Digital Scene Setup

Managed flow of scenes through various stages of production such as film scanning, virtual set modeling, camera match move, and animation. Edited scenes using MAYA, Softimage, and proprietary software. Scripted applications in perl to improve department work flow. Designed and implemented Disney department intranet.

6/1997 - 7/1997 Metrolight Hollywood CA Digital Effects Artist

Functioned as a Digital artist for feature film projects, specializing in matte painting and rotoscoping using Matador software.

5/1994 - 1/1996 Dragonfly Film & Video Charlotte NC Motion Graphics Artist / Videographer

Worked as motion graphic artist for commercial and industrial video production using After Effects. 3D modeling and animation using 3D Studio, and Alias. Videographer / Betacam operator.

7/1993 - 4/1994 CA&M Raleigh NC Graphic Designer

Design of magazine and direct mail advertising for both local and regional campaigns.