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Creative Director, Bright Bright Great

Jason Schwartz

Chicago, IL
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    Bright Bright Great is a creative and strategy agency located in Chicago, IL with capabilities from product ideation, through motion graphics and photography and all creative points in between.

    Interested in our work, email us sayhello@brightbrightgreat.com, or keep an eye on us at http://www.twitter.com/bbg.

  • Education
    • Certificate of Course Completion – R. Kelly: A Critical Appreciation R. Kelly
      Rapid Pulse Performance Art Festival
      2013 - 2013
      R. KELLY: A CRITICAL APPRECIATION is a performative lecture based upon ongoing scholarly research into the dense conceptual output of one of Chicago’s most misunderstood artist. The lecture attempts to shed a more thoughtful light on Kelly and to engender a richer understanding of his complicated, and often contradictory, oeuvre.
    • MFA Industrial Design
      University of Kansas
      2002 - 2004
      Master's Thesis - Design Education and Awareness in Elementary Education
    • BFA Industrial Design
      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
      1997 - 2001
  • Experience
    • Creative Director
      Bright Bright Great
      Jan 2008 - Present (17 years 4 months)
      Bright Bright Great is a full-service strategic creative interactive agency located in the Avondale neighborhood of Chicago, IL looking to rock your creative world. BBG strives for creative success through good design, usability, functionality and based on data-driven results.

      From interactive, video and photography, interface design, applications & mobile web to copywriting, information architecture, user experience design and identity work, we got you covered.

      Now that we’ve piqued your interest, check out our work.

      http://www.brightbrightgreat.com
      http://www.twitter.com/bbg
    • Instructor, Interaction Design
      Chicago Portfolio School
      Oct 2011 - Aug 2012 (10 months)
      Spring 2012 Courses Taught:

      Sketching For Interactive

      A class dedicated to rapid ideation, creating engaging wireframes and generally anything around pulling ideas from students heads and getting them to paper.

      Interaction Design - Web

      A class focused on cultivating start-up like mentality to develop concepts for web, mobile web and applications.

      Interaction Design Web is being taught through creative tasks and lectures from various Chicago Interaction Designers.

      Class structure based exclusively on the OWL Design Collective, a creative collective started by Derek Moore (Simplfy Advance), Eric Boyer (We Are Mammoth) and myself in Fall 2011, with an implicit goal of "Make awesome things."
    • Marketing & Creative Direction
      Chicago Design Museum
      Dec 2011 - Jun 2012 (6 months)
      The Chicago Design Museum hosts limited engagement exhibitions, focusing on design excellence adapting curated collections of design for right environment.

      The formality of a traditional museum is still found within the high standards of the curated work. However, because the Chicago Design Museum changes location annually, we are free to experiment with new exhibitions and systems.

      http://www.chidm.com
    • Interactive Designer
      One Design Company
      Jun 2010 - Oct 2011 (1 year 4 months)
      Bright Bright Great collaborated with One Design Company on a variety of creative projects handling AD/CD, as One Design Company focused on development.

      Collaborations included application interfaces, websites, marketing materials and digital strategy planning. Launched interactive experiences for commercial agencies, law firms, toy stores and for a diverse range of clientele.

      http://www.onedesigncompany.com

      A sample of collaborative work can be seen on http://www.brightbrightgreat.com/projects/
    • Director, Creative Services
      Norvax
      Feb 2007 - Feb 2010 (3 years)
      Creative Director, oversee Creative Services team consisting of graphic designers, web-developers, SEO/SEM manager, project manager and copywriters.

      Brand manager and creative lead for all internal brands including Norvax, ProspectZone, Annuiquote, Leadbot, ASAP Quotes, Norvax University & GoHealth VMO.

      Inc. 500’s #10 Fastest Growing technology company in America 2007 & 2008
    • Interactive Designer
      CableMatrix Technologies, Inc.
      Nov 2004 - Mar 2007 (2 years 4 months)
      Developing 4G internet 8 years before the world first got a glimpse.

      Internal brand identity manager and interactive designer. Developed all internal company websites, newsletters, email communications and corporate materials.

      Interface design and development of demonstration portals for high-profile telecom clients such as Time Warner Cable, Comcast, and Cablevision Mexico.
  • Awards

    2011 06 Featured Speaker Insight Design Conference #Freelanceology

    2011 GDUSA American Web Design Award

    2011 03 AIGA Mentorship Group Lecture, Chicago

    2010 10 Tips Secret Handshake Lecture, Chicago

    2010 Going Pro Secret Handshake Lecture, Tempe

    2010 GDUSA American Web Design Award

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  • Skills
    • Art Direction
    • Graphic Design
    • Interaction Design
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