Jason Irwin
Creative Consultant / CD / AD · Freelance
Los Angeles, CA
In My Own Words
I'm currently freelancing and giving consideration to full-time opportunities. I'm very experienced at building US and global programs for medium and large brands.
From short to long term strategic marketing, to seasonal themes, content, curation and cadence, I can drive comprehensive campaigns across all sales channels and platforms, as well as conceive broad reaching experiential activations on a global scale.
I'm well-seasoned in managing creative departments and pride myself on inspiring my team and peers to raise the bar while coming in under budget.
My niche categories are outdoor, automotive, action sports (surf, skate, snow, moto), activewear, eco/green and contemporary art. Mix all that up in a bag with a love of technology and storytelling and you're starting to get me.
I enjoy helping entrepreneurs and those entrepreneurial-minded. I thrive on finding undiscovered value propositions within the creative and marketing of a company.
I'm often the first to market with emerging technology, because I keep up on it, understand it and know how to apply it to 360 storytelling and onsite activations.
Based in LA.
Work Experience
Creative Consultant / CD / AD
Freelance2018 – Present
• Ideation, creative direction and art direction for brand experiences. • Emerging technologies feasibility assessment. • UI / UX design and direction for cross-platform applications and augmented reality. • Creator and product lead delivering MVP and GTM for an SaaS augmented reality application for the home-sharing market focused on guided tours and object-oriented information delivery.
Creative Director / Art Director
InVision Communications2016 – 2018
• Creative and art direction for experiential and live events for major technology and Pharmaceutical companies, including Oracle, Box, Siemens and Roche Genentech. • Further monetized Fortune 500 client base seeking digital transformation by delivered innovative ideas, RFP response and expanded service offerings using augmented reality, virtual reality, bots, AI, IOT and Maker experiences for experiential and learning activations. • Revamped in-house non-profit digital presence, dramatically increasing charitable contributions and participation. • Built structure and strategy for new digital ecosystem and department.
Freelance
Jason Irwin Productions2013 – 2016
Creating and consulting on a variety of fun projects in the automotive, gaming, apparel and tech categories. Doing work ranging from global transmedia activation concepts with George P. Johnson, to theme work with AMCI and Art Direction with Invision.
Director Brand & Creative Services
Horny Toad Activewear2011 – 2013
Established strategic brand and creative approaches across all sales channels. Built and managed in-house Brand & Creative Services Department. Directed and developed content strategy and brand narrative integration and distribution. Established brand voice versus social voice content flow and parameters. Partnered with emerging technology products and developed on-brand collaborations. Curated content, selecting ambassadors and merging storytelling with authentic brand promotion. Developed target consumer profiles and segmentations.
Freelance experiential AD/CD/Experience Designer
AMCI2010 – 2011
Worked on experiential marketing projects for the automotive industry. Fun and innovative cross-platform/cross-media brand activation using emerging interactive 3D technology. Creative and Art direction defining experience flow both online and at events across the country. Curated national artists selection for Scion X-Change tours.
Owner / Consultant
Jason Irwin Productions2007 – 2010
Exploring creative solutions in all areas of interactivity and traditional medias with an emphasis on brand integration for the youth-oriented markets. Leading projects from concept to completion. Managing schedules and work-flow across internal teams, agencies and freelancers. Clients include Shopflick, MySpace, Flektor, Frito-Lay, Jack Link’s, Dinosoles, and Avalon Television.
Executive Producer
Fox Interactive Media2007 – 2008
Created, directed and produced two seasons of, Special Delivery, a hidden camera show on MySpace TV. A short-form comedy with a board youth appeal making it a sponsors dream. Sponsors include: Frito-Lay (Cheetos), and Jack’s Links. www.myspace.com/specialdelivery
Business Development and Creative Consulting
Shopflick.com2007 – 2008
Helped to define a new genre of quality selling and seller focused shows that are warm, professional yet personal, and focused on the product and the sale.
Consulting Producer
G4 TV2007 – 2007
Crazy game show stuff too awesome to ever make it to american television.
Partner
Field Day Productions2002 – 2007
Created, developed and piloted a variety of projects including pilots for ABC and National Lampoon. All developed with branded entertainment seamlessly incorporated.
Co-Producer
50 / 50 Productions / ABC2006 – 2006
Greg Behrendt’s Wake-Up Call, a one-hour reality show, focuses on helping cool 20-somethings decide to marry or break-up, with the aid of some of the advice from Greg’s book, “He’s Just Not That Into You”. Six episode pilot series for primetime. Air dates TBA.
Associate Creative Director
Globe2000 – 2003
Responsible for worldwide creative for Globe and Gallaz. Working with the world’s top action sports athletes to mesh their image with the brand. Management of art departments on 3 continents with 3 different seasonal rollouts. Including print, in-store, tradeshow, online, DVD’s, World-Cup competitions, and broadcast television commercials and fully sponsored programming.
Creative and Consultant
tsoam lab1998 – 2000
tsoam lab was a boutique agency focused on delivering cutting-edge copywriting and design to the Action Sports market. Clients include Soap Shoes, AOL, music.com, Nickelodeon, Fox Racing, Journey’s Unlimited, Sole Tech, Lou Reed, Rusty, Guess, Airwalk, Anomaly Productions, The Lab, Bodyglove, and Tony Hawk.
Art Director
Groove Incorporated1997 – 1998
Developed client relationships and created content for print and television for clients such as RedBull, Reebok, and EPSN2. Art Director for “Kids in The Way” (the first true action sports & lifestyle television show) and the Video Groove and Camp Woodward video series.
Art Director
Acme skateboards1995 – 1997
Responsible for all aspects of branding for Acme, Formula One, Standard, and G&S Skateboards. Developed complete integrated advertising with the editorial content of Transworld Skateboarding.
Dir Computer Graphics
Extreme Studios1992 – 1994
Invented and developed today’s industry standard in graphic novel pre-press production and coloring. Managed a team of 15 colorists producing 8-12 books monthly with circulation of up to two million. Initiated and developed co-branding deals with major snowboard and skateboard brands.
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