Bright Eye Media: The Digital Visions of Jason Cranford Teague
Pixcetera 2.0
What
Pixcetera is consistently one of the top photo-journalism Web sites, aggregating photo galleries from the dozens of MediaGlow properties.
How
As the Director of Web Design Standards for MediaGlow, I am responsible for redesigning Pixcetera using the best possible Web standards, while still giving it an exciting new look and feel.
Where
RED
What
RED is AOL's Youth Culture Web site, drawing 3 million unique visitors a month, making it one of the most popular teen content sites on the Web.
How
As the Design Director for RED, I supervised its launch from an AOL only property onto the Web. I developed the UI and look and feel for the site based on internal audience research and user testing. Over the year that this site was live, we were able to double traffic and page views as well as significantly increase traffic from search engines.
Where
This version of the site is no longer available.
RED Redesign
What
In 2007, RED wanted to redesign to take advantage of new technologies being offered by AOL. Although never completed due to restructuring within the company, these designs formed the basis for RED's future plans.
How
As the Creative Director with RED, I supervised a team of designers to create mood boards, wireframes, UI documentation, and visual comps to show a next generation of the RED Web site.
Where
This version of the site was not launched.
Prom 2007
What
RED wanted to create a custom Web site, to show off the latest Prom Fashions, for 2007. With the help of the interactive agency iNDELIBLE, we created an interactive story narrative, where the audience could dip in and out of the story line to get details about the clothes the models are wearing.
How
As the Design Director with RED, I defined the initial creative vision and then supervised all aspects of the UI and visual design of this product in conjunction with iNDELIBLE.
Where
Balance & Grace
What
Comics publisher SpaceDog and AOL RED co-produced the comic book Balance & Grace (previously know as The Innocents). RED created and supported an online version of the comic book, producing a fully functional comic book reader unlike any other available online.
How
As the Creative Director for RED, I defined the creative vision and then supervised all aspects of the UI and visual design of this product in conjunction with a hired vendor.
Where
Yuri's Night
What
Yuri's Night is an international festival with events staged around the world to celebrate the first manned space flight of Yuri Gagarin on April 12th, 1961. The Yuri's Night Web site is where all parties are registered, where anyone can find a party, and where resources for the parties can be found.
How
As the Internet Strategist for Yuri's Night, I am responsible for all aspects of the organization's presence on the Web including the design and development of the main Web site, as well as other marketing activities and social networking.
Where
Space Love
What
Loretta Hidalgo and George Whitesides will be the first honeymooners in Space when they launch on one of the first Virgin Galactic Flights later this decade. To chronicle these events, they will be keeping a regular blog called Space Love.
How
Loretta asked me to design the site for them and help her launch it. With no budget, we were able to leverage the free WordPress software to use and then create a unique design which incorporates a fixed footer at the bottom of the page.
Where
Blake's 7
What
Blake's 7, the classic British space-opera TV Show, was recently brought back to life as a series of audio adventures, with plans to reboot the series on TV and beyond.
How
B7 Media approached me to design a site to not only market and sell the audio adventures, but give the new media initiatives a future home.
Where
Books
Currently Writing
- Speaking In Styles: A CSS Primer for Web Designers
Published
- CSS, DHTML, & Ajax: Visual Quickstart Guide
- DHTML & CSS Advanced
Out of Print
- Photoshop at Your Fingertips
- Final Cut Pro and the Art of Filmmaking
- Final Cut Express Essentials
- SVG for Web Designers
- How to program HTMl Frames: Interface Design and Javascript
Articles
- Macworld: Regular review contributor.
- Computer Arts Magazine: Wrote several tutorials on using Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator.
- The Independent, London: Wrote weekly Web design column for two years.
Tutorials
- XTrain: Video training for Web designers using Photoshop.
- Sessions.edu: Designed Basic CSS Class and currently on Board of Advisors.
- DMXZone: Wrote several articles on using Dreamweaver.
Teaching
"Jason's approach to teaching Web designers about CSS is THE BEST I've experienced — he speaks in designer language." — Allison Bucchere, Vice President + Creative Director, AOL Living Network
CSS Basics
A crash course in the design language used to create Web pages. Students can start with little or no knowledge of core Web technologies, and will come out with the ability to "read" CSS.
Web Design with CSS
Apply your CSS skills to produce professional and cutting edge Web sites. Students start with the fundamentals, creating a variety of layout grids with CSS, and move on to advanced Web typography, creating interactive controls, and using design enhancements to set their sites apart from the pack.
Optimizing the Web Design Workflow
Are you taking full advantage of the new features for Web designers in Adobe Photoshop? If you are not using Smart Objects, Layer Comps, and Custom Workspaces, then you are doing things the hard way. Learn how to substantially improve your work flow, increase consistency, and cut hours off of design time for a project by using a few simple techniques.
Custom Classes
Contact me and let me know what advanced topics your organization needs to know about, and we can design a custom course.
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Creative
"Jason is a strong creative visionary and extremely forward thinking in the execution of his ideas." — Josh Mutchnick, Director & General Manager, RED
Plan
Using site-maps, audience analysis wireframes, and mood-boards, Jason can help you find the best solution for your online presence.
Prototype
Designing for credibility, Jason tailors all of his solutions to the customers needs and the audiences expectations.
Deploy
Rolling out the alpha and beta versions of a site can be as important as going live to the public. Jason helps guide you through this tricky process.
Iterate
Your Web site shouldn't stop growing after launch, that's only the beginning. Jason helps clients evolve their sites to meet market changes.
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Strategy
"Jason has been our internet strategist for a number of years. I highly recommend him to anyone who wants superb support on their next project" — Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides, Co-Founder Yuri's Night
Internet Strategy
What are you doing on line? Before you hang your shingle out, let Jason help you clearly identify what you will be doing in the World Wide Web so that you are not wasting time and money.
Social Networking
Get noticed online by leveraging the changing ways that your audience is communicating with each other. Jason has spent years studying computer mediated communication.
Trusted Filters
Jason can help you mold your Web presence into one that your audience comes to trust and rely upon everyday.
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