Jay's specialty is using design, illustration, interactivity and multimedia to make compelling experiences that involve, instruct, and delight the user.

His 15 year career in multimedia has spanned a wide range of industries from computer-based education to interactive television. His approach has a solid foundation in user-focused design, and regularly enriches projects by including elements such as 3D modeling and illustration, Flash animation, sound and video.

Jay began his professional career in Multimedia Design at SilverPlatter Education in Brookline, MA. As a designer (and later as Creative Director), Jay produced award winning CD-ROMs and websites that integrated audio, video, illustration and animation.

Working with corporations, design companies and small businesses, Jay has gained valuable insights into the subtle balancing act needed to produce eye catching design that is also practical to maintain and fuctional for the client. Such clients have included PBS, MIT, Barnes and Noble, Brandeis University, Cingular, Fidelity and The United States Navy.

In 2000, Jay launched his own Design Company, and business has grown dramatically since. On-site and off-site, Jay has created Websites, print materials and advertising for companies and organizations around the country. In addition, Jay is a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts, where he periodically teaches both Web Design and New Multimedia.

Jay lives with wife and co-designer Kimberly, their daughter Lilah, and an ever expanding variety of pets. They live and do business out of a small arts and crafts bungalow in Andover, CT - midway between Boston and New York City.

Specializing in Multimedia Internet, CD-ROM and Laserdisc Development.
Clients include: PBS, MIT, Fidelity Investments, The United States Navy, Chedd-Angier Production Company and BioGen

I joined Concentric Visions to design a variety of online multimedia projects all developed within FLASH. I created graphics, FLASH animations, 3D models and designed and implemented instructional interactivity. Projects and presentations included the U.S. Navy, Cingular Wireless, The Smithsonian Institution and The Air and Space Museum.

I joined GoldPocket as a Freelancer to help develop a major interactive project for TBS Superstation’s Primetime offering: "Dinner and a Movie". Using Macromedia Director / Shockwave extensively, I created graphics, FLASH animations and Lingo-based interactivity. Additionally, I created visual design treatments and interactive presentations for NBC "Must See TV" and Warner Brothers (the WB) Primetime.

I have taught several courses focused around Multimedia Design, Macromedia Dreamweaver and FLASH.

My team and I developed a brand for an Internet insurance start-up and began implementing the site. I helped to implement user, and then took that feedback and designed a site that achieved the goals the client set for us, including the creation of a 20 minute FLASH demo. I was able to dramatically cut down programming development time by working side by side with the client to help focus his vision and resolve information architecture problems. I then went on to work with clients such as Barnes and Noble.com and Shawmut Capital Partners.

I joined SilverPlatter Education to help design a vast array of educational CD-ROMs geared to educating medical professionals. I was able to quickly make an impact by applying my fine arts background to make otherwise dry medical content come to life using interactivity, animation and 3D graphics. By the time I was promoted to Creative Director, we had made the transition to the Internet, offering one of the first medical portals and a twice-monthly Internet educational magazine called Primary, which I branded, designed, illustrated and coded. We made over 50 issues of Primary in my time there.

Tools:

Platforms: Mac (preferred), Windows, NT

Internet: HTML, CSS, FLASH, FireWorks, Dreamweaver, Shockwave, some Database design for Oracle, Microsoft Access

Print Layout: Quark XPress

Authoring: Macromedia Director

2D: Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand, Quark, DeBabelizer

3D: Carrara Studio, LightWave, Strata Studio Pro, Poser, Bryce, Swift 3D

Audio: SoundEdit 16, Studio Vision Pro

Video: Quicktime and Windows Media Player formats, After Effects, Premiere, Cleaner Pro. NOTE: I have over a decade of experience editing and compressing digital video.

Presentation: PowerPoint, Keynote

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art, Cum laude. 1993 University of Massachusetts.

1998 - National Education Media Network (NEMN), Gold Award: "Abdominal Ultrasound" CD-ROM
1998 - NEMN, Bronze Award: "Human Brain Cancer" CD-ROM
1997 - NEMN, Gold Award: "Functional Cardiac Imaging" CD-ROM
1995 - Gold Muse Award, Interactive Category: "Calling Dr. Detective" Museum of Science kiosk
1994 - Nebraska Awards, Best Consumer Achievement: "World of Medicine" Museum of Science kiosk
1993 - Macromedia Annual Developers Conference Recognition: "Etiology of Cancer" CD-ROM

Other skills and interests:

Sculpture, Furniture making, Photography, Video production, Really bad jokes, Knowledge of obscure albums from otherwise well known musical artists.