User Interface Designer, Blog Pioneer
Greater New York City Area
- Current
-
- Sr. UI Designer at ASMALLWORLD
- Founder at Confabb.com
- Past
-
- Creative Director, jr.com at J&R Music and Computer World
- Founder & Blog Pioneer at BlogCorp, Inc.
- Online Community Consultant at John Kerry for President, Inc.
- Director of Online Community at Clark for President, Inc.
- User Interface Designer at Inlumen, Inc.
- Sr. Information Architect at CollabNet, Inc.
- Interactive Designer at Borders.com
- Education
-
- Western Michigan University
- Northwestern Michigan College
- Recommended
-
3 people have recommended Cameron - Connections
-
155
connections
- Industry
- Internet
- Websites
Cameron Barrett’s Summary
Pioneered the blog format in the late 1990s with personal blog started in June of 1997. Founder of the cms-list (www.cms-list.org), largest community on the Internet for the discussion of content management systems (3000+ members).
Second-longest-running weblog on the Internet - camworld.com (since June, 1997). Designed and developed the blog and online community strategies for both Wesley Clark's (grew to more than 15,000 members/blogs in 8 weeks) and John Kerry's presidential campaigns.
Co-founded Confabb.com, an online social network built around the largest database of conferences in the world.
I build online communities, blog networks and user-generated content initiatives for Fortune 500 companies, startups and major brand labels.
Cameron Barrett’s Specialties:
More than 10 years experience with dozens of CMS packages, including Drupal, Movable Type, Word Press, Blue Martini and many more.
Cameron Barrett’s Experience
-
Sr. UI Designer
ASMALLWORLD
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
April 2008 — Present (6 months)
I am working on the UI redesign of a private social networking site, including an online magazine asset.
-
Founder
Confabb.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
April 2006 — Present (2 years 6 months)
Founded confabb.com, the largest database of conferences on the Internet.
-
Creative Director, jr.com
J&R Music and Computer World
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Retail industry)
May 2007 — October 2007 (6 months)
At J&R I was responsible for overseeing the creative direction of the web site, its graphic design, the production processes and managing a staff of five people.
-
Founder & Blog Pioneer
BlogCorp, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
September 2001 — January 2007 (5 years 5 months)
For the past 4 years I have been doing a lot of on-and-off again consulting work for a large range of clients -- most of whom need my help in planning how to build and design blogs and online communities for their companies, their constituents and their consumers. As a pioneer of the blog format, my expertise in online community is second to none.
-
Online Community Consultant
John Kerry for President, Inc.
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
March 2004 — June 2004 (4 months)
I am currently working with the John Kerry for President Internet team to develop and execute a plan for best utilizing online community.
-
Director of Online Community
Clark for President, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
September 2003 — February 2004 (6 months)
My latest project is the Clark Community Network (www.forclark.com), a network of blogs supporting Wesley Clark for president.
-
User Interface Designer
Inlumen, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
October 2001 — November 2002 (1 year 2 months)
Overhaul of the product UI, a suite of applications servicing the financial services industry.
-
Sr. Information Architect
CollabNet, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
February 2000 — August 2001 (1 year 7 months)
IA and UI development of a suite of web-based collaborative software development products, built on top of open source technologies.
-
Interactive Designer
Borders.com
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BGP; Internet industry)
February 1998 — January 2000 (2 years)
Designed the first e-commerce site for the bookseller, Borders Books & Music.
Cameron Barrett’s Education
-
Western Michigan University
B.S., Telecommunications Management, 1994 — 1996
I studied Telecommunications Management, Creative Writing, Graphic Design and Journalism.
- Activities and Societies:
- Art Director of Western Herald, the student newspaper
-
Northwestern Michigan College
A.A.S., Visual Communications, 1991 — 1994
- Activities and Societies:
- Managing Editor of NMC Magazine, student literary magazine
Art Director, White Pine Press, student newspaper
Additional Information
Cameron Barrett’s Websites:
Cameron Barrett’s Groups:
-
New York Venture Community -
Clark For President Alumni
Cameron Barrett’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
