Jason Witenstein-Weaver

Current

Designing the 10 foot User Experience at Amazon.com
Principal at illations

Past

Creative Director at Razoo
Art Director (User Experience) at Hillcrest Labs
Digital Artist at Zenimax Productions

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Education

Parsons School of Design
The Johns Hopkins University

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Industry

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Jason Witenstein-Weaver’s Summary

I have a voracious appetite for creating the best of class experiences. It's my philosophy that life is an expression of sequential experiences so each one we have, share and remember becomes a part of who we are good, bad, or indifferent. I've become both obsessed with enhancing every experience that I can. We've only begun to scratch the surface of interactive innovation and my continuing challenge is to better understand, communicate, design and create to that end.

Jason Witenstein-Weaver’s Specialties:

Creative Direction, Art Direction, User Experience Design, Application (Desktop, Web, Television and Embedded System) Design, Interface Design, Interaction Design

Jason Witenstein-Weaver’s Experience

Designing the 10 foot User Experience

Amazon.com

(Public Company; AMZN; Internet industry)

July 2009 — Present (6 months)
Principal

illations

(Design industry)

June 2000 — Present (9 years 7 months)
Creative Director

Razoo

(Online Media industry)

October 2007 — July 2009 (1 year 10 months)

Our mission at Razoo is simple: to promote social good and to inspire others to get involved by making giving and serving fun, easy, and meaningful. As a social network, we encourage user-generated content around causes, groups, personal profiles, and actions that contribute to change in the world and our SpeedGranting Facebook application encourages and rewards social entrepreneurs for pitching and promoting their social initiatives and allowing their peers to vote for them.
Art Director (User Experience)

Hillcrest Labs

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 2005 — October 2007 (2 years 5 months)

Hillcrest Labs created the first pointer–based, interactive media system for TV. Hillcrest Labs enables CE and peripheral manufacturers, service providers, and internet content companies to deliver the most visually engaging and intuitive way to access, discover, and interact with digital media throughout the home.
Digital Artist

Zenimax Productions

(Design industry)

2000 — 2001 (1 year )

Jason Witenstein-Weaver’s Education

Parsons School of Design

MFA , Design & Technology , 2003 — 2005

Project Foci:
• Historic House Trust and the Leffert’s Homestead – museum experience design
• Narrative and Dynamic Systems
• Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum – interactive design education
• WNET Channel 13 – Production internship with the award winning “Cyberchase” animated series
• Broadcast Design
• Surface Display Technologies – oversized screen displays, architectural installation as interactive space
• Wireless Applications in the Urban Environment – WiFi, VoiceXML, Mobile Flash Applications
• Dynamics of Usability/UI Design
The Johns Hopkins University

BA , Film/Media Studies , 1998 — 2000