Ivan Askwith

Current

• Director of Strategy at Big Spaceship

Past

• Senior Strategist at Big Spaceship
• Media Analyst at MIT Convergence Culture Consortium
• Research Assistant at Steven Johnson

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Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• New York University

Recommended

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Connections

371 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Website
• My Company

Ivan Askwith’s Summary

Ivan Askwith’s Specialties:

transmedia, narrative extensions, cross-platform campaigns, alternate reality games, audience engagement, virtual worlds, social networks, social media

Ivan Askwith’s Experience

• Director of Strategy

  Big Spaceship

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  July 2009 — Present (5 months)

• Senior Strategist

  Big Spaceship

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 2007 — July 2009 (2 years 2 months)

  Work with an amazing group of super-talented designers, developers and producers to develop creative digital solutions and campaigns for a range of interesting brands and clients. Clients include Adobe, Corona, Linden Lab, HBO, AMC, A&E, USA Network and Sony Pictures.

• Media Analyst

  MIT Convergence Culture Consortium

  (Think Tanks industry)

  September 2005 — June 2007 (1 year 10 months)

  Lead researcher on multiple initiatives. Authored detailed studies on Alternate Reality Games (ARGs), social networking, social media sites, and new models for assessing audience engagement media properties. Consulted for industry partners including MTV, Turner Networks, Yahoo! and Fidelity.

• Research Assistant

  Steven Johnson

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2004 — 2006 (2 years )

  Research assistant for best-selling author Steven Berlin Johnson during the preparation of "Everything Bad Is Good For You" (2005) and "The Ghost Map" (2006).

Ivan Askwith’s Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  S.M. , Comparative Media , 2005 — 2007

  Master's Thesis: "Television 2.0: Reconceptualizing TV as an Engagement Medium." Thesis Advisor: Henry Jenkins.

  Activities and Societies:

  Graduate Student Council

• New York University

  B.A. , Individualized Study (Technoculture) , 1999 — 2003

  Activities and Societies:

  Gallatin Student Council (President), Gallatin Arts Festival (PR Director), University Senate

Additional Information

Ivan Askwith’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company

Ivan Askwith’s Interests:

new media, convergence culture, interactive design, cross-platform distribution, transmedia narrative, interactive television

Ivan Askwith’s Groups:

Society for Cinema & Media Studies, LiveJournal, Producer's Guild of America, C3@MIT

•    NYU Alumni
•    Branded Content Strategy
•    MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni
•    SXSW Interactive
•    Transmedia Producers Network
•    Gallatin Alumni
•    Convergence Culture Consortium Alumni
•    Futures of Entertainment
•    Comparative Media Studies @ MIT
•    Cyborg Anthropology
•    Transmedia Storytelling

Ivan Askwith’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch