James Widegren

James Widegren

Creative Director at Your Majesty

Greater New York City Area

Current
  • Editor-in-chief at NEW— synthesis
  • Creative Director at Your Majesty
  • Art Director at the metaproject
Past
  • Design Director at Big Spaceship
  • Design Director at Idiogroup
  • Art Director at Idiocase
  • Designer, Director at Waytion
  • Co-founder, Curator, Creative at May 1st Reboot
  • Senior Art Director at Vir2L Studios Europe Ltd.
  • Editor, Founder, Creative at THREE.OH
  • Freelance Designer at Razorfish Ltd.
  • Co-founder, Designer at Nisch Interaktiv
Education
  • Lars Kaggskolan
Connections
478 connections
Industry
Marketing and Advertising
Websites

James Widegren’s Summary

James Widegren is a Swede living in New York City. He is creative director and partner of Your Majesty, a digital advertising agency.

We create original work with forward-thinking customers. Our ideas stir the audience, surpass customers' objectives, and make our knights happy.

Our recent work:
www.levelvodka.com
www.starbuckscoffeeathome.com
www.adweek.com
www.driverempowered.com
www.getkempt.com
www.google.com/ig/directory?type=themes&url=skins/planets.xml
www.axevice.com
www.theovenreinvented.com
www.absolut.com/neworleans/


Previously made at Big Spaceship LLC:
www.hbovoyeur.com/
www.bigspaceship.com/archive/nikeair/
www.welcometosilenthill.com
www.oceanicflight815.com
www.moma.org/exhibitions/2005/contemporaryvoices/
www.waroftheworlds.com
www.bigspaceship.com/archive/thegrudge/

James Widegren’s Specialties:

Interactive Design
Concepting
Branding
Motion Design
Photography
Print Design
Styling
Directing
Forecasting
Consulting
Creative Expression with Business Objectives

I'm also a joker.


James Widegren’s Experience

  • Editor-in-chief

    NEW— synthesis

    (Publishing industry)

    January 2008Present (8 months)

    www.new-synthesis.com

  • Creative Director

    Your Majesty

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    March 2007Present (1 year 6 months)

    www.your-majesty.com

  • Art Director

    the metaproject

    (Public Relations and Communications industry)

    January 2006Present (2 years 8 months)

    www.themetaproject.com
    www.artasartillery.com

  • Design Director

    Big Spaceship

    (Design industry)

    August 2004March 2007 (2 years 8 months)

    www.bigspaceship.com

  • Design Director

    Idiogroup

    (Design industry)

    May 2001December 2006 (5 years 8 months)

    www.idiogroup.com

  • Art Director

    Idiocase

    (Design industry)

    May 2002July 2004 (2 years 3 months)

    www.idiocase.com

  • Designer, Director

    Waytion

    (Broadcast Media industry)

    20032004 (1 year)

    www.waytion.com

  • Co-founder, Curator, Creative

    May 1st Reboot

    (Internet industry)

    May 2000May 2002 (2 years 1 month)

    an international relaunch of web sites by authors and creatives working within the field of interactive design.

    www.may1reboot.com/2007/

  • Senior Art Director

    Vir2L Studios Europe Ltd.

    (Online Media industry)

    19992001 (2 years)

    www.vir2l.com

  • Editor, Founder, Creative

    THREE.OH

    (Design industry)

    May 1999May 2001 (2 years 1 month)

    a conduit for all those interested in communications arts

  • Freelance Designer

    Razorfish Ltd.

    (Public Company; Online Media industry)

    19991999 (less than a year)

    www.razorfish.com

  • Co-founder, Designer

    Nisch Interaktiv

    (Design industry)

    19981999 (1 year)


Additional Information

James Widegren’s Websites:

James Widegren’s Interests:

Energy, Design, Film, Fashion, Photography, Psychology, Music, Travel, Consciousness, Food, Behavior

James Widegren’s Groups:

Art Director's Club New York

  •    Your Majesty
  •    FWA

James Widegren’s Honors:

2008 HBO Voyeur
- Design Week Awards
- HOW Magazine's Design Annual
- The FWA - Site of the Year
- Pixel Awards - TV
- Pixel Awards - Best in Show
- Adobe MAX Awards
- The FWA - Site of the Month
- The FWA - Site of the Day

2007 Nike Air
- W3 Awards
- Flash Forward Boston
- Communication Arts Interactive Annual
- D&AD - Websites and Animation
- D&AD - Motion Graphics
- The Webby Awards
- One Show Interactive
- Future Marketing Awards
- New York Festivals - Recreation/Sporting Goods
- New York Festivals - Best Consumer-Targeted Website

2006 Nike Air
- Adobe 2MAX Awards
- Adobe Flash 10th Anniversary
- Pixel Awards - Animation
- Pixel Awards - Sports
- Pixel Awards - Best in Show
- The FWA - 10 years of Flash
- The FWA - Site of the Month

2006 LOST
- BDA/Promax North America
- FITC

2006 MoMA - Contemporary Voices
- Flash Film Festival
- HOW Magazine’s Design Annual
- PRINT Magazine's Digital Design Annual
- The Webby Awards


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