Jan Libby

Current

ARG and Experience Writer/Designer/Creator at Vodville

Past

Experience Designer / Consultant at Wieden + Kennedy
Producer/Writer/Designer/Director at GMD Studios
Writer/Interactive Designer at Lonelygirl15 Series

Writer/Interactive Designer at LG15 "Jumper" ARG
Writer/Designer/Director at Vodville
Writer/Designer/Director at Vodville
Producer/Writer's Assistant at Universal Television

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Education

California College of the Arts
New York University

Connections

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Jan Libby’s Summary

Jan created the popular indie Alternate Reality Games - Sammeeeees & Wrath of Johnson (Sam II). After Sammeeeees, she spent nearly a year working with LG15 Studios (on the Lonelygirl15 Series and the Jumper ARG) as a Writer and Interactive Designer. Jan has been a speaker and panelist for ARGfests and the NATPE LATVfest. She also works as a New Media/Interactive consultant to Media Companies and Agencies. Having wrapped on GMD's latest installment of the horror/sci-fi Eldritch Errors, Jan is now working with W & K and Levi's on the Go Fourth Fortune.

Jan Libby’s Specialties:

highly immersive and interactive storyworlds, crossmedia experience design, alternate reality game design, innovative use of social media platforms, community building

Jan Libby’s Experience

ARG and Experience Writer/Designer/Creator

Vodville

(Entertainment industry)

January 2005 — Present (4 years 11 months)

Vodville designs and creates Alternate Reality Games, Experiences & Digital Stories that entertain and engage. We specialize in highly immersive and interactive storyworlds. It is our goal to give everyone a chance to step into an Alternate Reality... to inhabit a fiction, to feel the thrill of being a part of a truly amazing adventure, or simply to enjoy the shared experience and sense of community that is at the heart of Crossmedia Entertainment.
Experience Designer / Consultant

Wieden + Kennedy

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

September 2009 — November 2009 (3 months)

Experience Designer and Consultant on Levi's G.O. IV Fortune Storyworld & Game.
Producer/Writer/Designer/Director

GMD Studios

(Privately Held; Entertainment industry)

October 2008 — January 2009 (4 months)

Producer/Writer/Designer/Director for GMD's third installment of the horror sci-fi Alternate Reality Game, "Eldritch Errors".
Writer/Interactive Designer

Lonelygirl15 Series

(Internet industry)

April 2007 — February 2008 (11 months)

Writer/Interactive Designer for Webby 08 winner Lonelygirl15 series
Writer/Interactive Designer

LG15 "Jumper" ARG

(Internet industry)

October 2007 — January 2008 (4 months)

Writer/Interactive Designer for the extended reality "Whatweird" - (Susie's Storyworld).
Writer/Designer/Director

Vodville

(Internet industry)

December 2006 — October 2007 (11 months)

Created the sequel to "Sammeeeees" - "Wrath of Johnson" Alternate Reality Game.
Writer/Designer/Director

Vodville

(Internet industry)

January 2005 — December 2006 (2 years )

Created and Produced the popular indie "Sammeeeees" Alternate Reality Game.
Producer/Writer's Assistant

Universal Television

(Public Company; Entertainment industry)

January 1999 — June 2003 (4 years 6 months)