Jason Pettus

Current

• Owner at Chicago Center for Literature and Photography
• Owner at Little Words creative agency

Past

• Copywriter at Atomic Media
• Administrative assistant, creative assistant at Leo J. Shapiro & Associates

Education

• University of Missouri-Columbia

Recommended

2 people have recommended Jason

Connections

79 connections

Industry

Program Development

Websites

• My Company
• My Portfolio

Jason Pettus’s Summary

(To learn more about these services, and to download my resume, visit [jasonpettus.com/freelance].)

On top of being the owner of the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography (cclapcenter.com), and a former award-winning author myself, I have also worked in the corporate arena in one way or another since the early 1990s, in a variety of roles in a plethora of environments. I bring four main types of expert skills to any business environment: mastery over WRITING, including copy, persuasive, editorial and poetic; experience in EDITING and managing; CONSULTING expertise on crisis and time management (including GTD); and my freelance abilities in FUTURISM, including long-term strategic advice on the arts, e-publishing, viral marketing, virtual worlds and more.

Jason Pettus’s Specialties:

Time management, crisis management, project management, copywriting, web design, paper design, usability testing, vision, strategy, mind-mapping, GTD, viral marketing

Jason Pettus’s Experience

• Owner

  Chicago Center for Literature and Photography

  (Museums and Institutions industry)

  July 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)

  In charge of all daily operations; long-term vision and strategy; and fundraising. The CCLaP website currently receives around 15,000 unique visitors a month; the center has also published four original books, produces a monthly podcast, and has been mentioned a number of times now at cult favorite Boing Boing.

• Owner

  Little Words creative agency

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  January 2002 — Present (7 years 11 months)

  Created boutique agency for such freelance activities as non-profit material and emergent-technology campaigns. Participate in copywriting, paper- and web-design, project management and personnel management. Clients have included Tristar Pictures, Trinity Academy of Irish Dance, Seanachi Theatre Company, Defiant Theatre Company, AirLifeLine Midwest, the Great Books Foundation, Interfaith Youth Core and others.

Additional Information

Jason Pettus’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Portfolio

Jason Pettus’s Interests:

Cutting-edge science-fiction, turn of the century British satirists, Modernist poetry, experimental photography, Second Life and other alternate reality games.

Jason Pettus’s Groups:

•    Pursue the Passion

Jason Pettus’s Honors:

1999: Grant recipient, Illinois Arts Council/Chicago Dept of Cultural Affairs
1997: Second place, National Poetry Slam
1986: Recipient, Louis Armstrong Award for jazz performance

Jason Pettus’s Contact Settings

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