Jason Ryan

Current

• Head of Planning & Research at iCrossing UK
• Vice President, Head of User Experience at iCrossing UK

Past

• Production Director / Information Architect at Cogapp
• Managing Director, Multimedia Developer at Arkimedia
• Multimedia Developer at Xinc

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Education

• Imperial College London
• University College London, U. of London
• Brunel University

• Hedingham Comprehensive

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Recommended

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Connections

247 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• Jason Ryan @ iCrossing
• Joining Spannerworks
• Photos @ Flickr

Jason Ryan’s Summary

Head of User Experience at iCrossing UK, developing performance insight, engagement metrics and user experience offerings for centralised and distributed web developments. Clients include Channel 4, JP Morgan and BAA.

Previously Production Director at Cogapp, responsible for creative and technical project direction and planning; user experience design; technical, functional and design specifications; and conceptual, structural, and visual design.

I also provide user experience/information architecture consultancy for clients including the Home Office, British Library and British Museum.

Jason Ryan’s Specialties:

user experience, customer experience, information architecture, search insight, analytics, engagement metrics, digital marketing, project management, digital media consultancy, government, cultural, interactive installations

Jason Ryan’s Experience

• Head of Planning & Research

  iCrossing UK

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  September 2008 — Present (11 months)

• Vice President, Head of User Experience

  iCrossing UK

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  October 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)

• Production Director / Information Architect

  Cogapp

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

  June 1999 — September 2007 (8 years 4 months)

• Managing Director, Multimedia Developer

  Arkimedia

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

  January 1996 — December 1999 (4 years)

  I was MD of Arkimedia for three years, a company I setup to manage freelance and contract work for digital agencies including RD2, Xinc and Kube. Most of the work was for clients in the Film, Music and Games industries, include Sega Europe, EMI, BMG, and United International Pictures.

• Multimedia Developer

  Xinc

  (Online Media industry)

  1996 — 1998 (2 years)

Jason Ryan’s Education

• Imperial College London

  Ph.D , Science, Conservation , 1992 — 1996

• University College London, U. of London

  M.Sc , Archaeology , 1990 — 1992

• Brunel University

  BSc , Materials Science , 1986 — 1990

• Hedingham Comprehensive

Additional Information

Jason Ryan’s Websites:

• Jason Ryan @ iCrossing
• Joining Spannerworks
• Photos @ Flickr

Jason Ryan’s Interests:

web, internet strategy, user experience, information architecture, music, photography

Jason Ryan’s Groups:

PRINCE 2

•    Boxes and Arrows
•    Brighton New Media
•    iCrossing
•    UX Professionals
•    Brighton
•    Official Brunel University Alumni
•    UX Brighton
•    Internet World - Future of Social Media
•    Museums and the Web
•    We Are Social

Jason Ryan’s Honors:

Design Week Award Nomination, Information, 2008 (Cogapp)
BAFTA nomination, Interactive Media, 2004 (Cogapp)
AAM Muse Award, Bronze, Interactive Media, 2003 (Cogapp)
AAM Muse Award, Gold, Interactive Media, 2004 (Cogapp)