Jason Clarke

Project Manager at RainStorm Consulting

Bangor, Maine Area

Current
Past
  • Web developer at Media Bloggers Association
  • Owner at Clarke Creative Group
  • Web developer at Marketing Media
  • Director of Information Technology at Bull Moose Republicans
  • Editorial assistant at Houghton Mifflin Company
  • Communications intern at McCain for President
Education
  • Emerson College
  • New England College
Connections
88 connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Jason Clarke’s Summary

Currently, I’m working on project management and strategy for RainStorm Consulting, an agile web development and software firm located in beautiful Orono, Maine.

My responsibilities include company strategy, operations, and project management.

Previously, I owned Clarke Creative Group, where I helped clients of all sizes (especially authors and entrepreneurs) build websites and weblogs. During this time, I designed the logo and website for Media Bloggers Association, the world’s largest advocacy and promotional organization for bloggers. I also helped to plan the organization's highly-successful BlogNashville conference, including the conception and launch of a conversation aggregation tool which garnered national media attention from PBS and others.

My first book, 'Michael Moore Is A Big Fat Stupid White Man' (co-authored with David T. Hardy), spent six weeks on The New York Times non-fiction best seller list in the summer of 2004. The book was lauded by the Standford Review, Flint Journal, and others (read reviews at http://jasonclarke.org/writing/moorebook) for its insightful deconstruction of propaganda filmmaker Michael Moore. The book arose from Moorelies.com, a weblog I founded and edited which logged over 5 million unique visitors during its two-year run.

In addition to writing on my personal website, http://jasonclarke.org, I also publish a food photography blog, The Living Well Report, online at http://livingwellreport.com.

Jason Clarke’s Specialties:

Strategy & growth, writing, standards-based web development, web-based publishing, content, communications strategy, startup & turnaround, online marketing, trend measurement.


Jason Clarke’s Experience

  • Project Manager

    RainStorm Consulting

    (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

    June 2005Present (4 years 2 months)

    * Business development, growth initiatives, strategy, sales
    * Project management, including sales, proposal/RFP writing and editing, meeting, and development process oversight.
    * Web development, with a focus on standards-based XHTML/CSS design, accessibility, and forward-compatibility
    * Highly-specialized firm with national reach; 50% of clients outside of Maine; focus on academic organizations

  • Web developer

    Media Bloggers Association

    (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    September 2004August 2006 (2 years)

    Working with MBA founder and president Robert Cox, I designed, built, and launched the first ever website and logo for the MBA. Including graphic design, XHTML/CSS /PHP development. I also customized an install of weblogging software MovableType for the specific needs of the organization.

    On an ongoing basis, I managed content and technical aspects of the site and helped to build and launch the MBA's hugely successful Tsunami citizen's video initiative, a project in partnership with several hosting companies and the Washington Post. The project catapaulted the MBA site into the Top 50 of all weblogs in the world for January and February 2005 according to weblog ranking service TTLB.

  • Owner

    Clarke Creative Group

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    February 2003May 2005 (2 years 4 months)

    * Freelance web developer and consultant with a focus on entrepreneurs, authors, political clients, and weblogs.
    * Lead developer, project manager, client relations, business management.
    * Focus on standards-based, accessible XHTML/CSS web development, PHP/ColdFusion programming.
    * Expertise in online communications/advertising/marketing strategy.

  • Web developer

    Marketing Media

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    May 2003May 2005 (2 years 1 month)

    * Lead developer and web project manager for small, local advertising agency
    * Web development, with a focus on standards-based XHTML/CSS/PHP coding, accessibility and forward-compatibility.
    * ColdFusion/PHP programming for content management, template-based development.
    * Project management, including proposal writing, client relations.
    * Additional skills utilized include graphic design and overall brand strategy.

  • Director of Information Technology

    Bull Moose Republicans

    (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

    August 2000August 2003 (3 years 1 month)

    * Designed, built and managed two life cycles of website & related technologies for national non-profit advocacy group
    * Built & managed web-based membership management tools
    * Integrated social networking components
    * Designed creative & oversight of advertising campaigns
    * References available upon request

  • Editorial assistant

    Houghton Mifflin Company

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Publishing industry)

    August 2000April 2002 (1 year 9 months)

    * Web production for college division of major publishing house.
    * Formatting and coding existing content for the web.
    * Copy editing and re-purposing existing content for the web.
    * Working with editors and editorial managers to ensure quality and brand unity across printed and digital assets.

  • Communications intern

    McCain for President

    (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Political Organization industry)

    January 2000March 2000 (3 months)

    * As an intern I assisted the traveling press secretary and the youth director with logistics and organization.


Jason Clarke’s Education

  • Emerson College

    Journalism, creative writing January 2000April 2002

  • New England College

    Literature 19971999

    Activities and Societies:
    News editor, columnist, reporter, orientation leader

Additional Information

Jason Clarke’s Websites:

Jason Clarke’s Interests:

family, learning, technology, writing, web development, reading, tv, movies, travel

Jason Clarke’s Groups:

Media Bloggers Association, Bull Moose Republicans

  •    TechMaine - Technology Association of Maine
  •    Maine Entrepreneurs
  •    Software + Services (SAAS)
  •    Web Standards Design + Development
  •    New England Web Developers Association
  •    Bangor Maine Open Network

Jason Clarke’s Honors:

Board of Directors, Media Bloggers Association (2005-2006)

New York Times/Wall Street Journal/Publisher's Weekly best-selling author - 'Michael Moore Is A Big Fat Stupid White Man', ReganBooks (2004)

Board of Directors, Bull Moose Republicans (2001-2003)

Best Dressed, high school yearbook (1997)


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