Director of New Media at Massachusetts School of Law
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Founder, Producer at Synchronis.tv llc
- Director of New Media at Massachusetts School of Law
- Past
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- Vice President of Branded and Sponsored Entertainment at For Your Imagination
- Founder, Co-Producer, Host at Women Respond To Palin
- Organizer at Podcamp NYC
- Producer, host, editor "Question of the Week" at www.ifnotnow.net
- Education
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- Northwestern University
- Northwestern University
- Connections
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- Industry
- Entertainment
- Websites
Kathryn Velvel Jones’s Summary
Kathryn is the founder and producer of Synchronis.tv. Together with her husband Guiesseppe, Synchronis.tv produced the first ever scripted web drama to stream live on the Internet in September of 2007. Utilizing 3 cameras, mixed in real time and streamed live, Synchronis.tv presented 10 consecutive episodes of the live web drama, 35, covered by "The Wall Street Journal", "The New York Times", "Mashable", featured in iTunes and numerous blogs.
Kathryn and Guiesseppe also conceived of, produced and hosted "The Crabbo and Jabbo Show", a live internet talk show about technology and the arts.
In addition, Kathryn conceived of and produced, with her partner Charlie Oliver, the first ever live 8 hour Webathon, "Women Respond to Palin", which received over 17,000 unique views over an 8 hour broadcast period despite a total production and marketing budget of $1000.
She was the producer, host and editor ifnotnow.net's video podcast "Question of the Week", has spoken at online video and social media conferences throughout the United States, and spent much of the past year as VP of Branded and Sponsored Entertainment at For Your Imagination.
Kathryn has produced theater both in the United States and at the Edinborough International Fringe Festival. She received her acting training at Northwestern University, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville and The Shakespeare Lab at the Joseph Papp Public Theater. She has worked in theaters around the United states and has shot numerous shorts and independent films.
Kathryn Velvel Jones’s Specialties:
interactive media, online video, video production, new media, live streaming, social media, streaming media
Kathryn Velvel Jones’s Experience
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Founder, Producer
Synchronis.tv llc
(Entertainment industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)
Synchronis.tv aims to stand at the forefront of the growing intersection of media and technology by merging two booming internet trends, live broadcasting and internet episodics (webisodes).
On September 19th 2007 Synchronis.tv made history by being the first web 2.0 production company to stream a scripted web drama LIVE on the internet. Over 12 consecutive nights, 12 crew members and 8 actors gathered to shoot our first season of 10 episodes, shot with three cameras, mixed in real time and streamed live at 9 pm est via Ustream.tv. Our first season was covered by both the traditional press including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times on line, as well as numerous well know blogs, including mashable, truemors, On Line Video Watch, Newteevee, Jeff Pulver, Steve Garfield and more. -
Director of New Media
Massachusetts School of Law
(Educational Institution; Law Practice industry)
September 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)
Strategize and implement extensive new media and social media campaigns utilizing all major social networks and online video networks.
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Vice President of Branded and Sponsored Entertainment
For Your Imagination
(Partnership; Media Production industry)
October 2008 — June 2009 (9 months)
Responsible for matching brands with For Your Imagination's strong line-up of targeted and advertiser friendly content and for developing original branded entertainment that meets messaging and reach needs.
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Founder, Co-Producer, Host
Women Respond To Palin
(Entertainment industry)
September 2008 — October 2008 (2 months)
Along with my producing partner, Charlie Oliver, I conceived of, produced and hosted the first of its kind 8 hour LIVE Webathon to well over 17,000 Unique viewers and over 24,000 views.
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Organizer
Podcamp NYC
(Entertainment industry)
November 2006 — April 2008 (1 year 6 months)
Along with six of the most remarkable people I have ever worked with, I was an organizer of Podcamp NYC, held this past April and attended by approximately 800 podcasters. We are currently planning Podcamp NYC 2.0 for March of 2008.
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Producer, host, editor "Question of the Week"
www.ifnotnow.net
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)
September 2006 — June 2007 (10 months)
With absolutely no previous knowledge of shooting, editing, xhtml or rss I have shot, produced, hosted and edited 30 consecutive episodes of "Question of the Week" to well over half a million views.
Kathryn Velvel Jones’s Education
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Northwestern University
BS , Theater , 1987 — 1991
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Northwestern University
Additional Information
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Kathryn Velvel Jones’s Interests:
new media, film, podcasting
Kathryn Velvel Jones’s Groups:
NY:MIEG, RIOC
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Presenting Women
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