Multimedium at Mindpower
Greater Atlanta Area
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- Multimedium at Mindpower
- Past
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- Associate Creative Director at Merge Agency
- Art Director (contract) at WebMD
- Senior Art Director (contract) at THINK Interactive
- Creative Director (contract) at Intelligent Document Systems
- Teaching Assistant and Substitute Lecturer at University of Georgia
- Owner, Creative Director at Cloudjammer Studio
- Lead Designer (contract) at GolfBluebook.com
- Studio Lead (contract) at Web.com
- Adjunct Faculty at Atlanta College of Art
- Senior Web Specialist at Point of Vision
- Graphic Designer (contract) at Wolf Group Studio
- Advertising Intern at The Burris Agency
- Education
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- The University of Georgia
- Hampden-Sydney College
- University of St. Andrews
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JD Jordan’s Summary
JD Jordan is a versatile creative professional with more than a decade of experience in interactive, usability, graphic, and information design and over fifteen years experience in print design and production. He brings experience managing creative businesses; coordinating teams of creatives; and bridging design concerns with business services, technology, education, and communication needs. JD has taught creative techniques and technologies at a leading accredited arts college, has taught history at a nationally recognized research university, and has been published locally and nationally.
JD Jordan’s Specialties:
Creative concepting, brainstorm facilitation, creative strategy development, creative standards development, team management, cross-cultural design (French-English / Arabic-English) graphic design, interactive design, education, writing, presentation,
JD Jordan’s Experience
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Multimedium
Mindpower
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2009 — Present (9 months)
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Associate Creative Director
Merge Agency
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 2008 — February 2009 (9 months)
• Responsible for design oversight and cross-disciplinary development of the creative team – including print and interactive designers and production specialists
• Applies conceptual strategy, brainstorm facilitation, and day-to-day oversight of projects to completion in coordination with account, project management, and technology leads
• Interacts with clients throughout creative process, across both short-term (project specific) and long-term (account specific) timelines
• Responsible for creative team staffing and for maintaining the agency's contractor roster
• Supports new business activities, assists in estimation, resource planning, and proposals -
Art Director (contract)
WebMD
(Public Company; WBMD; Internet industry)
October 2007 — June 2008 (9 months)
• One of four managing art directors for a team of fourteen graphic designers
• Responsible for design oversight and execution of internal, promotional, and client projects
• Development of new products, programs, and assets for the Internet's most popular and most highly-rated health information website -
Senior Art Director (contract)
THINK Interactive
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 2007 — October 2007 (5 months)
• Responsible for design oversight and execution for a national brand ecommerce website
• Prepare and manage creative, documentary, and consultative projects for a Fortune 500 client -
Creative Director (contract)
Intelligent Document Systems
(Graphic Design industry)
May 2007 — June 2007 (2 months)
• Responsible for the development and oversight of a branded communications system, including web, print, stationary, advertisements, and exhibition pieces
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Teaching Assistant and Substitute Lecturer
University of Georgia
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
August 2005 — May 2007 (1 year 10 months)
• Discussion leader for groups ranging from 11 to 25 students, ages 18 to 22
• Substitute lecturer for survey classes ranging from 200 to 300 students
• Grade papers and exams; prepare all discussion section materials and lectures
• Meet with and counsel students through office hours and by appointment
• Courses taught: American History until 1865 (HIST 2111); American History after 1865 (HIST 2112) -
Owner, Creative Director
Cloudjammer Studio
(Design industry)
May 1999 — May 2007 (8 years 1 month)
• One of three principal owners; operational lead
• Applies conceptual strategy, brainstorm facilitation, and oversight to print, identity, and web projects
• Cooperated with clients to produce and maintain extensive, expandable websites
• Web development and testing lead
• Drafted proposals, project management, concepts presentation, billing and fulfillment -
Lead Designer (contract)
GolfBluebook.com
(Graphic Design industry)
December 2006 — January 2007 (2 months)
• Responsible for website information and UI redesign, development, scripting, and testing
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Studio Lead (contract)
Web.com
(Graphic Design industry)
2006 — 2006 (less than a year)
• Responsible for leading all interactive creative projects , including site-wide redesign and re-branding
• Established corporate marketing, design, and web guidelines -
Adjunct Faculty
Atlanta College of Art
(Graphic Design industry)
August 2003 — May 2005 (1 year 10 months)
• Responsible for teaching undergraduate courses on electronic arts and web design
• Manage classes ranging in size from two to 14 students, ages 18 to 54
• Prepare all course materials and lectures, selected relevant texts, and grade all work
• Courses taught: Computer Studio 1 (COM 211); Internet 1 (COM 410) -
Senior Web Specialist
Point of Vision
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
November 1999 — March 2002 (2 years 5 months)
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Graphic Designer (contract)
Wolf Group Studio
(Graphic Design industry)
May 1999 — November 1999 (7 months)
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Advertising Intern
The Burris Agency
(Graphic Design industry)
May 1997 — August 1997 (4 months)
JD Jordan’s Education
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The University of Georgia
MA , History , 2005 — 2007
My focus was on US-Middle Eastern history with a particular emphasis on the Iranian Hostage Crisis of 1979-1981. In pursuit of this degree, and in addition to my coursework, I learned to read and write Arabic, applying that knowledge and my graphic background to the creation of my MA thesis: "Shooting the Ayatollah: Photojournalism, the Press, the Foreign Policy Public, and the Iran Hostage Crisis"
This thesis quantifies the volume, type, and tone of images used by the mass-market newsweeklies – Newsweek, Time, and U.S.News and World Report – to depict Iran and the Iran hostage crisis in an attempt to characterize related media coverage. In four chapters, this study’s quantitative approach describes the entire lifecycle of hostage crisis media and tests a number of core assumptions about hostage crisis media coverage that dominated the contemporary press and continue to linger in the current historiography, providing a new, more accurate image of the crisis’s cultural impact.- Activities and Societies:
- Teaching Assistant
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Hampden-Sydney College
BA , History , 1995 — 1999
- Activities and Societies:
- Alpha Psi Omega, Omicron Delta Kappa, Union-Philanthropic Literary Society
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University of St. Andrews
1998 — 1998
Additional Information
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JD Jordan’s Interests:
Ann, happy hour, writing, music, movies, graphic design, photography, working out, mountain biking, arabic calligraphy, my dog Sparky, and my son Jack
JD Jordan’s Groups:
The Burns Club of Atlanta, Roswell Lodge #165, The Cloudjammer Creative Network
JD Jordan’s Honors:
The Carl Vipperman Teaching Award (UGA)
JD Jordan’s Contact Settings
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