Jason S.

In a field like web design it seems like the work should speak for itself, ya know? Except my folks paid a lot of money for me to go to Northwestern and they're always asking me why I don't boast about it and all the interesting places I've worked. Sooo: I graduated NU with a BS in Radio, TV & Film. NU didn't give "minor" degrees but if they had, it would've been in Fine Art. The Art Dept. guy, Ed Paschke (pretty famous), asked me to switch my major. However, I was interested in supporting myself...It's a goal to some day get my MFA. After busking about in the art world for a few years, I talked my way into a jr. mrktg. jop at the just launched E!. I worked a block up from the famous Hollywood & Vine. Lots of bums and heroin addicts down there. None of which were famous. Made my way over to the 4-night-a-week, FOX network as a midlevel mrktg. guy. My office had a view of the gate in the Charlie's Angels open. After 6 years I was tapped to become the Director of Development for Daytime, Latenight and Alt. Programming. Fancy title for saying I spent my days denying that I had anything to do with The Magic Johnson Show. I left after awhile with a buddy and we sold and produced a mess of TV pilots. None made it to air for various and often bizarre reasons. Took a gig (got my VP stripes) as the head of programming for the Playboy Channel. I figured it would be interesting. And it was!... So much so that I left after 8 months, chucked my stripes and vowed that I would never work for The Man again. (Not Mr. Hefner per se. He was actually a nice gentleman. I speak more of the conceptual "Man." And I haven't worked for him since.) I decided to get back in touch with my inner-artist. We moved to green, Agoura Hills, CA, taught myself web design and everything started going my way. There must be some truth to that "follow your bliss" business. If you've read this far I would like to know where you found the time. 'Nuff Said?