Bright Eye Media: The Digital Visions of Jason Cranford Teague
RED is AOL's Youth Culture Web site, drawing 3 million unique visitors a month, making it one of the most popular teen content sites on the Web.
As the Design Director for RED, I supervised its launch from an AOL only property onto the Web. I developed the UI and look and feel for the site based on internal audience research and user testing. Over the year that this site was live, we were able to double traffic and page views as well as significantly increase traffic from search engines.
This version of the site is no longer available.
In 2007, RED wanted to redesign to take advantage of new technologies being offered by AOL. Although never completed due to restructuring within the company, these designs formed the basis for RED's future plans.
As the Design Director with RED, I supervised a team of designers to create mood boards, wireframes, UI documentation, and visual comps to show a next generation of the RED Web site.
This version of the site was not launched.
For the past 4 years, RED has created a custom Web site to show off the latest Prom Fashions. For 2007, we created an interactive story narrative, where the audience could dip in and out of the story line to get details about the clothes the models are wearing.
As the Design Director with RED, I defined the initial creative vision and then supervised all aspects of the UI and visual design of this product in conjunction with a hired vendor.
Top Cow comics and AOL RED co-produced the comic book Balance & Grace (previously know as The Innocents). RED created and supported an online version of the comic book, producing a fully functional comic book reader unlike any other available online.
As the Design Director for RED, I defined the creative vision and then supervised all aspects of the UI and visual design of this product in conjunction with a hired vendor.
Yuri's Night is an international festival with events staged around the world to celebrate the first manned space flight of Yuri Gagarin on April 12th, 1961. The Yuri's Night Web site is where all parties are registered, where anyone can find a party, and where resources for the parties can be found.
As the Internet Strategist for Yuri's Night, I am responsible for all aspects of the organization's presence on the Web including the design and development of the main Web site, as well as other marketing activities and social networking.
Loretta Hidalgo and George Whitesides will be the first honeymooners in Space when they launch on one of the first Virgin Galactic Flights later this decade. To chronicle these events, they will be keeping a regular blog called Space Love.
Loretta asked me to design the site for them and help her launch it. With no budget we were able to leverage the free WordPress software to use and then create a unique design which incorporates a fixed footer at the bottom of the page.