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SVP Creative Director - Art and Technology
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21GRAMS
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@landorandfitch.com
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SVP Creative Director - Art and Technology
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
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Jason Merenda is listed as SVP Creative Director - Art and Technology at 21GRAMS, a with 457 employees, based in Brooklyn, New York, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at landorandfitch.com, phone signal with area code 212, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Jason Merenda.
Jason Merenda previously worked as SVP Creative Director - Art & Technology at 21Grams and Design Director (Experiential) + Lead Creative Technologist + Innovation Strategist at Landor & Fitch. Jason Merenda holds 'Pataphysiques from Collège De 'Pataphysique.
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About Jason Merenda
Jason is an award winning Experiential Creative Director, Creative Technologist and XP/Brand Innovation Strategist hybrid who is equally comfortable leaning on any or all of the disciplines.He’ll often be overheard saying things like “it’s hard to call what we do work when it brings you so much joy — designing weird and playful spaces with new ways of storytelling that would even make Borges blush.” He loves crafting, designing and building highly desirable bespoke experiences that get brands excited (and win pitches), from physical brick & mortar to virtual spaces in AR, games, bespoke apps or even that weird little thing called the “metaverse” using AR, TouchDesigner, Three.js, wacky sensors, shaders, generative AI to create all sorts of things.It’s rumored he also makes music using weird crazy modular synthesizers that look like they belong in the space shuttle. He also likes making puzzle games for friends that kinda make their heads go 🤯.
Listed skills include Art Direction, Interaction Design, Graphic Design, Digital Strategy, and 61 others.
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21Grams
18 roles · 33 years
Jason Merenda work experience
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Svp Creative Director - Art & Technology
Current
Apr 2023 - Present
Design Director (Experiential) + Lead Creative Technologist + Innovation Strategist
Innovating products and experiences with Fortune 50 brands internationally from concept, UX, design and digital strategy all the way through to creating physical + digital prototypes and working with fabricators to bring things to life.Currently focused on Netflix (Roald Dahl), Walmart (Store of the Future), Best Buy (Store of the Future), Dell (AR Brand Stories in Retail), Citibank (Gold, Branch of the Future), BAT (Store of the Future), Pfizer (Chatbots, Med-Ed of the future)Shoe Carnival (Store of the Future), and winning new biz pitches.Most recent win: Netflix Roald Dahl Experience Pitch
Mar 2019 - Feb 2023
Creative Technologist + Digital Experience Design + Innovation Strategy
Engaged by AF to work with Blink Fitness on Gym of the Future concepts using innovative technologies to streamline and update their digital customer experience. This included engagement before you get to the gym, in-gym activities and devices, unmanned entry, and even using the LinkNYC terminals to create an epic experience in NYC. Extended contract to additionally collaborate on cosmetics and lifestyle innovations of a Gen-Z focused campaign for Maybelline DMI. Everything from technical innovation of cosmetics and spaces to use them, to proposing e-game partnerships and innovations for a set of cosmetics that could actually be used during game play. We won the business and the client was very excited to bring fresh new thinking perspective to their existing brand platforms.
Jan 2019 - Feb 2019
Creative Director - Experience
Created & Concepted a global creative campaign for CoCa-Cola based on generative AI content and Happiness, using bespoke data sets and algorithms.
Jan 2019 - Feb 2019
Lead Creative Technologist + Innovation Strategist + Art Director
The BBDO xLab was a multidisciplinary innovation studio that created bespoke experiences, products, content and strategy for our clients, using cutting edge technologies in creative ways, paired with thoughtful and award winning design. We concepted along side of nearly every brand team in the building, and on new business pitches as well. We then often created prototypes for many of the concepts, to sell through the ideas.A brief list of brands include M&M's, Starbucks, AT&T, Lowe's, GE, Campbell's, J&J, Band-Aid, Guinness, Footlocker, Bacardi, Bombay Sapphire, FedEx ... Highlights include M&M Remix with M, Footlocker Shoemoji, Bombay Safire Art Without Labels, all of which won lions, and most other industry awards.
Aug 2012 - Feb 2018
Creative Director + Experience Designer + Co-Founder
B2 Collective was a creative collective of designers, coders, artist, composers and so on, I co-founded to take on very interesting but often very small budget projects featuring interactive design, print design + art direction, music & sound design, and even hardware projects involving things like Processing, sensors and other tangible mediums (like Wii).projects: https://minimalwave.com/
Feb 2010 - Jan 2018
Digital Art Director + Product Designer + Innovation Strategist
Mobile product UX / XD, design and digital strategy for BlackBook and Vibe Magazine, the top magazines in their genres of downtown NYC culture and Hip Hop culture respectively.
May 2012 - Mar 2013
Digital Creative Director + Product Designer + Strategist
Product Design and UI/UX/XD for existing clients, and new business ideation (Digital).
Mar 2012 - May 2012
Interactive Art Director + Social Strategy
Socialistic
Socialistic was and Agency inside of Havas focused exclusively on long term social campaigns headed by the wonderful Colleen DeCourcy, now Wieden + Kennedy’s CCO. I was brought in to help with product design and UI/UX/XD for existing clients, and new business ideation (Digital).
Jan 2012 - Feb 2012
Interactive Product Designer + Innovation Strategist
Product Design and UI/UX/XD for new business pitches.
Dec 2011 - Jan 2012
Creative R&D + Digital Strategist + Producer
I led the team through concurrent website and digital strategy projects, contract / schedule negotiations for all projects, in addition to providing guidance as GM with day to day company planning and policies. Concurrently worked one-on-one with clients on brand, creative and digital strategies, oversaw several design reviews, the creation of mood / type boards, creative briefs, and concept / copy briefs, for projects like the McDonald’s 2.0 strategy with TBWA\Chiat\ Day, the Indaba embeddable player, the kikin website, and designed various infographics for our Climate Central client.
Aug 2009 - Feb 2010
Sr. Producer + Creative Strategist
While at Big Spaceship I led multiple design/dev/strategy teams through concurrent website, multiplayer game, and digital strategy projects, in addition to providing guidance to the producer pool overall. Some of my clients included Sony Pictures, Corona, Adobe, Red Bull, and Epson. Project budgets ranged from $300k - $1m+.Worked one on one with clients to formulate creative and digital strategies for projects, including developing creative concepts that would meet their needs, but also allow my team of designers and developers to push their creative envelopes. In addition to this I also oversaw creative reviews, advised our clients on how to best present our creative to their teams, and played a key role in pushing various technologies forward to include tools like PV3D, brought to fruition a more robust in house video and motion production studio.
Mar 2007 - Oct 2008
Project Director + Creative Strategist
As the Project Director I was handling up to 14 projects concurrently at times, the design team and the day to day of the New York office. Some of my clients included GOOD Magazine, Design21, IFC, Optimum Online, AOL Music, and Sidetrack Films. In addition to being the Project Director, I had the opportunity to lead the Creative Direction and IA/UI/XD for the revamp of Cablevision - Optimum Online Media Player, as well as several additional pitches and corporate identity campaigns.
Sep 2006 - Feb 2007
Sr. Manager - Digital Innovation / Experience Designer
The MTV International Interactive supported the 40+ regional MTVN Interactive groups on all digital platforms and products, with MTV Networks properties and original creative digital content, for tent-pole events, such as the EMAs, partnerships with companies like Vodafone, Motorola and others, as well as sponsorships. In addition to leading, implementing and designing many technology, digital product and production initiatives for the group, I was integral in defining the groups strategy for emerging 2.0 and future technologies/platforms, including social networks and digital apps, as well as developing new digital product ideas with BizDev/Strategy, the Ad Sales teams, various SVPs, EVPs, and others. Projects included Creative Content & Design for - Motorola - MTV International Partnership + Websites, Brand Packaging and Ringtones, the Exquisite Corpse - 2003 International Creative Campaign website, and technology, production, and multi-language standards, for the MTV OVERDRIVE International Launch.
Feb 2006 - Aug 2006
Digital Creative Director- Technology
Nov 2003 - Jan 2006
Owner / Founder
Manhattan Soundlab Inc
Sound Design, Music & Audio Branding for Games, Interactive, Film and TV
1994 - 2004
~10 yrs
Creative Lead / Manager - Audio Department
Mamamedia
Sound Design, Music & Audio Branding for Games for MaMaMedia Web Games and 3rd Party Clients
Nov 1997 - Nov 2000
2 education records
Jason Merenda education
'Pataphysiques
Collège De 'Pataphysique
Education record
Enoch Pratt
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What company does Jason Merenda work for?
Jason Merenda works for 21GRAMS.
What is Jason Merenda's role at 21GRAMS?
Jason Merenda is listed as SVP Creative Director - Art and Technology at 21GRAMS.
What is Jason Merenda's email address?
AeroLeads has found 2 work email signals at @landorandfitch.com for Jason Merenda at 21GRAMS.
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AeroLeads has found 1 phone signal(s) with area code 212 for Jason Merenda at 21GRAMS.
Where is Jason Merenda based?
Jason Merenda is based in Brooklyn, New York, United States while working with 21GRAMS.
What companies has Jason Merenda worked for?
Jason Merenda has worked for 21Grams, Landor & Fitch, Analogfolk, Mrm//Mccann, and Bbdo Xlab.
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What schools did Jason Merenda attend?
Jason Merenda holds 'Pataphysiques from Collège De 'Pataphysique.
What skills is Jason Merenda known for?
Jason Merenda is listed with skills including Art Direction, Interaction Design, Graphic Design, Digital Strategy, Creative Direction, Content Strategy, Photoshop, and Creative Strategy.
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