Jay Bushman Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Greater Los Angeles Area

15+ years leading story and narrative design development for digital studios, games, VR, and emerging formats. Developed and produced content for major studios, networks, and tech companies, including Disney, Paramount, HBO, Google, and Microsoft

Founding member of the Peabody Awards Interactive Board of Jurors, identifying and awarding "stories that matter" in fields of games, digital storytelling, transmedia, VR, and other interactive media

Senior Narrative Designer for Silent Hill: Ascension interactive streaming series. Authored decision spaces and interactive choicepoints. Developed storytelling methods and practices for evolving MILE format. Created narrative design tracking system for better visibility of interactive story design and stakeholder approvals

Los Angeles, California, United States

Senior Writer on the interactive streaming series "DC Heroes United"

Created expansive storyworld bible and franchise strategy to support creation of multiple tv series and digital/multiplatform content from canon of Anne Rice, including "Interview with the Vampire" and "The Lives of the Mayfair Witches." Advised producers and network on lore, historical fan engagement, current fan engagement, and reactions to new content announcements. Developed slate of multiplatform tie-in projects, including digital series "The Night Island," currently in development

Oversaw creation of interactive VR narratives for the studio’s proprietary interactive format. Created new development pipeline process to develop stories and scripts from core idea to final production and publishing, to quickly onboard new freelance writers, and to ease review and approval process for clients. Created training on principles of interactive storytelling and specific needs and limitations of proprietary format. Oversaw onboarding and support of new writers. Part of team that brought a dozen interactive VR experiences to market across enterprise, military, and public sectors, including award-winning AVEnueS series

Author of "Novel Advice: Practical Wisdom for Your Favorite Literary Characters"

Greater Los Angeles Area

Partner at successful immersive entertainment studio with millions of dollars in billings. As Head of Story, helped to produce multiplatform campaigns, activations, and immersive experiences for clients including Microsoft, XBox, Legendary, Paramount, Imangi Studios, and Arizona State University. Led development of innovative multiplatform marketing campaigns, global fan engagements, and original content for top brands. Worked with producers, directors, experience designers, and other team members to deliver projects on time and on budget

Greater Los Angeles Area

Founder and leader for an app-authoring platform to help independent creators reach their audiences and monetize their content.Oversaw all creative and strategic plans for the app authoring platform. Enabled content creators large and small to easily create media-centric apps. Turned multiplatform storytelling concepts into simple, elegant, audience-friendly products. Oversaw development of original content for the platform.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Consulted on development of new shows with native social and transmedia elements built in from the very beginning. Developed tools, guides, and best practices to assist producers and development executives in building integrated transmedia and social stories

Greater Los Angeles Area

Oversaw all transmedia content on Emmy Award-winning series "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries." Co-created/Executive Produced sequel series "Welcome To Sanditon," and Emmy Award Finalist. Conceived, designed, and implemented complex transmedia story architecture, including more than thirty social media profiles across multiple platforms. Oversaw a small team in creating and publishing of all transmedia story content. Part of a team that produced and delivered almost 200 episodes and tens of thousands of in-story social media posts

Los Angeles

Creative producer at studio with proprietary transmedia content platform, Rides.tv. Worked with producers, programmers, and designers to develop Rides.tv platform. Developed and produced original content for platform. Designed interactive and narrative elements for multiple projectsAssociate Producer for the Emmy winning series, "Dirty Work." Creator/Executive Producer of animated pilot "Airship Dracula."

Ba, Theater

Mfa, Drama, Film And Video Production