Jason McGuiness brings more than 10 years of graphic and web design experience to his clients and is currently the lead designer, artistic director at Wavaflow Studios in Los Feliz, CA. Proficient in Photoshop and Illustrator, and gaining experience in After Effects and Flash on both Mac and PC. Well-versed in many standard computer applications. Excellent free-hand drawing and painting, conceptualization and execution.
Along with design, Jason is accomplished with digital audio workstation (DAW) music creation and sound design, as well as with analog audio hardware and recording.He has also organized large and small community events, fundraisers, movie premiers, and art showings. Owns, designs, codes, & writes for Los Angeles-based arts and music website Analog Blog. More information available upon request.
2001-2005 – Female Fun Records/Culturama Videos – Arcata, CA
Newspaper ads, stickers, promotional postcards and flyers.
2003-2005 - Hip-Stop Record Stop – Arcata, CA
Newspaper ads, stickers, promotional postcards and flyers.
2007 – Current – Justice By Uniting In Creative Energy (J.U.i.C.E.) – Los Angeles
Music Production Coordinator, newspaper ads, stickers, promotional postcards and flyers for events and concerts. I also ran the social networking on multiple websites, and took part in the planning, running and daily operations of the program.
2008 – Current – Analog Blog – Los Angeles
Owns, operates, designs, codes and writes for the Los Angeles based music blog Analog Blog.
Analog Blog was the LA Times featured music blog for the week beginning on May 17th.
http://latimes.tumblr.com/tagged/tumblr_tuesday
2009 – Current – Wavaflow Studios – Los Angeles
Lead designer and artistic director. Created the Wava family of websites and incorporated brand identity and functionality. Created short videos of recording sessions at the studios, created animated logos and transitions for those videos. I also created promotional postcards and flyers for events and concerts.
2009 – Current – MusicAndStrength.tv – Japan
Using After Effects, Photoshop and Illustrator, created videos of Hip-Hop footage, created animated logos and transitions for those videos.
2nd Annual J.U.i.C.E. Hip-Hop Dance Festival [assistant producer, 2009]
With the artistic director, organized over 12 dance teams and 120 dancers. From beginning of process to selling out the 1200+ seat Ford Amphitheatre.
B-Boy The Movie World Premier Cinespace, Hollywood [co-producer, 2010]
Miles & Monk In The Sky – Art Showing, W Hotel, Hollywood [Jazz Legends autographed piano, co-producer 2010]
Mighty 4 Humboldt - Arcata, CA [all ages, all day Hip-Hop jam/canned food drive, producer 2010]
http://www.humboldtbeacon.com/ci_16525430
Antics Performace – Illuminated Manuscripts Dance Piece, Bootleg Theater Dance Festival - [created 40-min soundtrack that was performed by Antics Performance and utilized cutting-edge infrared technology in making an interactive dance piece]
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/03/entertainment/la-et-guidefeature3-20110303
Community Outreach: Took initiative for with numerous opportunities:
- Took introductory steps and acted as liaison between Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles to enrich the lives of CHLA outpatients by entering into a long-term relationship with the museum.
- Worked/volunteered with various non-profits and Youth Arts Education programs