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Jake Headley has more than 5 years professional experience working across multiple creative disciplines. Including pre-press print-media, interactive GUI design, marketing collateral, animation, digital-video editing and live audio-visual presentation.

The following three case studies give an insight to some of the many diverse creative involvments undertaken using clear process throughout design development and project management stages.

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Project Case Study:
Young American Recordings NYC
Website re-design

Overview:
Website re-designs for New York record label to increase functionality and develop and strengthen corporate identity. Commissioned by record label executives Josh Swede and Rocco Giordano. 

Aims:
To develop a dynamic company identity for the September 2006 re-launch of Young American Recordings website. YAM wanted to include streaming video content into the home page that could be can be rotated when the site is updated. The out come is intended to develop return traffic to the site that will use the portal as the point of contact for all artists.

Solutions:
The website was designed to incorporate the existing YAM logo into captivating headers and footers on the site, which were designed to convey audio through visual language.

Advantage:
This projects graphic style reinforces the Young American Recordings growing business brand and encompasses the diversified new media platforms necessary to drive the popularity of existing and emerging artists’ musical releases, videos and live performances.

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Project Case Study:
SM&W I.C.R.U.
Touchscreen GUIs

[Designs undertaken as employee of SM&W]

Overview:
The overarching goal of the project was to build multimedia systems in all of the SM&W offices to showcase the best designs and control system technologies available. 

Aims:
Working in conjunction with executives from the New York and Chicago offices, aesthetically simple interfaces were developed; with simplistic interface parameters designed to enable users with limited computer knowledge to control extensive environmental, telephonic and video conferencing options within rooms across global boundaries without the need for IT support on hand.

Solutions:
SM&W brand identity was incorporated into user-friendly the touch screen interface to continue and reinforce company signature as one of the market leaders in technological infrastructure development. Careful consideration was given to user solid and simple aesthetic structure throughout. This means that the interface is easy to use with out the need for extensive IT support; but also when implemented into multinational conference room locations language text can be easily converted to users preference.

Advantage:
This projects leverage of technology options presents clients visiting the offices with real usage experience when considering appropriation into their needs. Utilizing a marketing opportunity for SM&W to vertical markets.

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Project Case Study:
SOUTH logo, marketing collateral and merchandise design.

Overview:
The April 2006 release of South’s third album ‘Adventures in the Underground Journey to the Stars’ required a new logo to brand the artists. New York record label ‘Young American Recordings’ commissioned development of brand identity which was also use by Cooking Vinyl, UK and Pony Canyon Records, Japan.

Aims:
To create a strong and easily recognizable logo to head and support the bands identity through artwork, promotional posters, website advertising banners and online marketing drives.

Solutions:
Working in conjunction band members of South, recording label executives at YAM and UK management; geometric structure was used to ensure the logo was strong; easily recognizable and could be applicable across all desired media.

Advantage:
This projects simple illustrative typographic style for the logo presented the clients with a design solution that could be used across international language barriers which addresses the needs of international music industry business model.

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