jason@colab.ca | 514.444.2488 | ca.linkedin.com/in/jasongaretthatcher
80 Caroline Avenue, Toronto, ON M4M 2X7
Jason Hatcher
A full-stack, tech-driven creative. Curious and collaborative and always thinking towards business-minded solutions. With hands on skills in design, production, content creation, user-experience, digital, print, social and broadcast communication.
20+ years of experience in agencies and studios both big and small, with skills to create unique experiences that reach beyond the screen.
Freelance Creative Direction
Colab.ca
4 yrs
Colab.ca
4 yrs
- Performs as a creative solutions expert to clients while developing a deep knowledge of their goals and measures of success. Providing a key role to clarify a company’s core message to communicate insights to consumers and/or industry partners.
- Research based understanding of industry trends and creative opporunities coupled with hands on experience with development and technical executions. Allowing companies to bridge the gap between technology and creative concerns.
Chief Creative Officer
Creative D Inc.
3 yrs 6 months
Creative D Inc.
3 yrs 6 months
- Led the concept development of new entertainment forms with commerce and social ties.
- Directed creative and product direction while managing a front end development team across
all aspects of design, user interface, UX and animation. - Designed platforms to work seamlessly across mobile and desktop. Oversaw the simultaneous creation for responsive web and Unity3D app deployments.
- Guided creation of a pioneering digital product to win the 2012 Disney Innovation Challenge.
Interactive/Digital Lead
Zulu Alpha Kilo.
2 yrs 6 months
Zulu Alpha Kilo.
2 yrs 6 months
- Key role as the “digital guru” in the formative years of this top-tier agency that served clients such as Bell Canada, Coca-Cola and Audi.
- Provided education and culture building practices to foster traditional advertising professionals ability to create award winning work in interactive and emerging digital forms.
- Helped to expand the agency’s offering to include a stong digital/interactive component while managing successful client deployments and ensuring high client satisfaction.
- Interactive Gold / Art Directors Club of Canada / Thinking inside The Box
- Interactive Silver / London Advertising Awards / Thinking inside The Box
Sr. Art Director/Programmer
Grip Limited
2 yrs 6 months
Grip Limited
2 yrs 6 months
- Responsible for multiple aspects of rich interactive experiences from concept, to design, to programming.
- Directed external creative and production specialists to define approaches to integrate film, video and animated work into rich interactive experiences.
- An understanding of client business needs allowed successful creative campaigns to introduce numerous products to the North American marketplace.