Jevaun Howell.Creative Director.UX Professional.

Welcome to my micro-portfolio. This is a small sampling of the work that I've done recently. It's presented to give you an idea of the projects I've worked on and the people I've worked with. If you're interested in seeing more or getting in touch, feel free to contact me. Thanks!

Served as Design Director on the 2007 MLB Mediaplayer. Led a team of designers and programmers on a cross-company project involving FrogDesign, Microsoft, and Major League Baseball. The aim was to create a next-generation mediaplayer utilizing Microsoft's Silverlight platform and showcasing MLB's rich content. Our demo of the new player was presented at the MIX `07 conference where it met with lots of positive press and rave reviews.

Designed for MLB.com and Microsoft

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Cupid's Lab is a project that I co-founded with my business partner, Tobin Schwaiger-Hastanan. Our aim is to create a new brand of online dating which is based primarily on leveraging the power of matchmaking and social networking. It is a multistage, multiplatform initiative that we believe has the potential to dramatically change the online dating landscape and has already garnered some early attention and positive pre-beta press.

Designed for Cupid's Lab

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Led a design team comprised of members from MLB.com and Portland-based Ensequence, to create a unique new way of experiencing baseball online. We created "The Mosaic", which enables the user to monitor 6 simultaneus live streams. It also allows users to get access to detailed content related to a single game. This project was an Emmy Finalist in 2006, and an Emmy Winner in 2007! It has received an enormous amount of press, and has been featured on ESPN, FOX, USA Today, The New York Times, and a slew of other publications.

Designed for MLB.com

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Worked as lead designer on Major League Baseball's website. It's an incredibly complicated process due to the sheer amount of information required to appear on the page due to either contractual agreements, business needs, or internal arrangements. I also lead the design effort on the 2005, and 2006 versions of the site, as well as the 2003 Worldseries.com site.

Designed for MLB.com

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Worked with the Marley Family and designers from Palm Pictures to create a new online portal for one of music's greatest legends. My responsibilities in the project included the design of a deep multi-section site, robust mediaplayer, fan club, online store, online advertising packages and other related off-line collateral.

Designed for the Marley estate, Palm Pictures and BAM Networks

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Headed a cross-company design team to re-envision the CollegeSportsTelevision.com website and the 200+ related university websites. This was an incredibly large project which needed to be turned around quickly because of an absurdly aggressive deadline. Weeks after completing this project, CSTV was sold to CBS Sportsline for a reported $350 million.

Designed for CSTV and BAM Networks

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The original MLB.com icons were designed back in 2002, and I felt they were long overdue for an update. I did a quick inventory of their use across the site and generated a small list to base the redesign on. My intention was to create a slick, clean family of icons that worked at a number of different sizes and I think these fit the bill nicely.

Designed for MLB.com

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Led the design effort to create the personal website of Yankee captain, and future Hall-of-Famer, Derek Jeter. The goal was to create a site that showcased his athletic achievements and celebrity status, while calling attention to his charitable foundation, Turn 2.

Designed for Derek Jeter and Turn2 Foundation

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Designed an embedded mediaplayer utilizing Microsoft's Silverlight platform. The embeddable player makes it possible to associate a video clip with a relevant news story on MLB.com. It also makes it possible for users to instantly send a video to a friend, or embed the video on their Myspace page.

Designed for MLB.com and Microsoft

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ADVANCED MEDIA L.P.
Design Director, New Media + Product Development
(January 2002 - Present) New York, NY
Functioned as Design Director for New Media Projects and Product Development. Worked as lead designer on numerous projects covering baseball, music, and entertainment properties including the Emmy-Award-Winning MLB Mosaic. Daily duties included architecting sites, developing branding, creating interfaces, managing design teams both internally and externally, integrating new technologies and directing the look and feel for nearly all the company's large projects.

 

AT&T
Bacca Clothing
Carrot Creative
Continental
Concrete Media
CSTV
Cupid's Lab
DefJam Records
Derek Jeter
Dunkin Donuts
ESPN
FrogDesign
FOX
General Motors
Hard Rock Cafe
Holiday Inn
Louis Nelson Associates
Little Shelter Animal Rescue
Make Design
Mastercard
Major League Baseball
Major League Soccer
The Marley Family
McCann Erickson
Microsoft
PNB Nation
Revamp Design
Scient Corporation
Subway
Tynee's Cookies
USVI Tourism Board
Verizon
Virgin Airlines
Visa
Wiltshire Capital Partners

  




email:  info@jevaun.com 
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SCIENT CORPORATION
Visual Designer
(May 2000 - June 2001) New York, NY
Worked as a visual designer on a number of projects but primarily worked on the development of Major League Baseball's website. Created the look and feel for many sections of the original MLB.com and the league's 30 team sites. Devised a template system for site developers to produce page elements more rapidly. Worked as part of the migration team that introduced new pages and design direction to the ballclubs. Mentored junior designers in design philosophy and the use of design applications. Created second-generation design concepts for MLB.com and the team sites to explore going forward.

JEVAUN HOWELL DESIGN
Art Director / Design Consultant
(June 1997 - Present) New York, NY
Worked as a freelance Art Director for a series of fashion designers, entrepreneurs, restauranteurs, and design firms. Responsibilities covered a wide range including design consulting, photography, identity design, illustration, prototyping, print design, web design and more.

CONCRETE MEDIA
Web Designer
(June 1999 - August 1999) New York, NY
 Helped redesign the company’s corporate identity. Conceptualized and designed the company intranet site over the course of my internship. Introduced Flash to members of the design team and aided in production of client sites including Lids.com and GoCollect.com.


SPIFF MAGAZINE
Editor-in-Chief/ Director
(June 1999 - June 2000) Pittsburgh, PA
Co-Founded and designed a quarterly online college magazine. Working with a partner, we wrote stories for publication, designed themes for the site, managed a small team of writers and created magazine related collateral to promote the site. This project served to give me insight into the demands of producing content for the web from creative, managerial, and administrative points of view.