Jay S. Bryant
Princeton Junction, NJ 08550
917-568-7469 | jay@jaybryant.com
Professional Summary
Entrepreneurial, creative
leader, that is skilled in managing projects and products from concept to
launch. Experienced in providing strategic leadership to organizations for the
planning, design and implementation of print & electronic products.
Selected
Accomplishments
·
Planned, designed and
implemented electronic and print projects resulting in 22 national awards
including recognition from the Software and Information Industry Association
(SIIA), Newspaper Association of America, Society of News Design and National
Press Photographers Association. This body of work in educational product
development, corporate communications and journalism demonstrates excellence in
communications, team building and new product development.
·
Developed and executed
school community technology program for the K-12 education market that was
formerly developed as an Internet start-up, then acquired and deployed to over
43,000 schools. Gained significant
knowledge and experience in commercializing educational products.
·
Increased brand
awareness of two educational web site programs for newspapers by spearheading
needs analysis, design and implementation, reaching over 86,000 students in
eight major markets.
Professional Experience
Director of Online Products
TV Guide, New York, NY 2005
to present
Product
Director
Co-nect
Inc., Cambridge, MA 2004
to 2005
·
Specific work included:
developing sales and marketing materials, defining market requirements for
products, pricing, competitive analysis and building channel relationships for
products.
Director
of Business Development
Educational
Testing Service, Princeton, NJ 2001
to 2004
·
Responsible for creating
new business ventures with technology products and evaluating potential mergers
and acquisitions within K-12 & Higher Education markets.
·
Develop partnerships for
distribution of electronic assessment technology products with publishers and
e-learning companies. Began work in company’s for-profit subsidiary,
responsible for business and product development. Transitioned to parent
company in 2003.
·
Elected to the SIIA’s
education division board in 2003 (Industry trade group representing over 200
education companies).
·
Represented ETS on the
CoSN Data Driven Decision Making project (http://www.3d2know.org). This three year project is to help educators
and policy makers understand how to use data to accelerate student
learning.
Vice
President, School Communities
bigchalk.com,
inc., New York, NY 1999 to 2001
·
Developed strategy for
building and deploying community publishing system into over 43,000 schools. Supervision of all aspects of product
development and implementation.
Responsible for staff of 20, including developers, content experts,
marketing, professional development and support staff.
·
Conducted research and
development activities related to technology components including web
conferencing, wireless portal applications, XML technology, content publishing
systems, portal technology frameworks, text-to-voice conversion and security
systems.
·
Responsible for creating
and enacting privacy policies and compliance with federal privacy regulations
(COPPA).
Information
Architect & Community Manager
KOZ.com,
Inc., Durham, NC
1997 to 1999
·
Developed and
implemented community web publishing systems into the education market,
reaching over 5000 school sites worldwide (Schoolllife.net).
·
Executed
plan for acquisition of Schoollife.net by bigchalk.com/Bell & Howell.
Identified potential partners, conducted merger and acquisition discussions and
led contract negotiations.
·
Conducted
implementation, marketing and sales activities for Internet software company.
Territory included Western US. Company grew from 16 to over 400 newspaper
clients.
Manager,
Corporate Communications
Freedom
Communications, Irvine, CA
1995 to 1997
·
Developed
and deployed corporate web site for the company (http://www.freedom.com),
produced annual reports, set up an employee BBS system and project management
for PAFET (a technology consortium of six media companies) on an educational
Internet site and a CD-ROM research project about the travel industry.
·
Produced Freedom Family,
an internal employee publication. Project included redesign of the publication,
writing, photography, layout, pre-press work and distribution of the monthly
magazine. Publication was recognized
with national awards.
Photo Editor, the Associated Press, Chicago, IL 1987
to 1988
Chief Photographer & Photographer, The Argus, Rock
Island, IL 1981
to 1985
B.A., Southern Illinois
University at Carbondale, 1981, Professional Photography Major.
University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, College of Journalism.
Graduate Studies in Journalism & Communications research. Completed 21 hours of course work towards a
Masters Degree.
March and May 1981: Camera
Assistant, William Strode, Pulitzer Prize winning photographer, Louisville,
Kentucky. Assisted Mr. Strode with the
Kentucky Derby and a story for National Geographic Magazine on Central Kentucky.
June 1978 to September 1978:
Intern Photographer, The White House Photography Office, Washington, D.C. Work involved coverage of daily activities
of the President, Vice-President and First Lady; photo research and editing.