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JESS3
GenreCreative agency
Headquarters
Washington, D.C.
,
United States
Key people
Jesse Thomas, chairman
Leslie Bradshaw, president
Websitehttp://jess3.com

JESS3 is a creative interactive agency based in the Washington, D.C. area, specializing in web design, branding, social media marketing, infographics and data visualization.[1] The firm is noted for its work with clients including NASA, Nike and Facebook,[2] as well as independent projects such as The Conversation Prism and The Ex-Blocker.[3]

Background

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Founded by web designer Jesse Thomas in 2007,[2] JESS3 is led by Thomas along with president Leslie Bradshaw.[4] In 2009, JESS3 became Mashable's design partner on projects including their iPhone application.[5] As of 2010, the firm claims 15 full time employees, with more than 100 freelance partners, and offices in the United Kingdom.[2] Clients of JESS3 have included Nike, MySpace, Intel and Microsoft.[6]

Notable projects

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In August 2008, JESS3 designed a series of websites related to the 2008 presidential election for the Washington-based C-SPAN public affairs network,[7] for which they received a Webby Award nomination in 2009.[8] In addition to the election websites, JESS3 also developed the C-SPAN Video Library,[9] which launched in March 2010.[10] The website provides access to the digitized C-SPAN video archives of over 160,000 hours of programming and won an ACC Golden Beacon award on September 16, 2010.[10]

In July 2010, JESS3 collaborated with Facebook on a project called Stories to help celebrate the social networking site's 500 millionth profile.[11]The application allows users to share stories about how Facebook has impacted their lives, sortable by geographical location or by topic.[11]

JESS3 has served as social media adviser to NASA on multiple geosocial networking projects. In October 2010, JESS3 coordinated a joint project between NASA and Gowalla, creating NASA-related items for the service's users to acquire, as well as a special NASA pin. The first 100 users to earn the pin also received a JESS3-designed special edition map, "Search for the Moon Rocks".[12][13] The same month, JESS3 organized a partnership between NASA and Foursquare to engineer the first geosocial check-in from space.[14][4] On October 22, 2010, International Space Station (ISS) commander Douglas H. Wheelock checked in to Foursquare from the ISS and unlocked a new "NASA Explorer" badge.[15] In addition, a customized NASA Foursquare homepage was launched which provides information about locations of interest to the U.S. space program.[16] Other projects JESS3 has developed for NASA include their "Buzzroom" website,[17] which tracks NASA-related tweets, plus related images and videos.[18][19]

JESS3 Labs

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In June 2010, JESS3 debuted the "Black Oil Plug-In" for Firefox that renders any mention of BP, Transocean, the Gulf Oil Spill and other names and phrases into a dripping, black splotch within a user's browser.[20][21][22]

That same month, the company also introduced The Ex-Blocker, which enables users to prevent their web browser from showing their ex-lovers' activities and posts on various websites.[3] The application was profiled in The Globe and Mail,[23] mentioned during a segment on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon[24] and received media coverage internationally, including an articles in Glamour Magazine UK.[25] As of October 2010 over 8,000 people have installed the Ex-Blocker plug-in.[26]

Data visualization

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JESS3 has created and co-sponsored numerous visual design projects. A project titled The Conversation Prism elaborately maps methods of communication across numerous online forums.[27] The design appeared in an article about information graphics in the July/August 2009 issue of Communication Arts.[28] In the spring of 2009, the agency designed a diagram called "The Twitterverse" with Brian Solis that outlines the expanding network of applications that function with the popular web tool.[29][30]

In February 2010, the company released a video titled "The State of the Internet" on Vimeo,[31] which included a series of infographics outlining the rise of the internet and other information regarding popular social networking and media sites such as YouTube and Twitter. As of May 2010, the video had been viewed online over 1 million times.[32]

Other projects

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For the 2008 US Presidential Election, through agency partner New Media Strategies, JESS3 designed the website AnOrangeAmerica.com and launched it on Election Day.[33] The site visualized election-related tweets about Barack Obama and John McCain as they happened, with data directly from Twitter's API. In June 2010, JESS3 developed a microsite for "My Discovery", the Discovery Channel's 25th anniversary program.[34][35]

References

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  1. ^ "Interview With the Entrepreneur". Technosailor.com. 30 May 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Jolie O'Dell (26 July 2010). "Inside the Mind of One of the Web's Hottest Designers [INTERVIEW]". Mashable. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  3. ^ a b Matthew Lysiak and Erica Pearson (18 July 2010). "'Ex-Blocker' deletes all mentions of ex from your Facebook and other social networking sites". NY Daily News. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  4. ^ a b Sara Jerome (22 October 2010). "NASA astronaut 'checks in' on Foursquare from space". Hillicon-Valley. The Hill. Retrieved 25 October 2010. Cite error: The named reference "Jerome" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  5. ^ Pete Cashmore (1 April 2009). "Mashable iPhone App Launches!". Mashable. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  6. ^ Jesse Thomas (24 August 2010). "The State of the GeoSocial Universe [INFOGRAPHIC]". Mashable. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  7. ^ Andrew Nusca (25 September 2008). Zdnet "C-SPAN Launches Gadget-Fueled 'Debate Hub' as Social, Political Destination". ZDNet. Retrieved 27 October 2010. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  8. ^ "The 13th Annual Webby Awards Nominees & Winners: Politics". The Webby Awards. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  9. ^ "C-SPAN's Online Video Library Now Open to the Public" (PDF). C-SPAN. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  10. ^ a b Mike Reynolds (16 September 2010). "ACC Awards Golden Beacon To C-SPAN's Video Library". Multichannel News. NewBay Media, LLC. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  11. ^ a b Mark Zuckerberg (21 July 2010). "500 Million Stories". Facebook. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  12. ^ "FirstNews Briefs for October 15, 2010". Wireless Week. Advantage Business Media. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  13. ^ Doug Gross (14 October 2010). "NASA, HBO join mobile check-in game". CNN. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  14. ^ Eric Kuhn (22 October 2010). "First Foursquare badge unlocked in space". CNN. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  15. ^ Matt Fitzpatrick (23 October 2010). "Foursquare Now Allowing Check-ins From Space". NBC Washington.com. NBC. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  16. ^ Chloe Albanesius (22 October 2010). "Astronaut Posts First Foursquare Check-In from Space". PC Magazine. Retrieved 25 October 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  17. ^ "Houston, We've Had A Check-In: NASA Astronaut Just Used Foursquare From Space". WorldTech24. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  18. ^ Meghan Keane (23 July 2010). "Q&A: NASA's Stephanie Schierholz on navigating the frontiers of social media". E-consultancy. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  19. ^ "NASA Invites Reporters To Next Space Shuttle Launch And Tweetup". Spaceref Interactive. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  20. ^ Christina Warren (2 June 2010). "Oil spill Firefox plugin blacks out BP across the Web". CNN. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  21. ^ "JESS3 Creates Firefox Plugin for BP Oil Spill; BP Adds VP Cheney's PR Pro". Capitol Communicator. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  22. ^ "Oil Spill Firefox Plugin Dirties Your Browser With 'Black Oil'". The Huffington Post. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  23. ^ Dakshana Bascaramurty (15 July 2010). "How to Erase Your Ex From the Internet". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  24. ^ "The Ex-Blocker on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon". SlideShare. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  25. ^ Jean Hannah Edelstein (22 July 2010). "Block Your Ex". Glamour Magazine UK. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  26. ^ Ian McCourt (11 October 2010). "Add-on that can erase your ex". The Irish Times. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  27. ^ Bill Lohmann (31 May 2009). "The new networking". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  28. ^ JESS3 (30 June 2009). JESS3 http://blog.jess3.com/2009/06/conversation-prism-in-communication.html. Retrieved 27 October 2010. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  29. ^ MG Siegler (1 June 2009). "The Future Of Twitter Visualized". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  30. ^ Simon Mainwaring (2 June 2009). "Powers of Ten for the Twitterverse". PSFK. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  31. ^ JESS3 (22 February 2010). "The State of the Internet". Vimeo. Retrieved 27 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  32. ^ "JESS3 Video Viewed Over 1 Million Times". Capitol Communicator. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  33. ^ Nicole Zerillo (10 November 2008). "Companies create efforts to capitalize on election". Brand Republic. Haymarket Business Media. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  34. ^ "Discovery Communications My Discovery". JESS3. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  35. ^ Robin Sloan (13 July 2010). "Small Discoveries". Twitter Media. Twitter. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
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