Departika Design Studio

“I toured with the Goo-Goo Dolls!”

Prior to Departika, Jason did contract work as a web interface designer for both hotels.com and travelnow.com, and before that, spent several years writing songs and performing as the front man for the rock band Fern. He designed all the marketing and promotional pieces for the band, and as a result of his marketing on the web, landed the band a short tour with the Goo Goo Dolls in 1999. In his free time, he’s currently a partner in songpull.com—a web community project for songwriters, encouraging artists to finish their songs. Jason draws from over 10 years experience in design, project management, and new business development in music and design projects.

Jason’s original illustrations have been on the cover of Digital Scrapbooking Magazine and featured in multiple National and International magazines, including Computer Arts, Digital Scrapbooking, and Simple Scrapbooks. They have appeared on many different media including, Blue Man Group merchandise, Sunkist and 7up cans, Chevy ads, PBS ads, Hewlett Packard design templates, FLOR tile samples, a network show package for the Versus Channel, and the Eastern Promises movie trailer.

Jason claims that witty writing isn't his forte, so he apologizes for the just-the-facts approach to this bio. In the real-world, however, he's quite a joker and has used humor his whole life to win people over and cover for his self-perceived shortcomings. His songs are similar in their forthrightness and emotional honesty with the exception of the whimsical pop-gem “baby don’t bump my banjo,” co-written with Departikan Dan Spencer.