JESS3 Prepares for Continued Growth With New Hires

WASHINGTON, July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading data visualization firm JESS3 announced today that it is expanding its leadership team with three new hires. The company is expected to make a series of growth announcements before the end of the year, signaling a continued commitment to innovation, productization and diversified offerings.

"We're moving from a boutique company known for visual design and mastery of the web, to a full-scale agency that has the leadership and bench needed to scale," said JESS3 President and Co-Founder Leslie Bradshaw. "The success and momentum to date has been exhilarating, but the strategic leadership is what is setting us up as a permanent force with which to be reckoned."

JESS3's new leadership team members are as follows:

• Lauren Cook is joining JESS3 as Vice President of Client Strategy. Prior to coming to JESS3, Cook was the CEO & Founder of Swarm Collective — an integrated digital agency that was among the first in the field of real-time curation on a global stage. Best known for leading a team of dozens of curators and content creators for the Twitter Tracker at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games, Cook has also worked with clients across all industries including: ASPCA, NBC Universal, The Red Cross, Vail Resorts, and Lockheed Martin.

• Brad Cohen comes to JESS3 as Director of Strategy from the environmental design firm, Downstream, where he specialized in content strategy and was responsible for translating client messaging into physical and digital applications in terms of content, design and UI / UX. Prior to Downstream, Cohen worked at Neo@Ogilvy/Global Strategies International as Sr. Strategist of Social Media and SEO. Brands Cohen has worked with include: AT&T, Verizon, Nestle, Adobe, IBM, Omniture, and Time Warner Cable.

• Bonnie Aumann is JESS3's Technical Director bringing a deep background working with large corporations and nonprofits to coordinate the build of compelling web-presences and tools. Most recently, Aumann was the Technical Project Manager at Purpose, where she coordinated technology, design, and strategy to help build twenty-first century movements. Before Purpose, Aumann was the Agile Project Manager at Algorithmics and Vice President of Products at DBIX Corporation.

Equipped with an expanded leadership team, JESS3 is now sharpening its focus on product development and a number of powerhouse launches and partnerships for 2012.

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., JESS3 is a creative interactive agency that specializes in social media and data visualization. JESS3 continues to push the limits of what creativity and storytelling mean, providing services that range from UI / UX, animation and social media strategy to developing large-scale installations, brand strategies and infographics. In addition to working with top tier brands like Google, Nike, Intel, MTV, Facebook and NASA, JESS3 also has a dedicated Labs division, which funds and launches its own products.

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