Jay Bushman // Works
Writer/Producer
Transmedia Showrunner
Multiplatform Story Evangelist
Executive Producer
Co-Showrunner
The follow-up miniseries to the Lizzie Bennet Diaries. Based on Sanditon, the unfinished novel by Jane Austen.
Debuts May 2013
Transmedia Producer
Staff Writer
The hit YouTube series and multi-platform modernization of Pride & Prejudice.
Winner: 2013 IAWTV Award for Best Interactive/Social Media Experience
Winner: 2013 Streamy Award for Best Interactive Series
Winner: 2013 Streamy Award for Best Comedy Writing
“The Lizzie Bennet Diaries might be one of the most important web content stories of 2012.”
“YouTube’s Hidden Masterpiece Theater”
Director of Social Media
Writer
Experience Designer
Multiple roles and projects at a groundbreaking interactive transmedia entertainment studio, including writing and development of creative projects, experience design and development of the RIDES.tv platform and oversight of social media strategy, .
Selected Projects:
Airship Dracula
Dirty Work
RVC
6:14
Whispers
Home: A Ghost Story
Creator
Writer
A radical reimagining of Bram Stoker’s classic novel, in a steampunk world revolutionized by a 19th century version of the Internet.
Starring Alan Tudyk, Tammin Sursok and Paul Sorvino.
An interactive dark comedy series and winner of the 2012 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media-Original Interactive Television Programming
As Associate Producer, I helped to write and create the world of the story, worked on developing the interactive and transmedia elements, and oversaw the campaign to extend the storyworld over multiple social platforms.
THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF STEVE JOBS
Mike Daisey’s controversial theatrical monologue about the cult of Apple and Chinese labor practices, adapted into a stream of consciousness Twitter drama.
We call it Halloween, but for the misunderstood monsters, creatures and ghouls, it’s a day to make their voices heard.
A massively collaborative social media story event for Halloween 2011.
Characters from the Star Wars Universe invade the 2011 SXSW Interactive festival
Coverage from the Official Star Wars Blog and io9
Founder
Board Member
At the end of 2009, I co-founded a meetup group for professionals and people interested in learning more about transmedia. The group has grown into one of the largest and most active transmedia organizations in the world.
A massively collaborative social media story event. The monsters from the works of H.P. Lovecraft rise to take over Twitter.
#SXSTARWARS - ATTACK ON THE DEATH STAR
A realtime reenactment of the end of Star Wars over Twitter.
