Sunday, October 10, 2010

Ryan O'Brien - CTV


Oct.8th 2010, our guest lecture was Ryan O'Brien - Creative Director, CTV Digital Media Group at CTV Inc. Creative Director with over a decade worth of multidisciplinary experience spanning youth culture, music, fashion and online. Currently focused on converging media and next generation web projects within the entertainment industry while maintaining a critical eye for both creativity and usability.


About Ryan O'Brien
  • E-mail: ryan.obrien@ctv.va
  • Cell: 416-371-4706 
  • Linkedin: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/ryanobrien
  • From: Grew up in Niagara
  • Education: Humber College for Technical Theatre.
  • Current: Creative Director, CTV Digital Media Group at CTV Inc. (February 2002 — Present (8 years 9 months))
  • Team deals with 110 websites and there are only 70 employees in his department.
  • Past: Sr. Web Designer at MuchMusic, VP, Online Marketing and Development at FuMan Skeeto, Inc.
  • Ryan O'Brien’s Websites:
  • Ryan O'Brien’s Honors:
      • 2007 Gold PROMAX North America for FashionTelevision.com
      • 2007 Bronze PROMAX North America for MuchMusic.com
      • 2007 Bronze PROMAX North America, MuchMusic.com
      • 2007 Bronze PROMAX North America, CityNews.ca
      • 2007 Bronze BDA North America, MuchMusic.com
      • 2007 Bronze BDA North America, CityNews.ca
      • 2006 Silver PROMAX North America, MuchMusic.com 
About CTV
  • Web site: http://www.ctv.ca/
  • Contact: 416-384-2247
  • Address: 299 Queen St. W. Toronto ON. M5V 2Z5
  • CTV, Canada's largest private broadcaster, offers a wide range of quality news, sports, information, and entertainment programming.
  • It has the number-one national newscast, CTV National News With Lloyd Robertson, and is the number-one choice for prime-time viewing. 
  • CTVglobemedia Inc. is Canada's premier multimedia company which owns CTV Inc. and The Globe and Mail. CTV Inc. also owns radio stations across the country, and leading national specialty channels. Other CTVglobemedia investments include an interest in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, and in Dome Productions, a North American leader in the provision of mobile high definition production facilities.
  • Specialties: television, broadcasting, media, internet, tv, shows, news


About Lecture
  • Team have to work together.
  • Web designers that doesn’t just rely on WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)websites but also understands the text coding of it.
  • The latest site: BNN website.







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