Exploring. Efficiency. Challenges. I love all that stuff.

Hello, my name is Jason Maas. I work for Seven planning, designing and developing websites. I’m really keen on making things that are usable and look nice. If my projects end up helping people, I’m happy. I think Apple products, design grids and afternoon naps are awesome. Read On »

I'm passionate about doing things simply and well. I enjoy designing user interfaces, thinking about the user interaction process and building the application with helpful function. Typically I use Flash, PHP and JavaScript but I like to determine the right tools for the job first, even if that means learning something new.

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I love what I do and feel blessed to get to do this for a living. I used to do a lot of freelance, but now I work full-time as the Lead Developer at Seven. I grew up in beautiful Cambridge New Zealand and currently work in Auckland, but I'm not rooted here and would love to travel and work overseas at some stage.

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Favourites

Listening

  • [photo: Beirut - The Flying Club Cup]
  • [photo: The Roots - Rising Down]

Side Projects

Star Wars CCG Database

A search website for a card game that stopped being produced a few years ago. People still play it though, so I keep this site updated.

Adventures

Work

101 Things To Do Before You Die

Date

April 2008

Type

Website

Worked For

Seven; OnceLife Australia

Responsibilities

Build

Info

This was developed in less than a week to fit within an incredibly tight deadline. It was the target website for a mailout that went to half a million Australian homes.

Link to Website

thingstodo.oncelife.com.au

Larchmont Lofts

Date

April 2008

Type

Website

Worked For

Seven LA;
Genton Barth Real Estate Group

Responsibilities

Build

Info

Seven developed this identity through our Los Angeles office. I built the website to hold the shifting content and allow updating as simply as possible.

Link to Website

www.larchmontlofts.com

Huljich Wealth Management

Date

November 2007

Type

Website

Worked For

Seven;
Huljich Wealth Management Ltd

Responsibilities

Design & Build

Info

Seven developed the identity for Huljich Wealth Management; an independent, specialist funds-management company. My job was to design and build a full data-driven website with content management. Unfortunately, the project was scaled back to this simple summary site.

Link to Website

www.huljich.co.nz

Simon Miller Jeans

Date

January 2007

Type

Website & CMS

Worked For

Seven; Simon Miller

Responsibilities

Build

Info

Simon Miller is a NZ designer making perfect-fit, Japanese denim jeans in the US. This website was built to show off his latest range selling in Los Angeles. A simple custom CMS was developed to allow him to upload new stock and manage his stockist list.

Link to Website

Archived Version

Clooney Restaurant

Date

January 2007

Type

Website

Worked For

Seven; Clooney Restaurant

Responsibilities

Build

Info

Clooney Restaurant is one of Auckland’s finest places to eat out. They needed a website that gave them the ability to update with photos, news items and the latest menus. This is organised by a full CMS built by the great guys at MovieShack.

Link to Website

www.clooney.co.nz

Best Awards Presentation

Date

January 2007

Type

Presentation

Worked For

Seven; AGM Publishing

Responsibilities

Design & Build

Info

The BeST Awards is an annual event, honouring the best talent in the NZ design community. Seven produced the identity for two years running and I created the presentation to show on the Awards night. It drew animations dynamically and reacted to the operators commands on the fly.

Becky Nunes Photography

Date

January 2007

Type

Website & CMS

Worked For

Seven; Becky Nunes

Responsibilities

Build

Info

Becky is a well-known NZ photographer who shoots incredible pictures. This site shows these off without getting in the way. It included a complete custom CMS which allows her to upload, organise and publish photos easily.

Link to Website

www.beckynunes.co.nz

Search and Rescue Titles

Date

January 2006

Type

TV Show Title Sequence

Worked For

Seven; Starfish Pictures

Responsibilities

Design & Build

Info

Search & Rescue was a reality series on TVONE that followed police and volunteers as they organised rescue missions for those who were missing, injured or trapped. I developed the full title sequence as well as an identity for the show.

Link to Clip

BAC Simulator

Date

June 2005

Type

Program

Worked For

Chris Yates;
TheTrainingMarket.com

Responsibilities

Design & Build

Info

This nifty program was created to help bar staff understand the factors that go into making a person intoxicated and what they are doing to influence that. Test it out and see what your limits are...

Link to Program

Launch: BAC Simulator

Virtual Coach

Date

2004 — 2007

Type

Interface Designs

Worked For

Chris Yates;
TheTrainingMarket.com

Responsibilities

Design

Info

Virtual Coach is a program that allows users to create learning content for staff or resale. I was called in to design a new interface for the second launch of the program, overhauling how the interface worked for both the developer and player versions.

Link to Program Website

Virtual Coach