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Jason Michael Holland (born 25 Jan 1971) is an English designer, university lecturer, writer and awards judge, credited with a number of Internet firsts

Early life and education
Holland was born in 1971 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, to Michael Holland, a Quality Controller from Codnor and Linda Holland (née Finnerty), who was from Clowne. His early childhood was spent in Brinsley, where he attended Matthew Holland School, now renamed Selston High School. Holland studied the First Diploma in Art and Design at West Nottinghamshire College from 1989-90, followed by the two-year HND Graphic Design and returns frequently to mentor and lecture. He studied for his BA (Hons) Degree in Graphic design at Northumbria University from 1992-1995.

Notable Internet innovations
1995 designed the UK’s first University Degree Show CD-ROM 1995 created the first interactive production featured at the D&AD Student Expo (now called New Blood) 1996 created the Sci-Fi Channel’s first interactive TV tests 1996 designed the Snickers MegaBite website, which Campaign magazine described as Mars’ first real attempt to establish itself on the Internet. 1997 created the website Head-Space, which is an acknowledged blueprint for intranets, a precursor to YouTube and incubated prominent community websites including Urban75 and John Lundberg's CircleMakers.org.

Not-for-profit lecturing, mentoring & judging

 * D&AD – “Turning your design portfolio into a job” masterclass
 * D&AD – portfolio surgeries and student mentoring
 * Farnham Sixth Form College – “Nurturing Digital Talent”


 * 2005, 2014-5 BIMA Judge
 * 2010-2015 Visiting Lecturer for Students of FE and HE courses across multiple Art, Design and Digital Media levels – West Notts College, now known as VISION
 * 2013 to 2015 School of Communication Arts, Mentor
 * 2014-5 DMA Judge, Best Use of Technology
 * 2015 The Drum DADI Awards
 * 2016 Visiting Lecturer, Hyper Island

Awards

 * 1994 Creative Futures Award, UK’s Most Promising Talent, Creative Review
 * 1995 UK’s first University Degree Show CD-ROM (also featured on the cover of Creative Review Magazine)
 * 1995 First Student to show an interactive portfolio at the D&AD Student Expo
 * 1996 Won the Marketing Design Award, the MacUser Maxine and an EPICA for Snickers MegaBite
 * 1997 3 D&AD Awards in Interactive Media
 * 1998 Designed first Interactive Television advertisements for Tesco and Unilever
 * 1999 Cannes Lion (Best Online Community) for Head-Space (co-created with Felix Velarde)
 * 2002 Internet Professional Publishers Association (IPPA) DX Design award for Art Community Redism, Bass Beers Worldwide
 * 2005 Webaward for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development for Superscape
 * 2006 BIMA Award for Best Use of Email
 * 2006 & 2007 DMA (Direct Marketing Association) Gold Awards
 * 2008 Interactive Media Council award for Outstanding Achievement for Respro website
 * 2011 Head-Space included in Management Today’s Ten Websites That Changed the World.
 * 2015 eCRM Agency of the Year, RAR Digital Awards

Career
Holland has founded three digital agencies Head New Media, Underwired and THE CRM agency.

Personal life
Jason Holland now lives in Surrey with his wife, two daughters and two Alfa Romeos.