Brief Work History:
- Went to college at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Worked for the musician Prince for nine years as his Webmaster and then Art Director (Read my article in the Washington Post about it). Won a Webby Award!
- Worked for Pearl Jam and has designed projects for David Bowie, Steve Miller Band, Gorillaz, Swedish House Mafia and more
- Spent five years at Microsoft as a UX Designer
- Created microsites as well as countless presentations and event collateral for EBONY Magazine
- Art Directed the Up All Nite with Prince Box Set released by Sony and the Prince Estate in 2020
- As a Production Artist for The Designory, I did creative work for Amazon Music
- Creative Consultant for the amazingly talented Avril Lavigne
- Creating exciting assets for entertainment clients at Media Monks
Fun Facts About Me:
- Was born in San Francisco, grew up in Chicago, and am currently living in Los Angeles.
- Movie trivia EXPERT
- Has an amazing daughter
- Loved going to TV show tapings and movie screenings before the pandemy
- An oil and digital painter who loves to paint faces with bright colors
- Had blue, magenta, and blond dyed hair
- Enjoyed long road trips and has driven all over the country
- Been to Europe but has not been to Asia or Africa yet
- Could live on coffee, pizza and red wine.
- Used to spend too much time at Disneyland
- Currently spends too much time on Twitch.tv
- If I had to choose between Dark Side or Light Side, I’d choose the Dark Side because they have cooler outfits.
Press:
- Purple Hours: Conversation about Prince, NPG Music Club, The Webbys and more with PatricksVinyl, 10/20/22
- Successful Artist and Creative Director whose credits include Prince, Pearl Jam, and Microsoft connects the dots of his creative career. with Lisa Nicole Bell, 03/11/22
- Up All Nite with Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection with Andrea Swenson, 05/29/2020
- “Purple Reign: What it Was Like to Work with Princes” Function Podcast with Anil Dash, 11/14/19
- “Sam Jennings recalls how Prince’s Hi-tech Vision Helped Remake the Industry and Better Connect Artists and Fans” PRN Alumni Foundation, 3/1/19
- “Sam Jennings on Prince and the Music Streaming Business,” Subscribed Podcast, 8/2/2016
- “Prince Didn’t Hate the Internet. And His 17 Different Websites Prove It,” Huffington Post, 7/13/2016
- “Prince Online Museum Launches: See the Singer’s Official Websites Spanning 20 Years,”Billboard, 7/4/2016
- “How Prince revolutionized the Internet — according to the webmaster who helped him do it,”Washington Post, 4/27/2016
10 Songs I'm Listening To:
Finally got my copy of this book. It’s filled with many anecdotes taken from the people around Prince over the years. I’m happy to be included a few times myself, being quoted about some songs. Interesting read.
2 weeks ago
Thank you @prince for the shout out! The Xpectation album cover and package was fun to create. My only direction was to “Make it look like Jazz.” I don’t remember how we landed on using the definitions as part of the art, but fun fact, the album was originally titled Xenophobia. So when Prince changed it to Xpectation, I had to change all the headlines and definitions on the cover art from Xenophobia to Xpectation 😄
4 weeks ago
