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Jason Fox is currently the Vice President, Product & Business Operations for LIFE.com, a joint venture of Time Inc. and Getty Images. The site, which launched in March 2009, features the most comprehensive collection of professional photography anywhere. It has been called "stunning" and "hands-down the Web’s greatest photo site" by the New York Times and "picture perfect" by the New York Post. The site has also won numerous awards, including Webby Awards for best homepage (2010) and best design (2011), an award for best digital photography (2011) from the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME), a Time Inc. Award for website of the year (2010), and multiple other honors, as well as extensive media coverage (e.g., networks, cable news channels, and major print media). The LIFE for iPad app reached #1 in 33 countries in 2010 and has more than 800K downloads to date.

Before coming to LIFE.com, he was the Senior Product Development Manager for Time Inc. Interactive, the digital division of Time Inc., where he worked on projects for internal titles like Time.com, Health.com, RealSimple.com, and MyRecipes.com.

Prior to Time Inc., he served as the Acting Executive Director, of (DKV), a creative services unit of Columbia University charged with creating a large variety of digital media solutions for internal and external partner clients, and bringing in revenue to the university.

He has also been the senior producer of broadband and interactive product development for News Digital Media, the digital arm of FOX Television. At Thirteen/WNET, the flagship station of PBS, Fox produced companion websites based on PBS programming and educational initiatives. Fox started his career at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, where he worked as a producer and researcher.

His digital products have been featured on all major broadcast networks, cable news channels, and print media; several have won awards.

Fox has also met all the requirements for a New York State Salesperson License, holds a Master of Arts Degree, has taught at three universities, owns an online watch store and blog, Swiss Watch Boutique LLC, and is an eBay PowerSeller & Top-Rated Seller. He has been profiled in Crain’s New York Business (Feb. 2008) and the International Herald Tribune (Nov. 2008). He is also an adjunct faculty member at NYU’s Center for Publishing and has taught multiple “Learn from a Leader” classes at Time Inc.

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